Can you freeze lemons

as they are.

they go very soft when they come out and thaw,u r better to squeeze first then freeze

And grate and freeze the zest, preferably separate from the juice, for ease of later use.:-))

why not preserve them in salt. Mine are just about ready, and look great.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/02/in-a-pickle-salt-preserved-meyer-lemons.html

why not preserve them in salt. Mine are just about ready, and look great.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/02/in-a-pickle-salt-preserved-meyer-lemons.html

I filled 3 jars that after two weeks, filled two. I did not add any water in the first place and did not have to when I did away with 1 jar.

I tried that and while they were great for savoury dishes, they weren't for anything else. I prefer now to juice some and freeze. I have also frozen the skins whole and zested.

Yes you can.
They take up a lot of space,
they are hard to zest after thawing,
they are hard to squeeze after thawing,
they are impossible to grate after thawing,
they are very easy to squeeze after thawing.

So you are better off thinking what you'd like to do with them later on and then grate, zest, squeeze, slice etc accordingly. Then freeze.

Yes you can.Grate the whole lemon while frozen.Amazing ah

Yes, I freeze to use for lemon icing on Banana Cakes so don't have to worry re uli's posting.

I freeze the juice in ice cube trays.

I slice lemons and freeze the slices - pop them frozen into Gin & Tonic :-)

I freeze the juice and the zest separately.

I also freeze sliced limes for drinks as they have the annoying habit of not having any limes on the tree in the middle of summer when you want some LOL :)

I do the prep on them before freezing.
juice them, zest them, and freeze those too.

Uli suggests that just putting them in the freeze doesnt produce a great result (but I haven't tried it)

i do i cut them into wedges put on a try to free floe the but it in to a container for my coctails, G &T etc

I grate the zest and squeeze the juice for freezing -then boil what's left in the microwave to clean it -then put some of the boiled remains down the waste disposal to sanitise it.Waste not!

Check this out -
Makes interesting reading but I don’t know from where it originated.

Amazing frozen lemons
All it is.is a frozen lemon
Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming the
entire lemon and nothing is wasted.
How can you use the whole lemon without waste!
Simple. place the washed lemon in the freezer section of your
refrigerator. Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred the
whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of your foods.
Sprinkle it to your vegetable salad, ice cream, soup, cereals, noodles,
spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, fish dishes, whiskey, wine. the list is
endless.
All of the foods will unexpectedly have a wonderful taste, something that
you may have never tasted before.
Most likely, you only think of lemon juice and vitamin C. Not anymore. Now
that you've learned this lemon secret, you can use lemon even in instant
cup noodles.
What's the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing
waste and adding new taste to your dishes!
Well, you see lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins
than the lemon juice itself.And yes, that's what you've been wasting.
But from now on, by following this simple procedure of freezing the whole
lemon, then grating it on top of your dishes, you can consume all of those
nutrients and get even healthier.
It's also good that lemon peels are health rejuvinators in eradicating
toxic elements in the body. So place your washed lemon in your freezer, and
then grate it on your meal every day. It is a key to make your foods
tastier and you get to live healthier and longer! That's the lemon secret!
Better late than never, right! The surprising benefits of lemon!
Lemon (Citrus) is a miraculous product to kill cancer cells. It is 10,000
times stronger than chemotherapy.
Why do we not know about that! Because there are laboratories interested in
making a synthetic version that will bring them huge profits.
You can now help a friend in need by letting him/her know that lemon juice
is beneficial in preventing the disease. Its taste is pleasant and it does
not produce the horrific effects of chemotherapy.
How many people will die while this closely guarded secret is kept, so as
not to jeopardize the beneficial multimillionaires large corporations!
As you know, the lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes.
You can eat the fruit in different ways: you can eat the pulp, juice press,
prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc. It is credited with many virtues,
but the most interesting is the effect it produces on cysts and tumors.
This plant is a proven remedy against cancers of all types. Some say it is
very useful in all variants of cancer. It is considered also as an anti
microbial spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi, effective
against internal parasites and worms, it regulates blood pressure which is
too high and an antidepressant, combats stress and nervous disorders.
The source of this information is fascinating: it comes from one of the
largest drug manufacturers in the world, says that after more than 20
laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that It destroys the
malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and
pancreas.
The compounds of this tree showed 10,000 times better than the product
Adriamycin, a drug normally used chemotherapeutic in the world, slowing the
growth of cancer cells.And what is even more astonishing: this type of
therapy with lemon extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and it does
not affect healthy cells.
So, give those lemons a good wash, freeze them and grate them. Your whole
body will love you for it!