We Should Use Lemons More.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 18 March 1904, Page 4

We Should Use Lemons More.

Lemons are amongst the most useful and wholesome of fruits. They have special medicinal qualities, the Juice being an excellent anti-scorbu-tic. They allay irritation of the skin and arc invaluable for feverish thirst in sickness, biliousness, rheumatism, colds, coughs, and liver complaint. Modern cookery would be very little without lemons as flavouring. The extremely sour taste of lemons is due to the presence of citric and malic acids. The peel of the lemon dried, preserved, or candied, is well known for its uses in cookery, and apart from its very pleasant flavour, is of made use as an aromatic stomachic. Tea made by placing dried lemonpeel in a cup and then pouring boiling water over it has been found a most soothing remedy in several forms of indigestion. " One of the constituents of lemon-juice, the malic acid mentioned above, has the property of subduing pain and irritation when taken as a medicine bv gouty persons. The lemons with the most uninviting rind are often the best for juice, while a clear vellowlooking lemon, which serve best for ffrating, invariably contains very little juice and has a thick skin with a good deal of white pith. Essence of lemon is the oil contained in the glands of the fresh lemon-peel, and .s really the substance that gives the flavour to the fruit. The l„.ot is obtained by pressure. A substi of thl 01 ; eSS ™ CC of ,emon * one of the latest coal-tar products It cd by the bitterish metallic taste il leaves ,„ the mouth if , wre , hnn ', small quantity |„. USOTI as fl " v " ' ing. Germany is the ph,'re o 'f ' j( ~ origin, and users of lemon essence will do well to insist on having oiilv the best English product.