Spreads - Lemon Curd

I just finished an art piece for bewarethecheese.com's fine art gallery "Senses". For this piece I had to photograph, and eventually eat more than 40 different spreads.  I've decided to post a little something about each spread that I sampled.

What exactly is a lemon curd?  I know what cheese curd is, but how does one get a curd out of a lemon?  If you've never tasted lemon curd before, it's pretty much the same stuff you put into a lemon meringue pie.  If you've never tried a lemon meringue pie before, then I can't really help you.

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