Cocktail Hacker Guilty Pleasure: The Squeeze Lime
Mixology Monday XXXII is being hosted by Stevi of Two at the Most. The topic of the month is Guilty Pleasures and although I have quite a number the only cocktail related one that comes to mind is my love of the squeeze lime. I’m sure you all know the delicious faux-fruit of which I speak. Now being a nose in the air cocktail purist most of the time I have to admit, there is something comforting about mixing up a quick Gin and Tonic, squeezing in a bit of “lime” juice and enjoying. Very little thought is required and nearly no preparation. It makes for a great drink on a hot day after a long day at work. Sure, it’s not the purist move, but I’m ok with that. I don’t drink cocktails to be a purist, I drink them to enjoy. And that I do.
So, without further ado I present to you my ode to the squeeze lime.
Squeeze Lime
A long, hot day comes to an end
A drink must be prepared
So tired, so lazy
The gin calls to me
The tonic sings its siren song
Gin and Tonic. Of course!
But what of the lime?
The pantry lacking, the store too far
Then an idea, like a green light in my brain
The Squeeze Lime
Green like a fruit of dreams
Textured plastic hints at the citrusy contents within
Top flips open to reveal the nozzle
Invert the vessel and squeeze
Cocktail contentment ensues
Sit back, sip and enjoy
Thank you, Squeeze Lime
Thank you
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As one who has received much grief for my use of the bottled lime, I add this haiku:
Green bottle so fair.
Convenience is what I love.
Get over it snob.
For lack of good taste,
Acid mouthwash partake of.
Deny beauty, truth
Beautiful limes sit,
Adorning my bar so well.
Then they frickin’ rot!
Lack of management,
Disgraceful stock rotation,
Buy less or drink more
Management is work,
So I try to avoid it
At all costs, ya see?
Laziness, no excuse
Quality cocktail an art
Non-believer, go.
That which unites us
Squeeze lime or no, is the drink
Always delicious
Now you are in for it!
No one expects the Spanish…
Inquisition! Ha!
One bothers to blog
another wonders why, if
acrid swill is used.
Non-sequitur farce
will get you nowhere, sir, it’s
only a flesh-wound.
The comfy pillows
Are filled with lovely green limes,
Packaged into bottles.
Not an argument,
but you say it is, RealLime
you know is “the suck”
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True gentleman fight…
Over what you may ponder?
Juice source of course!
Reese tries to pour oil
On troubled waters. But Gabe
Gripes that it’s bottled.
Store and Pours will serve
your lazy and slattern ways
yet you resist, why?
Fresh juice’s appeal
Owes much to flair. Where is it
In a plastic jug?
No! fresh juice’s charm
lay in its bright purity,
and not in your eye.
Sorry Gabe, wrong you are.
The Toast that we all say, speaks
Not of juice, but mud.
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Tanqueray Rangpur,
fragrant gin with rangpur limes
solves my fresh lime woes
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hello to every one – hope yous had a great time – back from parents 12lbs heavier a`hhh just back from tenerefe weather crap , all the best for new year – michael