Well. In the week that I laid off the limes, it looks like The Devil was busy wheeling and dealing with his citrus providers. There were plenty of bags of limes back in the bin at The Devil's Playground. They were, however, like a miniature version of their predecessors.
They are the thin-skinned variety. They have a really good taste, but they're very hard. It takes a lot of rolling to soften them up to release their meager juice. They're all pretty dark green. So maybe the last batch, so similar, yet bigger and lighter colored and juicier, were more ripe.
I'm pretty satisfied with their actual magical elixir performance. I refuse to increase my addiction to 3 limes rather than 2.
Perhaps as the season goes on the available limes will become bigger and juicier. Unless it's the end of lime season there and you'll have to put up with whatever gets imported.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the lime growing season, but we're heading into fall now. I'm guessing The Devil buys limes wherever they're cheapest, so not necessarily domestic. These have a good flavor, they're just so tiny.
Are they sold by the pound or per lime? HeWho used to be a gin and tonic drinker, but since he no longer drinks, I no longer buy limes. I have no fond memories of his drinking days.
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteI'm not a good price-watcher. I think they're just sold by the bag, same price on every bag. I used to have 10 limes per bag, but I think there are more of these tiny ones. Must be based on weight.
I never bought limes until Farmer H wanted to make that Montana Mule. I think I picked out four individual ones. He only used two, so I put them in my magical elixir, and got hooked!