/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12059193
One is yellow and the other is green

>>12059193
Ripeness

>>12059193
The taste.
The colour.

wasn't there some old try about how the british navy replaced all their lemons with limes and the sailors started getting scurvy because limes had less vitamin c
i never checked if that was true or not but i don't want to do it now, i prefer just citing it as a useless factoid

Limes are better for Mexican food.

Lemons for every other use.

>>12059193
limes tastes nothing like lemons...

>>12059207
>try
story
no clue how this happened

>>12059196
I meant in taste

>>12059222
I'm not tasting any difference

>>12059244
One tastes yellow, the other tastes green

For me lime is a bit sweet, or maybe because i associate lime with sugary stuff and lemon with salty/spicy foods.
Eitherways theyre both sour and loveable.

>>12059193
Limes are smaller, have less juice and are less sour.

SEVEN
LIMES

>>12059193
Lime is yellow and lemon is green

Lemons are for lemonade.

Limes are used for everything else.

>>12059207
they actually used limes, hence "limey"

Limes have some bitterness to them as well as sourness.

>>12059251
You're defective anon

>>12059244
Limes are sweeter and less sour, while lemons are less sweet and more sour. Limes also have a more herbal taste while lemons are more acidic.

>>12060190
This

>>12060163
what the fuck did you just call me?

>>12059196
/thread

Taste

Lemons are sour, limes are bitter.

>>12059251
Other anon was right. There is something wrong with either your taste buds or the way your brain processes the data.
Lemons and limes are almost as different from each other than either from an orange

>>12059193
Lemons are acidic, limes are basic.

>>12060311
Worst thing about baltimore and that's saying something

>>12059193
You can use limes for size reference
I don’t think it’d work with a lemon

>>12060393
no

>>12060412
how many key limes to a lime?

>>12060393
>>12060519
Yeah, pretty sure all citrus contains citric acid

>>12059193
Niggers can't hold onto limes.

>>12060393
>>12060190
Limes are definitely more sour than lemons. Maybe the growth of those fruits is affected by the climate of you region, but in general limes not only are more acidic, but they also have less total sugar.

>>12060608
What? Limes are the green sweet ones dude.

>>12059285
this is bringing up some memory that I can't quite grasp

Color

Taste is different also

>>12060617
Yes, the pH of a lime is 1.8~2.0 while the pH of a lemon is 2.2~2.5.
Lower is more acidic.

>>12060644

>>12060657
yeah idk why people in this thread are saying that limes are less sour and more sweet.

They are pretty obviously more sour, more acidic, and less sweet. Have these people never taken a bite out of a lime wedge? The acid feels like it attacks your teeth.

>>12059193

Are you fucking retarded?

>>12060685
the juices apparently have a similar pH. I guess the pith and rind are more acidic on a lime?

Regardless, a ripe lime should taste slightly sweeter than a ripe lemon, and the flavour and aroma between them should differ significantly - the lime should be more floral, with a slight note of bitterness. The lemon should taste like a lemon.

>>12059966
>Limes are used for everything else.

But I want lemon with my fish and chips not lime.

Lemons are better with seafood.

Limes are better than lemons in relish or salsa.

>>12060659
the most telling part of this isn't the seven limes, it's the fact it doesn't include milk or grains
that shit is how you make welfare work

>>12059193
I consider them interchangeable although they do have different flavor profiles. Unless you're making mixed drinks or baked goods it can be hard to tell what was used

>>12060875
That’s mini brain talk. Lime on fish and chips is galaxy brain tier.

>>12059193
>Make me a lemon mojito
said no-one ever

>>12060540
7000

source: i just made key lime pie

lemons are actually a cross between limes and oranges