Lime
Lime is a totally classic and totally classy ingredient. Forget margaritas (or give your margaritas to me and I will drink them for you), lime is much more than an element in a popular mixed drink.
Lime is really citrus aurantifolia: - the leaf is brilliant in the food of many countries, especially South East Asian. I don’t think this is the same plant as the European linden (tilia spp) which produces limeflowers.
Lime juice is particularly important in Australian history. The “lime juice tub� was any ship bound for Australia during a certain period, named after the use of lime juice against scurvy in the British Navy.
Apart from being good against scurvy, and in mixed drinks, a squeeze of lime juice is a useful addition to a lot of dishes, both sweet and savoury.
[tags]food history, lime, ingredients[\tags]
June 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I also like when they are used in home decor–such as on the coffee table in a pretty silver bowl or to hide the stems in a vase of simple flowers.
June 17th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Yay, lime!
June 17th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Yay lime and lime in decor indeed - except in 70s kitchens. My cabinets are lime: not a good look.
June 17th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Tag!
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June 25th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I have a friend who uses lime juice for pasta. When I first saw her squeezing it in, I was apprehensive. (Up until that point, I’d only had pasta with tomato sauce, cheese sauce, and pesto.) But it ended up tasting fantastic — very zesty. (Other ingredients were things like olives, diced tomatoes and onion.)
June 25th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Catslyn - I’ll do your tag this week, promise.
Nancy - I use lime juice and lemon juice in all sorts of things they don’t belong. They can make a dish so very magic.
June 30th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
I adore limes. My curries wouldn’t be the same without them. And a squeeze makes my papayas come alive…
July 4th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Lime and pawpaw - what a lovely combination :).