Anyone have ideas about what to do with an excessive quantity of limes?

[RockRaven]

Besides cocktails and other boozy options? I'd prefer to survive. I'm talking like several hundred limes (Bearss, specifically). My tree has gone absolutely nuts this year.

Obviously lots of things use a lime wedge or slice or squeeze. But what about recipes which use more than that?

I've seen recipes for lime marmalade and lime jelly, but I don't think I've ever had either. Has anyone tried them?

Limeade, lime curd (for lime pies), lime sorbet... Candied lime or candied lime peel?

[DBoon]

2. send them to me

otherwise, "squeeze and freeze" the juice for later

Once when we had an abundance of lemons, we made lemon ice cream. Lime ice cream would be just as tasty.

[brewens]

3. Lime sherbet might not be too hard to make. That would be good. Key lime pie is

great. Make up a bunch of the filling for those.

[Fresh_Start]

4. Food bank or meals on meals nt

Nt

[dweller]

11. 1,000 kr

✌🏼

[Sanity Claws]

5. No recipes but

have you thought about substituting lime for whatever you currently use lemon for? Use on fish? Marinate chicken?

Whatever you can't use, think about donating them to a local food bank or soup kitchen.

[blm]

6. Sopa de Lima. Yucatan Lime Soup

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sopa-de-lima-yucatan-lime-soup-3644793

It’s mr blm’s favorite soup.

[RockRaven]

16. Looks yummy. Thanks for the tip! Nt

[blm]

18. I skip the fried tortilla part.

[Kali]

7. SEND THEM TO ME!!!

cocktails, pies, sorbet!!!

[griffi94]

8. Lime curd

key lime pie.

[magicarpet]

9. Yum,... Key Lime Pie,..

This recipe uses condensed milk and sour cream. Fabulously easy. . . a summertime favorite! If you have time, a homemade graham cracker crust is better! Garnish with whipped cream and thin slices of lime if you like.


https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15880/key-lime-pie-vii/

[CentralMass]

25. Make lime wine.

https://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?2976-Lime-Wine

[The Polack MSgt]

10. Make sugar preserves? For limes and dry-ish lemons this is a good trick

My wife thin slices citrus, coats them in sugar and stacks them in a jar

she does 3 layers of citrus slices then either some mint or Thai basil leaves.

Everything in the jar needs to be well coated in cane sugar.

If you are using the basil, sprinkle pink pepper corns into the jar each time you put in a basil layer.

That's it, ready in a 3 or 4 days but amazing if you wait a week to 10 days.

You will try to figure out how to shoehorn this into other recipes

[RockRaven]

17. Will explore, thanks! nt

[dem in texas]

31. Similar Recipe for Cranberries

Used to live in Alaska and we'd pick what were called low-bush cranberries, same as lingonberries, made preserves in a similar way, used the berries and sugar but no herbs.

[midnight and lulu]

12. What about Indian salted limes

or lime pickles?

[RockRaven]

15. I've never had either, will be googling. Sounds interesting.

[Blue Owl]

13. Gin & Tonics!!!

n/t

[dem in texas]

30. Yes, I'll have one

My favorite drink

[BigmanPigman]

14. Turn them into juice and freeze it.

You can even put it in ice cube trays first, then once frozen stick them in a bag and toss into freezer to use all year long on drinks and recipes. My mom does this with her zillion lemons.

[Atticus]

19. "You put de lime in de coconut an' drink 'em bot up!" nt

[CentralMass]

23. ..and call me in the morning.

[liberalla]

20. CEVICHE !!!

so fresh and yummy!

[CanonRay]

21. An excessive quantity of gin and tonics

[rainin]

22. Freeze the juice in ice trays. Then take out a cube or two and enjoy for months! n/t

[procon]

24. Freeze the juice.

So many uses in recipes, and you'll be glad to have a supply of lime juice this winter.

[BunnyMcGee]

26. This thread is...Sub-lime

[lastlib]

27. I'd tell ya to put it in the coconut, but I HATE that song!

[Retrograde]

28. When my lemon tree does this

I put out a box full of lemons by the sidewalk with a sign saying "Free Lemons". I've found that putting out plastic bags helps them disappear.

I love limes - especially limeade - but even I have my citrus limits.

[TygrBright]

29. Lime marmalade... yum! n/t

[Wawannabe]

32. Civiche'!

Shrimp. Civiche