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Two weeks ago, searching for limes among the piles of produce in Fairway seemed like cruel game. Because they were out of the “regular” ones, we had to wade through the organic bins, tossing over strange foliage to find the citrus at over a dollar a piece. So imagine our shock when we walked in this week and faced a wall of little green ones going for 10 for $1.99. That’s a lot of limes.
As you drag your bag of limes up to the cash register, you may be wondering why you need that many and what exactly to do with them. But the checkout lady will know exactly why you have all those limes. Like when someone buys orange juice with their friends after 10 P.M., that many limes is suspicious. Unless you’re stocking up for a proper Mexican fiesta, you might as well fess up and make a drink.
How best to use the limes depends on your liquor of choice. If you’re stocked with tequila then make a margarita. If you have rum it is time for a Daiquiri. Have some Brazilian Cachaca? Mix it with some sugar and have a Caipirinha. And if you’re so lucky to have some nice gin, and nothing but time, then try a Gin Fizz, which you’ll need to shake with some egg whites for a very long time. If you’re feeling rather lazy and haughty then move on to what is said to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s drink of choice: The Gin Rickey. It’s nothing more than two ounces of gin and 3/4 ounce of lime juice poured in a highball glass filled with ice and topped with club soda. It’s quick, refreshing, and since there is no sugar, you’ll feel no shame when you reach into the plastic bag to cut up another lime.
Any other tasty mixes?
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I always use limes when I'm cooking fish, chicken or steak in the skillet pan, do they think the only people that read this are dumb and full of cum
Moscow Mules!
2 parts vodka and 1 part fresh lime juice poured on ice in a highball glass and topped off with ginger beer to taste.
Yum...
lime juice w/ corona (or other mex beers) in a salted glass = Chelada... add Worcestershire and tabasco to make it s Michelada : great summer drinks...
Just juice half those suckers and mix with water and simple syrup for a refreshing Limeade. Even better would be to make a Ginger simple syrup and turn it into a Ginger Limeade. Even more betterer would be to add vodka to the ginger limeade and create the Blue Ginger Gimlet.
key lime pie?
Seriously Ross, was that even necessary?
My girlfriend just returned from Florida with a suitcase full of key limes. The pie was absolutely de-lish.
With the few limes left, I think I'll try that Gin Fizz before G/F comes home.
Man, no one even thinks to mention the classic Cherry Lime Rickey.
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OK, so it's totally cold and miserable in my part of the world right now, but when it's hot there's nothing like a traditional G&T - I always squeeze some lime juice into the drink (not just a lime slice) and have to use a good quality gin - no cheap stuff!
Big fan of the Cuba Libre, which is just a rum & coke over crushed ice, with fresh lime juice. It's the lime juice that makes it, well, sublime (sorry).
did someone say mojito?