The ILL of the day today is dedicated to Bowlingjoe and Bowlingwidow who just got back from the land of salt and limes. Captain ILL wasn't even aware that you could manufacture limes, but flipping through this book he sees that it seems to involve kilns and various complicated bits of machinery. All these years the Captain thought limes were grown on a lime bush-but it doesn't really matter where they come from, the most important thing to remember about limes is that you need about a half dozen of them to make a yucka.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Theory and Practice of Lime Manufacture (ILL of the day)
The ILL of the day today is dedicated to Bowlingjoe and Bowlingwidow who just got back from the land of salt and limes. Captain ILL wasn't even aware that you could manufacture limes, but flipping through this book he sees that it seems to involve kilns and various complicated bits of machinery. All these years the Captain thought limes were grown on a lime bush-but it doesn't really matter where they come from, the most important thing to remember about limes is that you need about a half dozen of them to make a yucka.
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Thanks, Captain. If you or any of your readers are interested in checking out the website of the tequila factory we visited outside of Puerta Vallarta, it's at:
http://www.haciendadonaengracia.com/
I didn't even know they had tequila factories! Do they make tequila in a kiln like they do limes?
Es verdad, Senor ILL. Es MUY verdad.
Y los Federalos son mas macho de todos.
how do you make a yuka?
Bowlingjoe, I'm afraid Google translation failed me on your second comment. "And the Feds are most macho of all"?
To make a yucka, take a gallon jug, and fill it full of crushed ice. Squeeze the juice from about a half dozen limes and a half dozen lemons into the jug. Add a cup of sugar and a fifth of vodka. Shake for about a half hour and it's ready.
At every port the ship docked at, there were always two or three heavily armed Mexican Federal Police. Presumably to protect the ship and the passengers. At least that's what we were hoping for when they let us past the checkpoint.
They probably also wanted to make sure you weren't trying to smuggle any limes out of the country.
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