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    Super Food: Lemon
    Super Food: Lemon
    Super Food: Lemon
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    Super Food: Lemon

    By Bloomsbury Publishing

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    Used in medicine for thousands of years, the lemon is a fabulous fruit. Juiced, peeled or preserved, the lemon can be used in delicious food and drink recipes, luxurious health and beauty treatments and can even be used to clean your home!

    Super Food: Lemon includes:

    Feature spreads - covering the history of lemons, health benefits, how to preserve and grow your own plus handy household uses.

    Delicious food and drink recipes - from snacks, starters, mains and desserts to smoothies and cocktails.

    Health and beauty recipes - treat your body from head (coconut and lemon hair damage and repair mask) to toe (lemon and peppermint foot scrub).

    Food is super! There's all sorts of things you can do with fruit and veg - and not always what you'd expect. Whether it's cooking delicious dishes, looking after your teeth or making facepacks, there's all kinds of interesting, healthy uses for fruit and veg. Each book in the Super Foods series takes a look at one ingredient and shows a host of uses - both practical and delicious. The first books in the series are: Avocado, Cucumber, Pomegranate, Lemon, Beetroot and Coconut.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateApr 20, 2017
    ISBN9781408887295
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      Super Food - Bloomsbury Publishing

      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      CONVERSION CHART

      RECIPES

      ORANGES & LEMONS

      PRESERVING LEMONS

      HEALTH & BEAUTY

      SCURVY

      AROUND THE HOME

      GROW YOUR OWN

      INTRODUCTION

      ‘I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade … and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.’

      Ron White, comedian

      HISTORY

      The first citrus trees grew millions of years ago, and it is thought that there were originally three varieties, mandarin, citron and pomelo, from which all modern citrus fruit, including lemons, derive.

      The lemon is most closely related to the citron, which probably originated in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, and from there spread via trading routes to the Middle East – excavations from Mesopotamia have revealed seeds dating to 4,000 BC. The citron travelled further west, arriving in the classical world probably by the 5th century BC, although it is difficult to trace its exact route. The word citron later came to refer to any type of citrus fruit, so references in ancient texts are ambiguous.

      The Romans called the citron malum medicum. Virgil writes in the Georgics that the fruit came from Media (ancient Iran), and calls it the ‘happy citron fruit’, noting that it is used to chase ‘black venom’ from the body – an early recognition of its antiseptic properties. Indeed the ancient Romans used the citron primarily for medicinal purposes. It was believed that it cured all manner of complaints including snakebite, digestive problems and seasickness. The natural historian Pliny writes that the seeds were used as a breath freshener and it is said that the Emperor Nero consumed citrons to protect himself from poisoning attempts. The Greek philosopher and botanist Theophrastus wrote that the citron was not edible, but had an exquisite smell.

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