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Dried Limes
I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a Persian restaurant.
They were great. So I got a large bag of aging limes at a cheap produce shop for $1. Left them in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried limes thrown in. After a few hours of cooking the peels get tender. This added wonderful tart bits of flavor to the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and try. -Kent |
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In article >, "Kent_Diego" >
wrote: > I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a Persian restaurant. > They were great. So I got a large bag of aging limes at a cheap produce shop > for $1. Left them in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. > Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried limes thrown in. > After a few hours of cooking the peels get tender. This added wonderful tart > bits of flavor to the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a > bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and try. Well, why not! I have to buy them apiece, but unused ones turn as hard as rocks. I never considered that they might be tasty in a bean soup after a couple of months. I'll await other comments. leo -- <http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/> |
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On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:45:18 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote: >In article >, "Kent_Diego" > >wrote: > >> I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a Persian restaurant. >> They were great. So I got a large bag of aging limes at a cheap produce shop >> for $1. Left them in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. >> Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried limes thrown in. >> After a few hours of cooking the peels get tender. This added wonderful tart >> bits of flavor to the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a >> bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and try. > >Well, why not! I have to buy them apiece, but unused ones turn as hard >as rocks. I never considered that they might be tasty in a bean soup >after a couple of months. I'll await other comments. > when you see they are past the point of using fresh, slice them and then dry them in the oven.... slowly -- See return address to reply by email |
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>> > when you see they are past the point of using fresh, slice them and > then dry them in the oven.... slowly > The slicing (or dicing) and drying in oven sounds practical. I tried slowly drying whole limes in oven and it took days due to the peel holding in all the moisture. The Persian restaurant I first saw these had them whole. So what other dishes go well with cooked dried limes? I imagine only dishes that have long cooking times unless the limes are boiled separately and added when soft. |
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:20:33 -0800, "Kent_Diego" > wrote:
>...... >>> >> when you see they are past the point of using fresh, slice them and >> then dry them in the oven.... slowly >> >The slicing (or dicing) and drying in oven sounds practical. I tried slowly >drying whole limes in oven and it took days due to the peel holding in all >the moisture. The Persian restaurant I first saw these had them whole. >So what other dishes go well with cooked dried limes? I imagine only dishes >that have long cooking times unless the limes are boiled separately and >added when soft. I have a Persian store not too terribly far from me where I buy dried limes. I have a lime tree, but the time and energy expense involved in drying them (whole, as they are purchased in the store) is far more than I want to invest. TammyM |
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Hello, Steve!
You wrote on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:25:10 GMT: ??>> I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a ??>> Persian restaurant. They were great. So I got a large bag ??>> of aging limes at a cheap produce shop for $1. Left them ??>> in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. ??>> Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried ??>> limes thrown in. After a few hours of cooking the peels ??>> get tender. This added wonderful tart bits of flavor to ??>> the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a ??>> bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and ??>> try. SW> Limes are so cheap (6-10 for $1, or key limes 12 for $1) SW> that you shouldn't have to wait until they they're almost SW> rotten. Why not buy dried limes in a Persian or Middle-Eastern market if you can find one? Limes can be as cheap as you say but they weren't this week! James Silverton Potomac, Maryland E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not |
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On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:56:15 -0800, "Kent_Diego" > wrote:
>I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a Persian restaurant. >They were great. So I got a large bag of aging limes at a cheap produce shop >for $1. Left them in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. >Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried limes thrown in. >After a few hours of cooking the peels get tender. This added wonderful tart >bits of flavor to the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a >bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and try. > >-Kent > Wow!!! what a great idea. I always hated throwing the aging ones away, seemed like such a waste. Thank you, Koko A Yuman being on the net (posting from San Diego) |
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Koko > wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:56:15 -0800, "Kent_Diego" > wrote: >>I first saw cooked dried limes in a spinach dish at a Persian restaurant. >>They were great. So I got a large bag of aging limes at a cheap produce shop >>for $1. Left them in a warm dry spot for a few months until completely dry. >>Made a thick ham and bean soup with a few cut up dried limes thrown in. >>After a few hours of cooking the peels get tender. This added wonderful tart >>bits of flavor to the soup. I highly recommend in bean dishes. If you see a >>bag of old limes in the discount bin, be sure to dry and try. > >Wow!!! what a great idea. I always hated throwing the aging ones away, >seemed like such a waste. I recommend washing before drying. Limes can mold. --Blair |
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