Does it Matter How We Say It? Why Not Limes?

why flowers?

roses?

tulips?

daisies?

candy?

cards?

why can't we give limes?
I mean I can't picture myself giving someone a bunch of bananas - or a bag of popcorn. I love bringing big bouquets of flowers to friends fresh picked from my garden. Home-made cookies. I have been known to give herbs to fellow cooks.

so why not limes?  ( or a jar of marbles, or seaglass or...)  

I shop at Asian markets most of the time. I went with my son Todd and his wife Ravy after a fab Korean lunch yesterday. Limes were 8 for $1.00. I bought 32. Mangoes, a Pineapple (.99 each), Fuji apples, Nectarines, Peaches, Oranges, Strawberries = $16.00. I made my stuffy nosed hubby a big fruit salad. Autumn and Spice like apple cores and strawberry ends.

Today I brought in a basket full of limes to the main office of the high school I work in.

next time..... when I go to a friend's

why not give...

balloons!

I mean why do there have to be rules?

I would like a balloon - wouldn't you?

Love, Jenn

Strawberry Fields Forever!

STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRIS

This popular drink was created , as the story goes, by a group of American miners in 1905 in a bar located in Santiago, Cuba, which is close to a beach that shares the name of the mine "Daiquiri". Originally served in a tall glass, this pungent drink remained in Cuba until around 1909. The drink spread it's wings when a US Naval Officer had a taste and whisked it back to the states with him. He took the recipe to the Army and Navy clubs where it grew in popularity. In the 1940's alcohol like whiskey and vodka were rationed by the military but the Good Neighbor Policy of Roosevelt allowed for easy aquisition of rum with free trade to Cuba.

The Basic Daiquiri

Juice of 2 Limes

3 oz. of light rum

1 teaspoon of sugar

glass of ice

Place ice in a tall glass, pour sugar over ice, add lime juice, add rum, stir.

FROZEN

1 cup of light rum

2 cups of frozen whole strawberries

1/3 cup of sugar

3/4 cup lime juice

place rum and lime juice in your blender, dissolve sugar in the rum and juice, add a few strawberries to the blender, pulsing to break them up and then add more. Pour into chilled or frozen glasses.

TROPICAL SUNSET FROZEN DAIQUIRI

1 1/2 cup frozen lemon concentrate

3/4 cup frozen lime concentrate

2 cups fresh strawberries

1 1/2 cups light rum

Sprite

Puree the fresh strawberries in your blender, add concentrate and rum and blend, freeze. Serve with a 1/4 cup of Sprite.

Oh Yeah!

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER!