I have piles of beautiful lemons. So I decided to make the lemon cheese (lemon curd).
This is how Mum’s recipe, scribbled down in 1981 read. It is certainly spotty and dog eared and up for interpretation.
- juice of 8 lemons
- sugar to taste
- 1 oz butter
- 1 tblsp cornflour
- 2 eggs, whipped
- Make in double boiler or on low heat. 7 minutes. stir carefully. Hmm
Today I am taking some of this lemon cheese and I shall make a lemon cake, so stand by. Hairy MacLairy was put in with Mama exactly 5 months ago. So we should be watching for signs of something stirring from now on. Nothing stirring so far. 
Mama as you know is a Suffolk and they are shaped like a skinny bell jar, straight, like an empty toilet roll, this belly bulge only happens when she is pregnant. But I think we still has a ways to go. Her udder is not dropping yet either. Ah well. I am sure she will wait for the rottonest weather. I have to stop staring at her. Willing her to look pregnant. It is like watching grass grow.
Hairy is getting fat from stealing all the good extra feed that we give pregnant ewes in their last month, plus getting too rough with Mama, so it is time for him to go into his own pen today. No-one will be pleased and there you are.
Last night we had a big lightening storm and rain. The thunder was so loud and so long that it was percussive and the little house on the prairie shuddered with each smashing rumble. Amazing that sound can shake a house. It was warm enough to have my bedroom window open so I could hear the beautiful rain. The lightening flashed for ages and even with closed eyes I could see it. I love thunder and lightening. All John’s rain barrels will be filled to overflowing. We will have to go around today and empty them because when they freeze, the barrels may split. However the cow’s heated water troughs have water spouts, so they will be full too. One less job for me today.
Now I am going to gather a few of those lemon skins and take them out to Daisy to have with her breakfast. She loves lemons. But I am careful not to give her too many at a time so as not to upset that lovely corn-free balance of stomach acids.
It is dawn and 46 degrees and that is our high. The weather site tells me that we will plummet back to freezing today, with the rain turning to snow. So all this water on the ground will freeze solid. That should be interesting! I shall keep the camera handy today.
Good morning.
c
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110 responses to “Daisy loves lemons, she won’t get the scurvy”
Sounds fantastic. Katherine keeps saying I need to make a batch the next time I do limoncello.
I love limoncello, and what an excellent use of the lemons after you steal all the rind.c
How about Limoncello Curd???
Hmm, that is an interesting thought, what about limoncello cheesecake.. I need to make some limoncello! c
I love lemons.
I love thunderstorms.
I love rainy nights
I love sheep.
I love this post.
I love llamas! c
🙂
Thunder and lightning and lemon curd all in the same place …. heavenly!
What a poetic observation .. c
I miss thunder and lightning. I guess that being on an island means that there’s not enough land for anything worthwhile to build up over. Usually a quick flash and a bang and that’s about all you get here!
Christine
mm.. when i first came her from NZ (I was 16) I was absolutely horrified by the thunder that rolled and rolled for ages and and lightening that did not stop.. i thought the world was ending! c
I can’t wait to see the lamb.
Always at this time I turn into a monster, dogging that poor sheep and staring intently at her in the hopes of A SIGN! Today she looks very pregnant, some days Not! all that wool gets in the way! c
I love the fact this is your mum’s recipe from 1981. So does this go quite thick, i.e. could you spread it? I think I’m getting confused with lemon butter. Now, back to staring at the sheep…
It is lemon butter, mum has written both here lemon cheese, lemon butter. and we call it lemon curd. All the same (I think) and yes it goes very thick when cold and you spread it! c
I love lemon curd but always find it too sweet from the supermarket, so thanks for the recipe, never made it with cornflour, so will try it. Thanks to your mum!
she was never one to muck around! c
Good deal! Now Daisy is safe from a pirate’s death.
I adore lemon curd…especially with home made pound cake and fresh blueberries. Delish! I’m jealous of your thunder storm. We need moisture SO BADLY – haven’t had rain since June.
swopsies? The rain has hardly stopped here for months and months.
Yes – if you can figure out a way to swop!!!!
mm, that sounds great! I am planting more blueberry bushes this year! c
One can never have too many blueberries!!!!
Delightful, a day brightener in every way! I guess your thunderstorm cleared out a lot of darkness for this post to sparkle so!
Making lemon cheese, that brings back such memories! Having an abundance of lemons always seems to me to be a very Kiwi thing – but there you are in the cold lands of the USA and you have plenty too. Hope it tastes really good! It certainly looks enticing.
Lucky for me they had a sale at the supermarket.. these are californian. c
Lemon curd is one of my favourites…I’ll have to see what’s in the curd they sell at our local store. I wonder how Daisy discovered her love of lemons. Did she find the compost?
I have never tried using cornflour in my curd! I love the lightening storms but we get them very seldom where we live – have a super day 🙂
I LOVE lemon curd. Especially on Philedelphia on a cracker. It’s like a very quick lemon cheesecake! 🙂
Lemon curd: what a sunshiney treat for the middle of winter. It’s inspired, Celi 🙂