best limeade ever

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The Eyes of Texas

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squeeze 12 key limes and 1 regular lime into a 2 quart pitcher add 4/3 cups of sugar and fill with water.... I've been making this almost every other day for about 6 weeks now...
 
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...or 1 1/3?












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Brak...step up man. You make the choice. Try 4/3 first and if you are not satisfied try 1 1/3. You might even be cocky and go for the 3/4...but be ready if you do. Pucker up...and good luck.












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Nothing beats the lLc - longtex's Lime Cooler

The earlier part of this thread was about making pitchersfull of limeade. That won't work with this... it's a one-glass-at-a-time deal.

Take a 500ML glass. I personally prefer the Luminarc 10-sided classic bar glass, but you use whatever you like. You could even use a 16oz'er if you like. Or use a smaller glass. Whatever...

Cut a juicy lime in half, the "right" way, so you see a dot in the middle - if you ever squeeze your own orange or grapefruit juice, you'll know what I mean. Holding the glass in one hand, tilt it about a 45-degree angle, and squeeze the lime so the juice runs down the side of the glass, rotating the glass slightly with each squeeze, so that you go all the way around the glass. Don't squeeze all the juice out, there's more left to do. Or you can use the other half, if it's not all that juicy.

Now fill the glass about 3/4 full with ice cubes. Adjust up or down as needed if the cubes are excessively large or small.

Squeeze the remaining juice over the ice, and let it coat the ice.

Now the half-lime should be easily squeezed "shut", and when you do, you will note that all the little juice "sacs" stick out. Tilting the glass again, rake the lime over the edge of the glass so that a little more juice runs into the glass, but also take care that the edge of the glass is coated with the sac shreds. Again, turn the glass and also rotate the lime so that a fresh array of juice sacs sticks out, then rake the lime over the edge again. Continue rotating lime and glass so you coat the whole edge of the glass with juice and the shredded lime meat.

At this point, you may wish to add a alcoholic beverage of your choice. I someties do, and sometimes not. WHen I do, I prefer to use either Tangueray Gin, or Stolichnaya Vodka, but you may have other favorites. Quite frankly, this is so good, you may well choose to put no booze in it at all.

Finally, add Tonic Water. The power of the lime is such that almost any Tonic Water will do, although purists will suggest Schweppes or one of the boutique versions with actual quinine instead of just chemical flavoring. I do like the Schweppes, but I'm not a nazi about it. I have a friend who makes his own using a Penguin seltzer bottle and cinchona bark he gets from some organic supplier (RainForest?), and it is fantabulous, but winds up costing around $1.50 a liter with the CO2 cartrisge and the bark figured in - the grocery store "house" brand is like 99 cents for a 2-liter bottle and has plenty of taste, so if you're not worried about malaria...

Is it a lot of work? Not really, once you've done it a few times and get the moves down and have the touch... and it beats the living hell out of plain ice water or a coke or... pretty much anything else.

Oh, yeah - as you drink it, turn the glass so you get that little bite of the lime on the edge, which washed off as you drink.

Prosit!

edit: What to do with the Lime Carcass? I always throw the squeezed-out lime carcass on top of the ice, before pouring in booze and/or tonic water. Pour the liquid(s) directly into / onto the lime. You may wish to nibble - or even gnaw on - it as you drink, and it's definitely worth a chomp when the glass is otherwise "empty".

Enjoy!
 
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