Hey so I just had a party with some of my friends and one of them brought a couple of cases of lime margarita drinks. Barely any got drunken so I have a lot left over and no one wants them back. I'm not a big fan of them myself. I have a family get together coming up and I was wondering if you guys knew any recipes I could use them in? Like how you can use a can of beer to make bread. Do you have any suggestions or could you send me a link? Thanks!
Both are acceptable - but the most common (and my favourite) is a Lime wedge. Also a barman, I will always serve with a Lime wedge. It creates a much fruitier and mouth-watering flavour! However if I am at home, with no Lime to be found, Lemon is just fine as well - creates a slightly different flavour sensation overall. Enjoy! ------ Some moron writing above... there are plenty of great Gins (my favourite is without doubt Bombay Sapphire). A few cubes of ice are essential, and where I am I have 100% confidence in the tap water. And you entirely missed the point of your history lesson - quinine is theessential ingredient to make tonic water, so it wasn't 'added'.
A nice wedge if lime compliments a good gin tonic. It's been my favorite drink for years.
Tradition? Where? I've always used lime. It balances out the sweet taste of the gin and the bitter taste of the quinine in the tonic.
A proper gin and tonic is served with a slice of lemon. Lemon complements the gin while a lime will overpower it (maybe that's what people are trying to do). 20 year gin and tonic drinker.
Gin and tonic with a slice of lime? Ugh. Is nothing sacred? A proper gin and tonic is served with a slice of LEMON. Most of the above answers assert the pernicious doctrine that limes are the best ingredient. Do not be seduced by such propaganda. The fact is that, while a slice of lemon complements the gin, the overpowering flavor of lime drowns it completely. No classical gin-and-tonic drinkers had ever seen a lime thirty years ago; now there are watering-holes where lemon is no longer available as an alternative. Some barmen compound the offense by rubbing the forbidden fruit round the rim of the glass, obliterating any faint chance of tasting the gin! How many times, in bars, do I have to lecture captive audiences who convincingly feign ennui as a defensive reaction to their embarrassment at the solecism they are committing, that lemon is the only legitimate accompaniment to a gin and tonic?
