As I was standing in the yard today inspecting the avocado tree with Cecilia and Kathy I noticed that we had a ton of limes on the lime tree. I commented on them and wondered out loud what we could do with so many limes. “Make limeade” Kathy said. That’s a good idea. So after lunch I decided to make homemade limeade. I looked up some recipes online to use as a guide and was ready to go.
Our lime tree
I went outside and picked 10 limes off the tree. I rinsed off the outside and started squeezing them into a bowl. We have an old-fashioned juicer at the house that I used. After finishing with the limes I dumped all the juice into one glass to see how much I had. It was a little more than 1 cup. I added about 3½ cups of water to the juice and a ½ cup of sugar. I mixed it all up and tasted it. It was pretty sour but I really liked it because I love things that are sour. I decided to add a little more sugar to the juice.
Then I took it up to Kathy to try. Her lips puckered and she said she thought it needed more sugar and a little water. But first, she said I should let Cecilia try it. Cecilia tried it and also made a face. “Puchica amiga!” she shouted at me and I started laughing. I decided to add a little more sugar to it and then I was done.
Next I needed to get a picture of the juice for my blog. I ended up laying out a towel and posing the pitcher of juice with a lime by it. Then I heard Chiquita squawking in the yard. She’s green too and I thought it’d be cute to have her in the picture with the limeade and lime. I tried my best but she did not want to sit still. I snapped one good picture and then let her sit on my shoulder.
Delicious!
Enjoying my juice
Yum!
2 comments:
Sounds yummy!
Wow, homemade limeade. It looks great. What a luxury to have fresh limes in your back yard. I love the picture with Chiquita, she fits right in.
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