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Lemon or lime?

Asked by rockfan (14632points) May 6th, 2020 from iPhone

Which citrus do you prefer the most? And why?

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lucillelucillelucille's avatar

Lemon.
It seems to have more uses than a lime and it’s a prettier color.
It can also kick a lime’s ass.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

I’m a lime kinda-guy ! Usually have a bag of lime on hand.

MrGrimm888's avatar

Lime.
I suppose it’s just a personal preference.

ucme's avatar

I don’t like either.
They make my eyes water & my mouth pout.
Rather like a Bette Davis portrait.

snowberry's avatar

Lime all day and twice on Sunday!

stanleybmanly's avatar

I’ll take both and even grapefruit juice. With the coming warm weather, we’ll be guzzling lemonade, limeaid & occasional grapefruitade by the gallon—always over lots of ice.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

Limes make Mexican food so much better!

JLeslie's avatar

I use both. My husband doesn’t like lemon as much, so mostly I keep lines in the house, but I find lime to be more fragile. You have to use it faster once cut. Lime is less hassle because no pits.

Lime on Mexican dishes, but I prefer lemon in tuna salad and also for a dressing on a regular green salad. I’m not extremely picky about it though.

Lemon for desserts.

cookieman's avatar

Lime, but lemon is a close second. Jack Lemmon is third.

kruger_d's avatar

Lime, but lemon is more useful for cooking.

stanleybmanly's avatar

I think it’s the fact that lemon is so much more familiar that lime seems more exciting. It’s that thing about “after you’ve been having steak for a long time, you acquire an inexplicable craving for beans.”

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JLeslie's avatar

Just made a lemon cake.

Glambarber's avatar

@lucillelucillelucille Since when did limes have bottoms?

Glambarber's avatar

Lemon, I suppose. I get more lemon biscuits and cakes than lime ones, although I’ve had meringue pie in both.

MrGrimm888's avatar

I would hypothesize, that anything made with lemons, could be made, with limes…

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