Just about every yard in Barbados has a lime tree. If there is only one tree in the yard, chances are it will be a lime tree.
Limes are a very important part of the local cuisine - fish is soaked in lime and salt before seasoning and cooking, chicken is also soaked in lime and salt, limes are an essential ingredient in any kind of souse (pork, breadfruit, cucumber), you cannot make a good rum punch without limes, and in all of these cases, fresh is definitely best. The bottled stuff just doesn’t cut it.
As you probably know, lime is a member of the citrus family, but is more sour than a lemon and has a slightly different flavour. Some varieties of lime turn yellow when ripe, but some of them remain green and then turn brown when over ripe. Some limes are lemon shaped, but others are smaller and more rounded, like the ones shown here.
Personally, I prefer lemons, but there’s definitely a place for limes too - key lemon pie? Not quite the same thing is it?
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