[header] How to eat a lemon [title] Peel the lemon. [step] Lemon zest is great as an addition to many dishes, but you don't want to eat the entire lemon rind raw. To start, take a sharp knife and cut off the top and tail of the lemon. 
Stand the lemon up on one of those cut sides. With your knife, peel off strips from the lemon until all the skin has been removed.