How are you dealing with the lime shortage?

[KamaAina]

No joke!

https://www.yahoo.com/food/what-you-should-make-with-limes-right-now-80788822130.html

Start appreciating the slice of lime that comes with that bourbon and ginger, vodka tonic or poached fish entrée, because what Mexicans are now calling “green gold” has shot up in price.

NPR’s The Salt reports that a combination of heavy rains and a lime tree–infecting bacterium have resulted in a spike in prices both south of the border and stateside. In Mexico, they’re selling for three times the normal price, and here in the United States, “grocery stores are now charging an average of 53 cents for a single lime, compared to 21 cents per fruit at this time last year.” In Mexico, thieves even have started hijacking truckloads of limes, necessitating armed guards.

It’s quite a lot of hubbub for the humble garnish. The good news is that Mexican authorities think production “should pick up in the coming months, as yields go up with the arrival of spring, and prices will hopefully fall back down.”

Thank goodness for that, because hello, Cinco de Mayo, with its wonderful excess of guacamole and margaritas, is just around the corner! For hoarding types who don’t want to wait to appreciate the pretty little emerald citrus fruits, use limes while the getting’s good. Here are a few of our favorite recipes:

[dawg]

1. I'm gonna get rich painting lemons.

[KamaAina]

3. Protip: Use green food coloring.

It should be on special after St. Patrick's Day.

[Brother Buzz]

2. I got tons of ripe lemons hanging and the damn trees are blooming yet again

I could give a flying fuck about another citrus at this moment.

[surrealAmerican]

4. cumquats?

... not really, but if limes cost twice as much, I'll pay twice as much.