Can You Juice a Brown Lime?

Published on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

Can You Juice a Brown Lime?

Michael Cecconi is the mixologist at New York’s Back Forty; he also works at the Savoy and teaches at the Institute of Culinary Education. He says that while a lime may not look good on the outside, it will still taste fine on the inside.

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  • I disagree with Sal: yes, if the innards are discolored, the lime is "bad". However, the pulp can be just starting to ferment; in such cases, the flavor will be off--even nasty--while the flesh still looks bright and good.
    also, the brown usually starts in the core of the fruit; if you've sliced even a little off-center, a beginning color change may not be visible.

  • I'm surprised at how much he had to cut with that Global to get through a lime. Someone needs a whet stone!

  • You do not need to smell it. If it no good, it will be off colored and brownish tinted inside or it may be dry and brittle looking inside.

  • I think you want to make sure you smell it first after you cut it and before you add it to a drink. You can really wreck a drink with a bad lime.