Re: [CH] Re: limes
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:29:46 -0700
> The stuff was whole lime powder.
This definitely gives me an idea what to do with my dried limes. Thanks.
Any "official" recipes for this stuff, to formalize initial experimentation?
> How they managed to dry them, I'll never know. There weren't even any holes
> in them! Must have taken weeks!
I usually have lots of citrus fruits laying around the house, including
those small Key limes (aka Mexican limes -- which have great taste, BTW).
It happens there are often more than I can use before they begin drying up.
Mexican and Persian limes, and the occasional orange or whatever, that are
brown, small, spherical, light weight, and hard as stone. Even in the
kitchen out of full summer intensity, they just dry all by themselves in
this climate of moderate heat and moderate humidity (San Jose, California).
I imagine in Iran, or Arizona, perhaps all citrus fruits would self-dry in
summer, and take considerably less time doing it than the few months or so
mine take to dry.
--- Brent