Episode 115: Limes
Spilled Milk
Molly Wizenberg and Matthew Amster-Burton
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2014
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. |
| 0:07.5 | For a free trial and 10% off, go to Squarespace.com and use the offer code Milk. and I'm |
| 0:15.0 | Matthew and I'm Molly and this is spilled milk the show where we cook something |
| 0:22.2 | delicious eat it all and you can't have any. |
| 0:25.0 | Today we are talking about what might be my favorite citrus, and that is the lime. |
| 0:30.0 | I think it's mine too. |
| 0:31.0 | We did lemons. We're here for the main event now. |
| 0:34.4 | We're here for the superior citrus. |
| 0:37.0 | We are here for the monster truck rally. |
| 0:41.0 | So, you know, I feel like everybody thinks about lemons. A lot of recipes call for lemons. |
| 0:47.0 | Lemons are like what you reach for. But limes, I think limes are really, they bring something special. |
| 0:55.1 | They have a, for me, a better blend of sweetness and acidity. |
| 0:58.7 | Yes, I think that's true. |
| 0:59.7 | I think they're, they're maybe a little bit less sour than lemons I think so but you know they just |
| 1:06.3 | have that irreplaceable lime flavor we're so good at describing them they |
| 1:11.4 | taste it is really limy. You know if you like |
| 1:14.9 | limes you're going to love lime. Yes and if you're ever on a long sea voyage and |
| 1:19.2 | you don't want to get scurvy you're really going to love lives. So, can we talk a little bit about different kinds of |
| 1:27.0 | of limes because limes are kind of cool? |
| 1:30.0 | Okay. |
| 1:31.0 | So, what, is there a name for what I think of as a normal lime? |
| 1:34.8 | I believe that's the Persian lime. |
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