[header] How to eat a lemon [title] Peel the lemon. [step] Lemon zest is great as an addition to many dishes, but you don't want to eat the entire lemon rind raw. To start, take a sharp knife and cut off the top and tail of the lemon.
[header] How to eat a lemon [title] Peel the lemon. [step] Lemon zest is great as an addition to many dishes, but you don't want to eat the entire lemon rind raw. To start, take a sharp knife and cut off the top and tail of the lemon.
Stand the lemon up on one of those cut sides. With your knife, peel off strips from the lemon until all the skin has been removed. The lemon zest will be small enough to use in a filling or sour dish. Cut away the top and tail of the lemon before you proceed. Hold the lemon between your fingers and slice through the peel, pulling the pit out while you cut it. [substeps] You want the rind in the lemon before you add it to something else. Then, chop away the zest in the lemon with a cutting board and to reveal the side. [substeps] Peel the flesh of the lemon by hand before you begin to eat.