I Love Key Lime!

Awhile ago I blogged about how the flavor of Lime is slowly disappearing in products and being replaced by Apple flavoring but I have discovered a new Lime gum that is out of this world.

This sugar-free gum tastes just like Stewart's Key Lime soda and the flavor lasts quite a long time. If you like Key Lime pie you definitely need to track this gum down.

I have been spoiled lately with Key Lime. To celebrate Monday being Pie Day Kristy made a Key Lime pie from scratch. This was her first attempt at doing one and it came out tasty!

The meringue shrunk overnight in the fridge for some reason. The pie was sweet and tart at the same time. Mmmm... now I think I am going to polish it off. 

Jarrito Lime!

What would I do without family?

BACK STORY!

I love Lime Crush soda. It is only available in Canada and they discontinued it. Then a few weeks ago I discovered that they brought it back for a limited time only. And it was for Halloween and I found out a week later. It was available here in the USA but I could not find it.

So I was telling this to my brother-in-law Steve and his wife (and fellow blogger) Andrea and Steve suggested that I should try the Mexican sodas they have in the Mexican aisle in the grocery store.

So I did. And I am so glad I did. It is a little more tangier than the Lime Crush but it is an awesome substitute until I can get my hands on the real thing.  Thanks Steve and Andrea!

Random Ramblings

Day 266

Lately my blog has been under attack in the Comments section by porn. So if you see any writing like the following (I am afraid to try to translate it) DON'T click on the link.

呈婷呈婷呈婷呈婷 said...

感覺很用心經營呢!鼓勵鼓

On one hand I have to admit that I am a little flattered. I guess my blog has become so popular that now the porn industry wants to ride my coat tails. 

Once a week I will review my past week on the blog. I do that to catch mistakes and to get some ideas. I was looking at my Lime blog and noticed that no one voted in my poll. But then I noticed that my poll was not even working. I don't really want to go peek at the source code to try and fix it. Let's just say that Lime won. And speaking of lime, my family and I went to StoneCold Creamery to get some ice cream and tried a tasty new concoction called Key to My Heart.

It was Key Lime Ice Cream (with small lime candy bits like green lifesavers), mixed with frozen raspberries, pieces of graham crackers and topped with whip cream. Being a lime fan, I had to try this out and it was refreshing and fantastic. I would totally get this again.


Last Tuesday I went and saw Inception with my dad and brother. Lately it seems like most of the movies I have seen have some terrible actresses but this movie had two actresses that were fantastic. The movie was absolutely entertaining. The writing, directing and acting was fantastic. I also like the vague ending and I liked that the movie didn't have to dumb it down for me. Some of my friends that have seen it have debated whether or not it was an accurate portrayal of dreams. Personally, I don't care how accurate the dreaming was. The movie did what it was supposed to do. It entertained. I don't think there was supposed to be a meaning to it, it was supposed to entertain. I do have to admit that it has certainly made me think. What would it be like to be in some one's dream? Would I be like Mal? Could I go back to reality?

 I also have to admit that I am beginning to really like Leonardo DiCaprio. I couldn't stand him in Titanic but he has been winning me over with this show and The Departed. And I probably should admit that I really like Ellen Page.


She was one of the very few bright spots playing Shadowcat in X-Men: The Last Stand and I really liked her in Juno and I thought she was great in this.
I probably need to see this film again. I also enjoyed the soundtrack as well and have been listening to it since I saw the film.


Last Monday I got a call from my niece Breanna. They were taking her mom to the emergency room and they wanted me to meet them there. So I ran up there and met the kids. Eric had taken Raylene into the emergency room and I was going to take the kids, Breanna and Yellie. I noticed that Eric's car was still parked in the emergency lane and I hoped it wasn't. I asked Bre if that was their car and unfortunately it was. That car is a stick and I don't know how to drive a stick. I went in to the emergency room and asked the attendant to get the keys to the car so I could move the car. I thought I could at least get the car into first gear and drive it into the parking lot which was not far away at all. I got the car keys and I tried to start the car and it wouldn't start. I was probably doing something wrong, I have never started a car that is a stick much less drive one. I tried unsuccessfully and finally had to give up. I got out the car and thought that I should just snag Eric but I didn't want to disturb him as he was trying to calm and hold down Raylene.

I got out of the car as this guy was coming out. I said, "Excuse me. Can you help me out with something? I don't know how to drive a stick and I need to move this car out of the way. Can you drive a stick?"
The man looked back at me surprised. I am sure he has never been asked this before in his whole life. He looked at me dangling the car key to him and looked back at the car and replied, "How the hell did you get it up here?" I quickly explained that it was not my car but it was my brother-in-law's. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the car key. So I hopped in and thanked him probably a thousand times as he drove the car into the parking lot. I told him that I have always wanted to learn to drive a stick and he laughed and said now I have the perfect excuse.

Maybe I will have to put that down for next year's New Year's Resolutions. Speaking of New Year's Resolutions, I still have my bass guitar out and I have been playing pretty regularly. I have added a few new songs that I can play now without looking. And I have a couple of Traveling Wilbury songs that I can sing while playing the bass. You know how difficult it is to sing and play the bass at the same time? I keep wanting to sing right along with what I am playing on the bass. But I am having a good time and my fingers are no longer sore. I also did something that I have always wanted to do but I have always justified my way out of it. I finally joined my church choir and will have my first presentation tomorrow. I don't know why I am nervous. It is not like I am singing by myself. In fact I used to sing solos and duets in church all the time when I was younger.

From the Soapbox: Apples to Limes

Day 256

I don't care for apples. I hate apple juice, I don't like apple sauce. I don't eat raw apples very often either. And I don't care for apple flavored candy at all. In fact I despise apple candy.

So I just avoid apples, it is as simple as that. But what really drives me insane is that slowly apples are replacing other candy fruit flavors, in particular lime flavored candies. And the list just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

• One of my favorite candies are SweetTarts. In 2001, Nestlé replaced the original lime with green apple.
• The original lineup of Runts included banana, orange, cherry, strawberry, and lime. In the late nineties, the lime was removed and replaced by apple.
• Bottlecaps used to have a lemon-lime flavor that was more lime than lemon. But it was phased out as well. Thank goodness it was replaced by cherry. But the lime-hate continues!
• Starbursts used to have a lime candy and then was combined with lemon to make lemon-lime. I cannot prove that those were replaced by apple like the other two but let the record show that apple-flavored Starbursts are available and lime ones are not.
• Skittles still have a lime flavored candy but I don't know how long that will last. Green apple replaced lime in the United States for a brief time in 2001, as part of a promotion. In some other varieties of Skittles, apple is found to be plentiful but lime gets the shaft.
• Lifesavors had a fantastic green lime flavor that was discontinued in 2003. Lemon, orange and lime lifesavors were replaced in the United States by raspberry, watermelon, and blackberry. At least lime was not replaced by apples but still. Eventually orange made a comeback but where is the lime?
• TicTac's have a nice lime flavor mixed with orange TicTac's. I just visited their website looking for more information about them and was going to pimp them out as one of my favorite lime candies and guess what? Lime is no longer listed as a flavor. But take a wild guess at what new flavor has been announced. APPLE TICTAC'S!

Lime is an outsider. No one wants it.

So what is wrong with lime?  Why does the candy world in particular hate lime?

Lime or Apple Candy?

So I will let my audience decide. Do you like Lime or Apple candy?

There is still one candy that has not changed yet. Mike and Ike's still have lime included in their candy. They also have a variety that includes green apple.

So this candy has learned to co-exist with each other. Why can't all candy learn to do that? Isn't there room for both apples and limes?