Post #326667 by The Gnomon on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 10:10 AM

Here is some lime info from a previous post. There is info about lime care at the bottom that I obtained a while back from lime (and other produce) growers/importers/packers/suppliers.

Added later 'cause haste makes waste and I was in a hurry. The preceding, obviously, was about the limes before juicing.

You can usually tell by its aromatic metamorphosis (what I call a complete change in aroma) when lime juice has gone bad. This happens even before it becomes unhealthy. After about an hour of exposure to the air, especially, at room temperature, it no longer smells the way it does at the time that it's squeezed. It undergoes a pungent transformation that isn't particularly foul until you mix it into any drink, including limeade.

When the Mai Tai was becoming the rage at TV establishments, VJB Jr saw the need to pre-mix some of its ingredients. No doubt, for reasons mentioned in this thread, lime juice was not allowed to be part of the pre-mix solution. Here's a quote from the TV site:

The popularity of the Mai Tai demanded that production on the bars be streamlined. Each individual bar was instructed to pre-mix the Curacao, Orgeat and Rock Candy Syrup in appropriate amounts.

If he had added lime juice to the pre-mix, after an hour or so from mixing, the Mai Tais would have been rendered undrinkable.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2007-08-21 07:09 ]