Post #763655 by AceExplorer on Wed, May 11, 2016 7:29 AM

On 2016-05-11 07:15, MadDogMike wrote:
I saw a recipe for Brazilian limeade that called for blending the whole lime (including peel) then straining it. Gives you all the essential oils too. How would that work out in a cocktail?

Can you tell us where you saw that? I'm not believing that anyone would recommend using whole lime in a blender - a lime would not be easy to "blend" at all. Run one through your garbage disposer sometime and you'll see how tough that is. (I clean my disposer periodically with spent lime and lemon shells.) Also, the bitter pith would not be very tasty, and may make you want to rinse your mouth out with beach sand... The Brazilians I know have much better taste than doing something like that, so I'm in disbelief, and would be very surprised if its really true. (I have been wrong before......)

The oils are in the outer green zest, and a zester gives you the oils and the flavor without the bitter pith. This is one of the steps in making falernum.

Checking my calendar... Nope, it's not April Fool's Day! :)