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In reply to the discussion: What is your favorite green fruit or vegetable. Can be green on the inside or outside. Me--Granny Smith Apples [View all]justaprogressive
(5,186 posts)the versatile fruit!
THERE ARE A HUNDRED AND ONE USES FOR A LIME...
Use the juice, grate the peel or plant the seed and grow a tree.
Slice it, wedge it or quarter it. Here are just a few ideas:
Of course, use lime with tea, iced or hot
Serve lime wedges with Florida oysters on the half shell.
Squeeze juice on oyster before eating.
Lime juice preserves the color of avocados, mangos, bananas
and apples; enhances the flavor of melons and papayas.
A generous dash of lime juice in a cup of beef consomme,
adds excitement to an old stand-by.
The afficianado imbibes tequila ritually with salt at the base
of the thumb and a wedge of. lime held gallantly between
thumb and forefinger. One licks the salt, tosses off a shot of
the cactus liquor and sucks the lime, all in one easy, fluid motion
Rub fish with lime before cooking.
Put a slice of lime pierced with a whole clove in the bottom of your tea cup,
Put a dollop of slightly thawed limeade concentrate over your bowl of breakfast berries.
Float very thin slices of lime in clear soup.
Squeeze lime juice over melon balls and top with shredded
coconut for a palate pleasing end to a luncheon.
Before broiling chicken, wash in water to which lime juice has been added.
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