Fruit Maven » kaffir http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Kaffir Lime http://fruitmaven.com/2009/10/kaffir-lime/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/10/kaffir-lime/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:27 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=621 If you have been searching for toad warts to add to your witch’s brew, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE 2.5 out of 5 stars

Knobby, warty, bumpy thick green skin with bright green flesh

AROMA 5 out of 5 stars

As I cut it, the powerful, floral lime scent just attacked me and the entire room. Completely intoxicating!

TEXTURE 3 out of 5 stars

Firm and almost dry, but with funky little pockets of juice

TASTE 4 out of 5 stars

Sour lime. That’s all I can say – very sour lime. Like sour patch kids on steroids. From the smell I can tell it is complicated, but all I actually taste is SOUR!

OVERALL 3.63 out of 5 stars

Eating this raw is like being drunk and eating the most sour thing you have ever tried but that thing is hidden in pockets of bubble wrap and you are so committed to getting to it, that you are popping it with your mouth — so in other words — Awesome with a capital A! Would I snack on this? Oh heck no. But do i want to stop typing and go immediately to look for recipes? Absolutely.

FRUIT

Lime

VARIETY

Kaffir

PEAK

Not Sure

ORIGIN

Southeast Asia

GROWN

Unknown

PURCHASED

Grocery Store

NOTES

Also known as Kieffer Lime and Limau Perut. This fruit and it’s leaves are used extensively in Thai cooking. Now that I have smelled one of these little “beauties” I can see why just swapping out a regular lime won’t cut it.

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