Ann Arbor - Meyer Lemons at Hillers Market
I was at Hiller's tonight and found that they just got another shipment of Meyer Lemons ($1.49/lb.) If you've never tried them before, you can check out this article from Today's LA Times food section:
Unfortunately, these lemons have a rather short season (now is the peak). They are wonderful in both savory and sweet dishes. I recently added them to white wine for a fragrant, citrusy Moules à la Marinière.
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*jumping up and down* as I write this, Jim.
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I was JUST there yesterday and they still had meyer lemons- Yay for Hillers! (Yes, the gal doing cartwheels was me). They also had lovely, lovely mandarinquats - similar to kumquats, but larger, more "tear drop" shaped and perhaps sweeter, with a thinner, fragrant rind. Also on my hit list were Moro Blood Oranges and Cara Cara oranges. I do think they have some of the best selection and quality of citrus around. All of these were priced at $1.49/lb.
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Meijer in Royal Oak had them tonight when I was there, 5 for $2, I was suprised. Meyer Lemonaide spiked w/ stoli vanilla is in my cup as I type. So good.
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re: buttermonkey
momskitchen
Feb 1, 2008 01:42 AM
Meyers at Meijers, eh? ha ha ha
I will have to check it out - they had a good deal on Cara Cara oranges there, too. LOVE THEM!
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Jim - Wow. Giving meyer lemons to dogs - L.A. is so hip, isn't it? And yes, I think CA clementines are just as good as the Spanish or Moroccan ones. I love CA citrus growers - I feel they work so hard to provide diverse and interesting varieties. The winter citrus fruit is what I actually miss most about the farmer's markets in LA. Some of the best pomelos I've ever eaten - even better than ones I ate in Viet Nam - were from the LA farmers market.
Buttermonkey and berkelybabe - Thanks for the tips on the Detroit locations. If I'm in the area, I'll know where to go.
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Last year, you could also get them readily at Trader Joe's --found mine at the Northville store, but Royal Oak, Rochester, Ann Arbor, Farmington will have them, too. They're wonderful in any way!
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Ha! I was particularly interested in the suggestion in the L.A. Times article that you can give them to your dog. I remember seeing a dog in SoCal playing with a lemon for a while and then finally eating it. I thought it was bizarre behavior at the time, but it must have been one of these lemons.
In other citrus news, I've noticed that Hiller's and Whole Foods both now have California Clementines. Not sure how they got those going so fast--as I understand it, Americans only started eating Clementines after we were forced to import large amounts of citrus after a big freeze in the late 1990s. Anyway, I wondered whether the California growers would get them right on the first attempt, but to me they're as good as the Spanish and Moroccan ones. They're also cheaper, have fewer pesticides, and don't have to travel so far.
