r/mildlyinfuriating • u/marcus_dobre_lover • 19h ago

I just wanted a hot dog Mom bought 150 lemons.

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She randomly comes back with a butt load of food items once in a while

Any lemon recipe suggestions

\she’s 44, for people asking her age\.

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u/portabuddy2 18h ago

Citrus rarely made it to Poland before like 1800's and when they did it was mostly oranges. And only on Christmas. Any bacia or Gadgi will tell if someone cracks an orange it always reminds them of Christmas.

Lemons where even rarer so when they Arrived you would preserve them as best as you could. Poland is know for their rich honey. Strong spruce, birch and clover honey's are prized.

That mixed with grain alcohol and this strong honey. Then it makes sense. Trying to extend something that is so rare, came so little and passed so quickly.

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u/Negative_Fruit_1800 17h ago

Believe it or not oranges were not the most common citrus in America when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. It was a special treat to get them at Christmas. The church would hand out a bag filled with oranges, nuts and hard candy the Sunday before Christmas after nativity ceremonies.

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u/ElcidBarrett 16h ago

When I was growing up in the 90s and 00s, my parents always put an orange in my stocking. I never quite got it, but it was apparently quite the treat when they were growing up.

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u/Negative_Fruit_1800 16h ago

We could only get fruit in season back then so getting an orange at Christmas was like the holy grail.

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u/Hiraeth1968 53m ago

Cue the scene in the Godfather of the Don buying fruit.

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u/Serious-Fun7379 6m ago

I swear that, and walnuts in the shell were part of the reason I was so desperate to move to CA from DC. NEVER looked back