Lime Green
oil 6" x 8"
$100. + $10. s/h
When we were in Mexico this winter we saw, and had served to us, so many limes! We couldn't believe it! We saw trucks filled with limes up to the very top. Plates of lime slices were on almost every table for every meal.
One of our favorite meals in Mexico was pork tacos (tacos de puerco.) I think that we ate these at least twice each week, sometimes three times each week. Every taco stand and little restaurant had their own version, but every one came with limes. And, at about 16 pesos to the dollar when a taco was 10 pesos we were eating for under $3.00. Upon our return we googled Mexican pork tacos and made them three times before we came up with a version that we liked. And, of course, we had to have limes. The lime juice really adds great flavor to the tacos. Since we've had so many limes around the house lately, I just had to paint them!
Since the 1950s Mexico has been the world's largest producer and exporter of limes. There are two popular varieties of limes grown in Mexico, key limes and Persian limes (which is what we here in the States call "limes".)
Most of the limes are grown in the warmer southwest, which is where we spent most of this past winter. No wonder we saw and ate so many limes!
2 comments:
Excellent piece, Pam! I didn't know that limes were used that much...however, you just made my decision as to what to eat later...
Thank you Hilda. It's so much fun to travel and learn and paint!
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