Post #304903 by telescopes on Tue, May 8, 2007 12:46 PM

On 2007-05-08 05:56, GatorRob wrote:

Honestly, I use both regularly. But in a completely unscientific test, I switched from Persian to key lime in my wife's drink and she came back and asked if I did something different with the lime because it tasted better than the first drink (which had Persian). So there ya go. The wife has spoken.

GatorRob, your wife is so right. Using a persian lime is akin to substituting kool-aid in your Hurricane for Pat's authentic mix. You can't do it and then say it is a Hurricane. A mai tai with Persians isn't the same drink. Mexican limes are an essential component of Poly drinks. Frankly, if I don't have any in-house, I skip making the recipe that calls for lime juice until I have some available.

Yes, they're a pain... small, acidically biting the cuticles as you tend to them, not to mention the way they rot out the enamel of your teeth, but what they contribute is the difference between an authentic Gauguin and a Gauguin print you find on a tie sold at Macy's.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2007-05-08 12:53 ]