Fun with Limes - Tiki Drinks and Food

M mrtikibar Member Neskowin, OR Joined: Jul 07, 2002 Posts: 837	M mrtikibar Posted posted on Tue, Jun 3, 2003 6:24 AM Here's a bartending technique some of you already may know about but I just learned and thought I'd pass on. A bartender friend recently helped me with some fruit garnishes for cocktails. She showed me how to take the skin off a lime and slice it into strips which then can be used in drinks or for color on various fruit plates. Cut the ends off the lime. Score the lime lengthwise through the skin. Stick an icepick or an awl just under the skin, penetrating about a half inch or less, and rotate all the way around. Repeat on the other end. You should be able to work the entire skin off and have the fruit intact. 3.Slice the skin in thirds (or whatever). You can get quite a few strips about an inch and a half long out of this. Throw them in ice-water and grab another lime. No fair laughing at my drawings. [ Edited by: mrtikibar on 2003-06-03 16:52 ]

Here's a bartending technique some of you already may know about but I just learned and thought I'd pass on. A bartender friend recently helped me with some fruit garnishes for cocktails. She showed me how to take the skin off a lime and slice it into strips
which then can be used in drinks or for color on various fruit plates.

Cut the ends off the lime.
Score the lime lengthwise through the skin. Stick an icepick or an awl just under the skin, penetrating about a half inch or less, and rotate all the way around. Repeat on the other end. You should be able to work the entire skin off and have the fruit intact.

3.Slice the skin in thirds (or whatever). You can get quite a few strips about an inch and a half long out of this. Throw them in ice-water and grab another lime.

No fair laughing at my drawings.

[ Edited by: mrtikibar on 2003-06-03 16:52 ]

Post #37055 by mrtikibar on Tue, Jun 3, 2003 6:24 AM