How to preserve lemons?
Fresh lemons can be stored at normal temperature (between 1 and 2 degrees), which can generally be stored for about one month. In summer when the temperature is high, it can be stored in the refrigerator.
under the condition of intact head, no damage, clean skin and good temperature, humidity and storage environment, it can be stored for up to 5 or 6 months.
Usually, we can choose the storage method according to our demand for lemons.
1. Store at room temperature. Whole lemons are the easiest to store at room temperature. Can be placed in a ventilated and cool place, and can be taken out at any time when necessary.
2. Keep it in the refrigerator. The cold storage temperature of the fresh-keeping room is generally 5 to 8 degrees, which is also suitable for preserving lemons. Generally, it can be preserved for one month or even longer, but be careful not to freeze, which is easy to freeze lemons.
3. Squeeze the lemon into lemon juice and keep it. If it will be used in 2 or 3 days. Squeeze the juice into a glass bottle and store it in the refrigerator in a sealed way. The squeezed lemon juice can be frozen into ice if it is kept for a long time.
4. preserve by pickling. Wash the lemon and cut it. According to the taste, it can be pickled with honey, sugar, rock sugar or salt. When eating, the lemon slices can be taken out and soaked in water for drinking.
5. Make the lemon into dry slices, slice the lemon, and then dry or dry it. Then put the lemon slices in a sealed bag and seal them. Just put it in a cool and dry place indoors, and you can take it out when you need to soak in water.
There are many ways to preserve lemons, but no matter which way, the nutritional value of lemons will be lost to some extent with the passage of time. Therefore, in order to keep the high nutritional value of lemon as high as possible, it is recommended to eat it fresh as soon as possible.