Is there an alternative to lime juice? - Tiki Drinks and Food

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Sat, Apr 30, 2005 7:33 PM Regarding Nellie and Joe's vs fresh squeezed lime juice: I think it was Sabu that determined through selfless experimentation that in a Mai Tai one should use about 2/3 of the amount of key lime juice as you would use lime juice. I use that as a general rule of thumb. I realize that Nellie and Joe's doesn't taste like fresh (Persian?) lime juice but I have squeezed fresh key limes a few times and I think that the N&J's is extremely close in taste to fresh key limes. Close enough that I don't buy key limes anymore. Those buggers are little and a pain in the ass to squeeze. I've purchased another brand of bottled key lime juice (Florida Key West) but it sucks. Stick to Nellie and Joe's, it's great stuff.

Regarding Nellie and Joe's vs fresh squeezed lime juice: I think it was Sabu that determined through selfless experimentation that in a Mai Tai one should use about 2/3 of the amount of key lime juice as you would use lime juice. I use that as a general rule of thumb.

I realize that Nellie and Joe's doesn't taste like fresh (Persian?) lime juice but I have squeezed fresh key limes a few times and I think that the N&J's is extremely close in taste to fresh key limes. Close enough that I don't buy key limes anymore. Those buggers are little and a pain in the ass to squeeze. I've purchased another brand of bottled key lime juice (Florida Key West) but it sucks. Stick to Nellie and Joe's, it's great stuff.

Post #156000 by Kono on Sat, Apr 30, 2005 7:33 PM