Is there an alternative to lime juice? - Tiki Drinks and Food

W WillTiki Member Joined: Apr 29, 2004 Posts: 56	W WillTiki Posted posted on Fri, Apr 29, 2005 8:07 AM There is a brand of bottled "key" lime juice called Nellie and Joes (they also make a bottled lemon juice). Web site below: http://www.keylimejuice.com/index.htm It is much better than the RealLemon type reconstituted stuff. In the metro DC Baltimore area I buy it at Giand Food and Trader Joe's. Another alternative to fresh I use is home frozen. I buy a whole bag of limes or lemons when they are at their peak and cheapest. I squeeze the juice from them into a mixing bowl and filter out all the seeds, solids etc. Then, I measure out teaspoons into the compartments of ice cube trays. (Keep the remainder in the fridge to chill between freezer batches) I have several trays that make ice cubes the shape and size of a gumdrop that are almost exactly a teaspoon. Of course, any plastic, compartmentalized ice cube tray would work. When they are fully frozen, I unmold them into a ziploc freezer bag. Now, when I want to make a drink requiring juice, I can just pop loose a few from the bag and thaw them for a few seconds in the microwave. It beats bottled or fresh squeezed from too old limes any day.

There is a brand of bottled "key" lime juice called Nellie and Joes (they also make a bottled lemon juice). Web site below:

http://www.keylimejuice.com/index.htm

It is much better than the RealLemon type reconstituted stuff. In the metro DC Baltimore area I buy it at Giand Food and Trader Joe's.

Another alternative to fresh I use is home frozen. I buy a whole bag of limes or lemons when they are at their peak and cheapest. I squeeze the juice from them into a mixing bowl and filter out all the seeds, solids etc. Then, I measure out teaspoons into the compartments of ice cube trays. (Keep the remainder in the fridge to chill between freezer batches) I have several trays that make ice cubes the shape and size of a gumdrop that are almost exactly a teaspoon. Of course, any plastic, compartmentalized ice cube tray would work. When they are fully frozen, I unmold them into a ziploc freezer bag. Now, when I want to make a drink requiring juice, I can just pop loose a few from the bag and thaw them for a few seconds in the microwave. It beats bottled or fresh squeezed from too old limes any day.

Post #155707 by WillTiki on Fri, Apr 29, 2005 8:07 AM