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This lime tree was growing in the backyard of Pilar Cabarera, a woman who gave me cooking lessons one afternoon in Oaxaca City. I'm fixated on the concept of growing my own limes in my own backyard. This isn't something that is likely to happen living in a Northern climate.
The first time I saw an actual lime tree was over a year prior in the resort town of Huatulco along the Pacific Coast. We were waiting for a bus to take us to our destination, a small village further up the coast, and I spotted some kids trying to knock limes out of a tree with sticks. After they left, I grabbed a lime that they missed and took it with me on the bus, squishing the oils out of the pores and smelling it for most of the trip.
Limes in Mexico are called limón and refer to a sweeter, less tart version of what is commonly available in produce sections in Canada. Although there are separate words in Spanish for limes and lemons, limón is most commonly available and used. The skin is yellowy/green when ripe and so thin that you can actually bite through it.
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