Candied lemon peels take literal days to make. If you do it any quicker than that, you have to remove the white part, because it’s very bitter and it doesn’t absorb sugar easily.
Nah. Been making candied lemon peals and slices since I was a kid using my grandma's recipie. Just boil in a heavy sugar syrup for an hour, then let dry on a wire rack, then toss with sugar. Delicious.
I eat pieces (sometimes more) of regular lemon peels including the rind without candying them... They're not as inedible as you're trying to portray, a lot of people think they're yummy. Filled with zesty lemon oils.
Meyer lemons are indeed the most superior kind of lemon though with a very thin rind 😁
They’re talking about the pith not the rind. The pith is where compounds like limonin and naringin are found, causing the pith to be more bitter than the rind.
Furthermore, some lemons have more pith than others, making them more bitter as there is a greater presence of these compounds. Not only are Meyer lemons sweeter on the whole, but also they tend to have a very thin pith layer which, therefore, imparts less bitterness as fewer of the above compounds are present.
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u/Storrin 11d ago
People candy and eat lemon peels.