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/Megabyte_Messiah 12h ago

Wow. I always enjoyed chocolate oranges, but never understood why I typically only saw them at Christmas. Is this related to why? I’m in Michigan which has a fairly large Polish community.

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u/portabuddy2 9h ago

This all goes back to the day of travel be wagon, horse and train. Even truck but when they where not that common. In europe the trade routs where solid! But you still had to wait for seasonal items. Some where super expensive and only given out by the church. Some simply put no one could afford. So back then when you got an orange that came the way from italy or even China. That was a thing.

It's like someone bringing you a moon rock today. In the days when distance counted in steps by foot, it's just as Un fathomable how far a moon rock came today. And in 100 years hopefully we will be saying the same for something from the nearest star.

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u/Megabyte_Messiah 4h ago

Half of us will be worried about something from the nearest star while the other half worry about oranges, again, most like 🙃

Thanks for the info!