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Quotes About Lime

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.
~ Maira Kalman
She found a bottle of vodka and some Rose's sweetened lime juice, filled the shaker with ice, added six jiggers of vodka and two of lime juice. She put ice cubes in two martini glasses and swirled them around, then shook the shaker until her hands hurt from the cold. She dumped the ice from the now-frosted glasses and strained the pale, green liquid into them. "Tie
~ Stuart Woods
Tidy Tip: Dig deep, and be sure to cover the body in a heavy layer of slaked lime—also known as calcium hydroxide, or Ca(OH)—which accelerates decomposition and kills odors that attract animals who may want to dig it up. A layer of dirt, then another of the slaked lime before a final half-foot of dirt. The bugs will help finish the job!
~ Josie Brown
The tantalizing scent transported me to a white, sandy beach lapped by a turquoise sea under a tropical sun. Lime and coconut were the getaway flavors my bakery customers needed in April, tax time.
~ Judith Fertig
At the far end of the bakery, our canvas curtain heralded April's lime and coconut theme. Little bags of coconut meringue polka dots with lime buttercream filling were there for the taking. I was proud of our little cakes shaped like a cracked-open coconut- white coconut cake interior with a dark chocolate "shell," complete with a lime cookie straw inserted in the center for imaginary sipping. Lime bars with a coconut crust and lime curd filling sat on a snowy white cake stand.
~ Judith Fertig
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon. A boy brought the white sheet at five in the afternoon. A frail of lime ready prepared at five in the afternoon. The rest was death, and death alone
~ Federico García-Lorca
Makes 1 10.5 oz (310 ml) serving 141 cal • 1.7 g protein 32.7 g carbohydrate (of which 29.6 g sugars) 0.5 g fat (of which 0.3 g saturates) 1/2 large mango, cut into cubes (see below) 2 small scoops passion fruit sorbet Juice of 1/2 lime (2 tsp) 1 Place the mango in the blender and whirl until smooth. 2 Add the passion fruit sorbet and lime juice and blend again briefly. 3 Pour into a glass and serve immediately.
~ Fiona Wilcock
A gin and tonic under its tiny canopy of lime, I said, elevates character and makes for enlightened conversation
~ Michael Chabon
My sister, when we were in Elementary school, had one particular lime green fuzzy troll doll sweater with a gem sticking out of the belly and actual hair that stuck to it, and I just remember, even though I was very young, being like 'This is unusual. It is weird that she is wearing this in public.'
~ Alex Hirsch
Grey cloth coaxes the lime trees of friends shadowing berries dropped by the grateful earth.
~ Bradley Chicho
I love key lime pie, although it's never made the proper way.
~ Paula Poundstone
Your classic guacamole is just avocados, lime juice, and salt.
~ Guy Fieri
A brief exploration of the bar's fridge turned up three tiny bottles of vodka and he used hem all. They were too cold and there was no lime, but today was obviously about hardships.
~ Karen Chance
They were too cold and there was no lime, but today was obviously about hardships.
~ Karen Chance
Bond ordered a double gin and tonic and one whole green lime. When the drink came he cut the lime in half, dropped the two squeezed halves into the long glass, almost filled the glass with ice cubes and then poured in the tonic.
~ Ian Fleming
What is pan but a deceitful benediction on the vulgar and unhealthy fried? Where else might one fry his scallops with chilli and lime juice? In an egg timer?
~ Ian Mcewan
I love the Mexican chapulines. These little crickets are beautifully roasted with salt and lime.
~ Andrew Zimmern
As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.
~ John C. Hawkes
They bright whiten all this sepulchre with powdered chloride of lime. It's a perfectly sanitary war.
~ David Jones, In Parenthesis
If there is a specialty cocktail I enjoy, it's the Moscow mule.
~ Scott Michael Foster
I use a lot of citrus for seasoning. There's lemon or lime juice in just about everything, and that balances with salt very nicely. Things like toasted cumin seeds for the beans. The use of fresh herbs like oregano and cilantro.
~ Steve Ells
The Key lime pie is very simple to make. First you line a 9-inch pie plate with a graham cracker crust. Then beat 6 egg yolks. Add I cup lime juice (even bottled lime juice will do), two 14-ounce cans sweetened condensed milk, and I tablespoon grated lime rind. Pour into the pie shell and freeze. Remove from freezer and spread with whipped cream. Let sit five minutes before serving.
~ Nora Ephron
It's true,' said Freddie Humbert, 'kids nowadays have got no ability to listen to simple instructions.' 'Here you go, Dad,' said Quent, returning with a tray of drinks. 'Two martinis, one with extra olives, one with no olives, one mineral water, ice and a twist of lime and a jade juice, no fruit.
~ Lauren Child
You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested in lime.' 'Without lime,' returned that unmoved barrister at law, 'my existence would be unilluminated by a ray of hope.
~ Charles Dickens