Post #756031 by Hakalugi on 12/15/2015

On 2015-12-15 07:44, AceExplorer wrote:

On 2015-12-15 07:14, Scaramouch wrote:
I got sucked into a discussion yesterday about the size of a lime, and if limes were the same size in different countries then as now, and if the juice of a lime was always about 1oz or more or less...

It doesn't take long to learn that limes at different times of the year, and from different parts of the country and world, and from different varieties, vary quite a bit in the amount of juice. So I never really followed the "juice of one lime" or "juice of a half lime" and instead use around one ounce per lime. Sometimes this is just right, and at other times it's too much or too little. That's part of the mystery of what we do with vintage cocktails. On the other hand, global palates (taste preferences) may have changed over the decades, and more lime-forward cocktails (or more booze-forward cocktails) may have been more the norm back then.

Definitely interesting!

Something to watch for... A lot of old recipes call for lemons when they are actually calling for limes. This has to do with how the words "limón verde" get improperly translated. Verde = Green, a "limón verde" is a lime, yet check out the daiquiri recipes on page 27 of the Floridita book:
http://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1939-Floridita-Cock-tails#26

[ Edited by: Hakalugi 2015-12-15 08:35 ]