645373 Mon Aug 17 14:09:29 -0700 2009 20 2 Los Angeles Area 0 4953840 Do any LA area stores carry Meyer Lemons at this time? I'm making a meyer lemon pie, and i need one more, since one of my lemons had the weird, one-lemon-of-a-bunch go bad issue. I'm thinking Gelson's? or maybe the bristol farms on sunset? Mon Aug 17 14:09:30 -0700 2009 24524 Rosiepigs 1 4953915 You can try, but I think they are a late-spring / early summer sort of crop. Call the produce dept first before driving over, they should be able to tell you. Mon Aug 17 14:35:38 -0700 2009 4953840 90755 Phurstluv 1 4953940 best bet would be to check with a neighbor. i've still got a few left on my tree, but they're getting pretty warty. commercial production was done by the end of March. Mon Aug 17 14:41:31 -0700 2009 4953840 10372 FED 1 4954008 I think if anyone's got them, it'll be the farmers markets. Mon Aug 17 15:07:53 -0700 2009 4953840 10926 mnosyne 2 4960069 I haven't seen any Meyer lemons at any of the OC Farmers Markets. Wed Aug 19 13:51:42 -0700 2009 4954008 12873 OCAnn 1 4955607 Commercially, call Marina Frams, if anyonehas or can get it is them. Tue Aug 18 07:55:44 -0700 2009 4953840 11279 Burger Boy 2 4959081 I didn't see any Meyers there last week, but who knows... Wed Aug 19 09:16:57 -0700 2009 4955607 64003 bulavinaka 1 4956263 From time to time at some of the grocers serving the Armenian and Russian communities (Jon's, SuperKing) I've seen stacks of what were identified as "sweet lemons", which were quite thin-skinned and which appeared to quite possibly be Meyers (my old house had a dwarf Meyer tree, so I sorta know what they look like without cutting 'em open) and about a quarter of the price that Gelson's would charge. Worth a look. Tue Aug 18 11:16:56 -0700 2009 4953840 11398 silverlakebodhisattva 2 4956482 So, is that what those are? I wondered about those sweet lemons. Tue Aug 18 12:12:25 -0700 2009 4956263 11279 Burger Boy 3 4956950 i've once mistaken "sweet" lemons for meyers--they're not the same. sweet lemons are just regular lemons, but maybe rebranded to trick you. meyer's are distinct with a much sweeter and more complex flavor. but, i'll check a jon's to see what they're selling. and i still haven't found a grocery store with meyer's; i might use a few kumquats instead. Tue Aug 18 14:21:00 -0700 2009 4956482 24524 Rosiepigs 4 4957050 I don't think there is anything shady going on. Persian lemons are not Eureka's, they are sweet. I would say less acidic than Myer's but with a mild lemon flavor.. the Myer has more going on. Tue Aug 18 14:48:25 -0700 2009 4956950 110510 AAQjr 4 4957121 Actually, and go ahead and do the research, I haven't but I think the Meyers are a hybrid, crossed with a type of orange. But I'm sure I'll hear it if I'm off base!!! Tue Aug 18 15:08:37 -0700 2009 4956950 90755 Phurstluv 4 4957417 NO, the ones I've gotten at Superking were definitely not "just regular lemons, but maybe rebranded to trick you"; they were rounder, way thinner-skinned, way less acid. LOOKED more like Meyers than like Eurekas, but as AAQjr says, tasted not as complex as my old tree's Meyers. I was willing to acknowledge the possibility that they maybe just weren't very GOOD, well-stored and well-shipped Meyers. Tue Aug 18 16:55:03 -0700 2009 4956950 11398 silverlakebodhisattva 5 4957611 hmmm, interesting. ok, the ones i had a while back were regular lemons masquerading as "sweet" lemons (they weren't from an armenian market). there are persian lemons, but i can't seem to pin down their variety online (even the online citrus database don't say anything about a "Persian" variety). sweet, but not meyers, as AAQjr says. oh, and meyers seem to be a lemon-orange hybrid brought to the states from china about 100 years ago. as for finding a store carrying them, i'm going to hit up two larger whole foods markets (the one in Sherman Oaks is achingly small, almost to the point that we'd be better off with it closing and opening in a bigger venue.) if that fails, i'm using kumquats. do y'all think kumquats and meyers would go well together? many thanks Tue Aug 18 18:21:49 -0700 2009 4957417 24524 Rosiepigs 6 4959021 If you are short ONE Meyer lemon, why not just fill the gap with a Eureka lemon and maybe add an extra tablespoon of sugar? It is not going to make much (if any) difference to the eventual taste. Just make the pie ahreddy. Wed Aug 19 09:02:17 -0700 2009 4957611 76480 ozhead 6 4963372 The sweet lemons I've had are significantly sweeter than Meyer lemons. They taste like lemonade -- you don't even need to add sugar. I could swear I still see Meyer's at the SM Farmer's market but will double check this weekend. Thu Aug 20 13:42:03 -0700 2009 4957611 18466 a_and_w 7 4970127 Confirmed -- there are Meyer lemons at the SM Farmer's market. I believe it was the Garcia Bros. organic stand where I saw them. They have sweet lemons/limes, too, if you're curious to compare. Sun Aug 23 11:01:51 -0700 2009 4963372 18466 a_and_w 1 4959138 I was at Pavilions in Burbank on Sunday and they had them. Wed Aug 19 09:32:02 -0700 2009 4953840 15296 gossamered 2 4959270 d'oh! oh well, next time. none turned up at whole foods in west LA, bristol farms in West LA, Ralph's on ventura nor Von's (i swear i saw mangosteen there once). i went with the two i had and comforted myself with the knowledge that the pie overflowed greatly last time, so cutting back might not be a bad idea. pie is now made, looks yummy, will try shortly. Wed Aug 19 10:12:05 -0700 2009 4959138 24524 Rosiepigs 3 4961379 they had 'em at the SMFM this morning (wednesday) Wed Aug 19 23:39:47 -0700 2009 4959270 110510 AAQjr 3 4963486 How was the pie?? Thu Aug 20 14:12:58 -0700 2009 4959270 90755 Phurstluv