How can lemons be eaten? Do you know these 4 common ways of eating lemons?

Lemons are rich in citric acid, so they are known as the “citric acid storehouse” because of their extraordinarily acidic taste, they are only used as a superior flavoring, to make drinks dishes, cosmetics and medicines.

Lemon slices in water is a common drink, especially in the hot summer, when the body is heavy with dampness, to dissolve phlegm and stop coughing, and to promote the stomach.

Efficacy and effects of lemon

1. Whitening and skin care

Lemon is a highly alkaline food with strong antioxidant effect, which is very effective in promoting skin metabolism, delaying aging and inhibiting pigmentation.

2. Clearing heat and phlegm

Lemon peel is more effective than citrus in dispelling phlegm. The company's main goal is to provide a good solution to the problem.

3.Although lemons are sour and slightly bitter, and cannot be eaten fresh like other fruits, their peels are rich in aromatic volatile components that can relieve the heat and wake up the spleen.

4. Anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory

Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which acts as a natural antibiotic for the human body and has a variety of effects such as antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, enhancing the immunity of the human body, so you can drink more hot lemon water to maintain your body.

Common ways to eat lemons

Lemon cola

Ingredients:

1 can of Coke with 80g ice cubes 2-3 slices of yellow lemon

Directions:

(1) cup with lemon slices squeezed a few times with stirring.

(2) Add ice cubes and pour Coke to nine minutes full.

Lemon Mint Tea

Ingredients:

1 lemon, mint (washed, just the leaves), boiling water (just boiled), icing sugar. (For those who are afraid of acidity, add rock sugar.)

 

Directions:

(1) Bring the water to a boil;

(2) Slice the lemon and put it in a glass;

(3) Put the mint leaves in a glass;

(4) Add icing sugar (to taste);

(5) Pour boiling water and you're done.

 

Lemon black tea

Ingredients:

Main ingredients: two black tea bags, 1 lemon

Ingredients: boiling water, ice cubes, mint leaves

Directions:

(1) Take a container, wash and wipe off the water, put the black tea bags.

(2) Boil water and rinse into the container of black tea bags.

(3) Steep the black tea bags for about 3 minutes, fish them out and let them cool.

(4) Wash the outer skin of the lemon and cut into small triangles (or thinly sliced).

(5) Add the lemon to the black tea, or if you prefer an iced drink, add ice cubes after the tea has cooled.

(6) Finally, add freshly washed mint leaves to the lemon black tea.

Lemon pudding

Ingredients:

15 g of jelly powder, 973 g of fresh milk, 87 g of granulated sugar, 29 g of lemon juice

Directions:

(1) Put fresh milk, sugar and jelly powder together in a pot, heat and cook until about 80°C and then remove from heat.

(2) Add the lemon juice in recipe 1 and mix well.

Great uses for lemons

1. Remove odor from knives

Cut a fresh piece of lemon, squeeze the lemon juice on the knife, wipe the knife with lemon juice, and then rinse it with water to effectively remove the odor from the knife.

2. Remove the fishy smell in cooking fish

Cut up the fish and cut a fresh lemon, then squeeze the lemon juice over the fish, stir well, and marinate for about 5 minutes, then go ahead and make your fish.

3. Remove odors from the fridge

Another use for lemons is to remove the odor inside the refrigerator. Slice a fresh lemon and put a few slices into the refrigerator, you will find that after a while the odor inside the refrigerator will be much less and there seems to be a fresh smell.

4. Use lemon juice to remove clothing stains

Lemon contains a lot of citric acid, which can replace the 84 bleaching effect, used to clean the hard to remove stains some very good results, and the stained clothes will not be as yellow as after 84 bleaching!

5. Cooking

Lemons enhance the flavor of dishes and reduce the amount of salt used. Fruits and vegetables soaked in cold lemon water will prevent oxidative browning, and lettuce salads with lemon water stay fresh. Add a spoonful of lemon juice to cooking to reduce clumping of rice grains.