What would you do with 4 lemons?

[TooTicky]

Not lemonade (did that recently and no bugger drank it except me) or pancakes (too much standing around in the kitchen for very little food).
Ideas?

JoshandJamie that sounds lovely and simple enough even for me to attempt - can i just ask a couple of dumb questions? i don't get the bit about rosemary: do you pull off the needle-like leaves and put those into the butter mixture? or do you put the remaining stalks in and then discard these before serving? i have some growing in my garden. and the potatoes - will any type do? Cut into small quarter size? TIA

Yip - just pull the little needles off and put that in the lemon/butter mix - to be honest, just judge how much you want to use - doesn't have to be exactly 4 stalks. And just discard the woody stem.

Any potatoes will do - probably not new potatoes but anything else (and even if you only had new potatoes I don't think it would be the end of the world). And just chop them up into little square chunks.

It's dead easy.

Just want to clarify - discard the woody stem altogether - don't put it in the butter at all, just the green needles

Preserve them for later use in middle-eastern-type dishes?

Just get loads of salt and an airtight container. Cover the lemons completely with salt up to the top then put the lid on. When it all reduces within two or three days, put more salt in. Within about 3-4 weeks they'll be ready to use in chicken and chickpea dishes (also some lamb dishes but I don't know any). They give a very distinctive flavour, you rinse them out, get rid of the pulp and just chop up the skin.

NB: some people think the flavour's vile, but I like it!

okay, brill, thanks v. much for the information. i'll just hope the cat's not wee'd on my rosemary and i'll make this for dh this week.

Caligula, that's fascinating!