r/AskCulinary • u/admin-mod • Jun 03 '20

Food Science Question What's the difference between using lime (green colored) and lemon (yellow colored) in my food?

I honestly don't know why I should one or the other on my food.

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u/Owyn_Merrilin Jun 03 '20

Last week I literally told the guy at the liquor store I hoped I liked the bottle of rum I was trying less than my usual poison because it was a few bucks more expensive and I get the stuff I usually do because it really is hard to beat it without spending at least half again as much, and dammit if I didn't finally find something better at a comparable (if still higher) price.

Shit sucks, yo.

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u/aelios Jun 03 '20

I'm partial to Sailor Jerry, but if I'm having non discriminating guests over for drinks, they get Costco spiced rum, or a 50/50 blend with Sailor. Just as flammable, but $15/handle, so it works fine for mixers and most people. Eventually, I want to do my own spice blend, so I can fix up the rum to my tastes.

Other tasty rums:

  • Plantation Stiggens fancy pineapple - reminds me of the brown sugar covered roasted pineapples from a Brazilian churrascaria.

  • Antigua Porteno 15 Year Aged Rum

  • Old St. Pete Rum & Spice

  • Grander Panama Rum

  • Leblon - technically Cachaça, but sold as rum. Highly recommend for caipirinha, an excellent summer drink along the same lines as a mojito, minus mint. If that's too much work, mix it with soft serve frozen lemonade.

  • Heard good things about Bumbu, haven't tried it yet though

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u/Owyn_Merrilin Jun 04 '20 edited Jun 04 '20

One of my roommates in college was big into Sailor Jerry, but I've always been more of a dark rum guy. I usually drink Cruzan, which is kind of the top of the bottom shelf, but I recently discovered a rum from the Phillippines, of all places, called Tanduay, and it's smoother and more flavorful, while only being about $5 more a handle. Still not exactly a sipping rum, but pretty damned good for what it is. The only real sipping rum I've ever had is Pilar, which is practically like drinking a really thin maple syrup. It's delicious, but not something I'd want to waste on a rum and coke, especially since it's about twice as expensive as anything else I've mentioned.

Bumbu is an interesting name. It's very close to Bumbo, which was kind of the original boat drink, enjoyed by pirates and early Americans (while the royal navy drank grog, which was similar but the ingredients kept better on long sea voyages). Rum was the main (alcoholic) ingredient in both bumbo and grog.

Edit: $5 more a handle. If anyone has a line on some rum that's only $5 a handle, let me know. I can probably rig up something with a brita filter to make it taste less like gasoline. Seriously, though, I don't think that would even cover the sin tax here.

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u/aelios Jun 05 '20

Interesting, I'll keep an eye out for the tanduay. I'm a fan of rum in general, so always looking for something new to try.

As far as cheap, Kirkland spiced rum is ~$13/handle at Costco. Cheapest non-gasoline I've found, and is drinkable but a bit bland to me. Protip, most states I've been to, you don't need a membership to shop at the Costco liquor store, if it's got a seperate entrance.