PONDEROSA LEMON - Trying a GIANT Lemon Hybrid (& Candied Lemon Peel Recipe!) - Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 543: Ponderosa Lemon
Binomial Name: Citrus x pyriformis
Location: Grown in South Carolina, Filmed in Louisiana USA

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"Tiptoes" by Myuu

[Andrew_Erickson]

You vs. the guy she told you not to worry about

[kimbenoit]

They are soooo good for pies and lemonade! They grow fairly true from seed--or at least its still some sort of giant sour lemon-like thing.

[waltergolston]

here in old Florida, there is a lemon the size of a volleyball and is called a plantation lemon and one fruit would make one pitcher of lemonade. the fruit has a lemon flavor but sweeter.

[anne-droid]

I am oddly relieved to see the lemon rate a lemon on the water-to-lemon scale. We live in an unpredictable world.

[Verlisify]

dude just ate straight up lemon rind to compare it to B I G lemon rind

[Erics_Youtube_Handle]

I knew it had something to do with pomelo as soon as I saw the size. It's like citrus gigantism.. What a beast of a fruit.

[jamescanjuggle]

Oh I got swindled into buying one of these on a weird island in Italy that was obsessed with lemons.

And by swindled I mean I impulse bought the big lemon because it was huuuge

[morningstar]

I like to pour some of the lemon syrup into my morning vodka.

[soldierinsane]

I love how much fun you have with these intros

[Kikilang]

Thanks for sharing. Everyone I know who grows lemons, from seeds, tell me, they are nothing like lemons. They grow large, sweet, and tastey. I guess I'll never know.

[Betty-qdst]

Years ago I went to a place in Pennsylvania called Otts nursery. They had the whole trees, with fruit n all. Yes I got one, it was good.

[sdfkjgh]

2:05 Every time he says pith, I can't help but think of this one stupid joke:

One morning, the god Thor woke up from a truly epic orgy. Wandering the halls of Valhalla, he saw a handmaiden he'd never seen before. Thinking she was either a challenger or another conquest, he bellowed in his normal boisterous manner, "I'm Thor!" Her reply? _"You're_ Thor? I'm tho thor, I can hardly pith!"

[sproutingresilience]

This got m interested in looking t how many citrus speceis are classified taxonomical ITIS shows 219, i wonder how many are eaten

[Jeremiahrown]

Just realized I have a couple Ponderosa Lemon trees. Thought they were Kafir lime!

[ori]

I have a tree of these in my backyard, they're great.
I used to eat them with the peel on like an apple, but that would cause stomach aches so I stopped.

[JTMusicbox]

Awesome Super Mario Bros reference!!!
Anyone other than you, I’d have been convinced the thumbnail was clickbait.

[WellWoopdidoo]

I’ll have to try to get ahold of one of these, I make candied peel every year before Christmas. Great to have around for cakes and biscuits, and really nice dipped in dark chocolate. If you make a lot or make it often it helps to have a candy thermometer.

[mushedrooms]

love the intro, also i would love to make lemonade with these!

[scottreece]

I didn't realize what you were doing with the mushroom at first. As soon as I heard the music, I knew it instantly. Lol

[LWDxNUTZ]

I recently found these and used them to make something call olio sacrum. It was fantastic like a strong lemon syrup.