Post #188275 by PapeToaTane on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 8:19 PM

My wife (Equihini) and I just bought a new house.

Needless to say, we are thrilled - and I cannot wait until the PAPE TOA TANE LOUNGE comes out of boxes (artwork by TikiCutie and Kirby!) and we can invite the SoCal Ohana to the house-warming!

So - today - we meet with a friend of ours who is a landscape architect - and the prior owners are there, congratulating us and giving us yet-another grande tour of the property - and the husband points out..."and over here is the LIME TREE!!! Alarm bells go off in my head, and visions of the perfect :drink: dance through my brain!

The tree is just drooping with big, green limes!! There's probably enough there to keep Martiki supplied with limes at Trader Vic's for - oh - at least three days!!

I pick off four good looking ones from the lower branches. The prior owner says "go ahead - they're yours!! How cool!! My own lime tree!!!!

I get home, all excited... Juicer? CHECK! Meyers? CHECK! Gold Rum? CHECK! Grand Marnier CHECK! Orgeat? CHECK! Grenadine? :lol: Only kidding, guys! T.V.'s rock candy syrup?? CHECK!!

I crush up some ice....grab my juicer - and....

THE LIMES ARE TERRIBLE!! I barely get a full ounce out of all four limes!!

The Mai Tai was - - - - adequate at best. But - after today - I needed it!

Are limes seasonal? Will they get better? They were "pulpy and dry" - that's my best description. How will I know when they are ripe? Ya know - they're always green... :( What Would Jab Do?

Oh...there's a guava tree, a lemon tree and an avocado tree, too!

[ Edited by: PapeToaTane 2005-09-22 20:22 ]