Meyer Lemon season is from late winter to early spring. Last year, I ordered a box of "pick-to-order" meyer lemons from Snow Citrus Court for the first time ($25 for 5 lbs or $41 for 10 lbs, shipping included, 3 to 5 lemons per pound). Not knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised by the great looking lemons found in the box I received. They are plump and juicy with a perfectly smooth thin skin that comes with a nice sheen (as seen in the picture above) - unlike the ones found in the store.
Meyer lemons taste sweeter and less acid than regular lemons ... also with a hint of grassiness, not in an unpleasant way though. Soon after we received the lemons, Bob and I tried using ML in different dessert recipes, and our unanimous favorite is the Meyer lemon curd made by Bob. It has a good balance of sweetness and tartness and the mouth feel is lusciously silky smooth. We served it with pound cake, and it's a match made in heaven! We are so fond of meyer lemon that we have gotten a dwarf ML tree - it is now full of fragrant blossoms and little tiny green fruits!
(The lemon curd made with regular lemons tend to be either too sweet or too tart. Because of the higher acidity found in regular lemons, the attempt to counterbalance it by adding more sugar to the lemon card can result in an overly sweet taste while not having enough sugar can actually make the sharpness of acidity stand out even more, which can be unpleasnt. As a result, I rarely order any dessert with lemon curd in restaurants since good lemon curd is hard to come by...)