1, fresh lemon is eaten raw, washed and eaten directly. But lemon is extremely sour, so this method is suitable for people who like to eat sour. Raw lemon can supplement vitamin C while supplementing human water.

2. Soak the lemon directly in water, wash and slice it, and drink it after adding cold water (note that cold water is used here, and hot water will become bitter).

3. Add honey to the lemon. Peel and cut the lemon into pieces, then add appropriate amount of honey and cold water according to your personal taste, and finally juice together.

4. Marinate lemons with sugar. Usually, fresh lemons are too sour to eat, but they can be turned into edible lemon slices after being pickled with appropriate amount of sugar.

Brief introduction of lemon

Lemon is a dicotyledonous plant belonging to Rutaceae and Citrus. Lemon is also called lemon fruit, foreign lemon, beneficial mother fruit and so on. Small trees with branches with little or no thorns. The tender leaves and buds are dark purple, and the leaves are as thick as paper, oval or oval. Single flower axillary or rarely clustered, fruit oval or ovoid. The skin thickness is usually rough, lemon yellow, and the juice is sour to very sour. The seeds are small, ovoid and pointed. Seed coat is smooth, cotyledons are milky white, usually single embryo or multi-embryo. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September-165438+1October.

Because of its sour taste, lemon is the favorite food for pregnant women, so it is called beneficial to mother fruit or beneficial to mother and child. Lemon is rich in citric acid, so it is called "citric acid warehouse". Its juice is crispy and fragrant. Because of its sour taste, it can only be used as a high-grade condiment to prepare drinks, dishes, cosmetics and drugs.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lemon