Okay so maybe it’s more like campsite to table…but you get the picture!!
At this campground there is a citrus tree or olive tree at every site!! We were a little too late on the olive harvest but we got here just in time for the citrus harvest! Lemons, oranges and grapefruit galore!!!
Please take note….when you see a lemon tree and your five year old becomes obsessed with wanting to pick lemons, squeeze lemons and do all the lemon things….do NOT I repeat DO NOT pick him up and shove him into said lemon tree to pick a lemon….they have THORNS! Like legit big thorns….”mom mom put me down it has like real pokies on it” 🙈🙈 yes yes son it does. Glad we could learn that one together.
Soooo when you want to pick the lemons, oranges, or grapefruit one should go check out a fruit picker from the front office. This will allow you to pick fresh fruit without sustaining any bodily injuries.
We decided that we should really embrace this, you know when in Rome sort of a thing. So we are going to try to use these fruits at least once a week in some new (to us) form or fashion. This week lemon bars!!
What was learned during this cook time……One lemon produces about 1/4 cup of juice. Poking holes in the baked crust helps the filling to stick to the crust. I might start baking over a towel….the clean up is sooooo easy! Baking your own lemon bars isn’t as daunting as I thought it would be and nor did I think it would be so satisfying to be say we picked those lemons, squeezed and them turned it into something delicious. When life gives you lemons….make lemon bars!