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> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>-- wrote:
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>>>IMHO, Key lime pie without using key lime juice is like making chocola=
te
>>>pudding without chocolate.
>>>There is definitely a difference. The Key Lime Juice is available in b=
ottles=20
>>>in most better groceries, and worth the nominal price. It is a
>>>richer-tasting more-aromatic and less-sour pie than regular lime juice=
=2E
>>
>>
>>I'm pretty sure what you are buying in those bottles is Key=99 lime jui=
ce
>>rather than the juice from key limes. (Good quality, but misleadingly
>>labeled Persian lime juice)
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Bob
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> I don't think I have ever seen that trademark name at the local store -=

> there are a couple brands here, I'll have to check.
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> My last bottle smelled just like the ripe whole key limes I can sometim=
es
> get by the bag and just like the little ripe key limes I get in Florida=
, and
> not like other limes.

Real Key Limes will be yellow when ripe.

> However, I have a brand new bottle and brand, Nellie and Joes, and it s=
ays
> "Key West Lime Juice from concentrate", and it's from a shop in the Flo=
rida
> keys.
> They say "the only lime juice manufactured in the keys" which is a ki=
nd of
> odd phrasing, and why an extra step of "from concentrate" if its bottle=
d
> local? Fresh key limes have enough punch they don't need to be concentr=
ated
> to use.

They use concentrate from Mexico and other countries and "manufacture"=20
the bottled "juice." Key Lime is a variety of tree, not an indication=20
of where they come from.

> This bottle does smell a little sharper and heavier than the other k=
ey
> limes I have had, so maybe it really is persian limes.
> Can't say that I have ever had a persian lime that I knew of so I co=
uld
> say it for sure.

Those green limes in every supermarket are Persian limes.

Pastorio