Lemonless lemons

[Trudy]

I just purchased some lemons from an expensive organic foods grocery. When I got them home and opened them up, they were all rind with very little usable lemon flesh or lemon juice. I paid twice what I usually pay, but we were having salmon for dinner, and I didn't want to make another stop. Is there some reason a thick rind on a lemon is better than the thin ones? What am I missing here?

 

[Sarah C.]

I think you got some bad lemons. The organic ones I have gotten are delicious and juicy.

 

[hunysukle]

I guess you could grate the lemon peel and use it for cooking purposes. That way you don't have to throw away the entire lemon and waste money. How disappointing to purchase bad lemons, especially when you paid more for them than usual.

 

[classicnyer]

I guess you could grate the lemon peel and use it for cooking purposes. That way you don't have to throw away the entire lemon and waste money. How disappointing to purchase bad lemons, especially when you paid more for them than usual.

It's still a loss though, because you could grate the peel off of non-organic lemons as well.

That is really disappointing.