Our little lime tree seems to produce an endless supply of fruit. We were trying to think of ways of using them beyond G & Ts when we came across a TV show on Caribbean cooking. The cool Jamaican host seemed to use them in most of his recipes. One of the things I took away from the show was how to use limes in marinades and dressing. He made a marinade of olive oil, garlic, lime zest and fresh thyme, which he kept inside what he called his sunshine box. He then marinated langoustine in the mixture. I remember having langoustine on the Isle of Skye about 6 years ago and they were divine. As we don’t have langoustine in Australia yabbies or prawns will do just fine or lobster if you’re feeling extravagant. We tried prawns on skewers and then cooked them on the barbeque. We also squeezed lime juice over them while they were cooking. They were so delicious we tried the marinade on skewered chicken as well. I also used lime in a salad dressing I poured over my curly endive and avocado salad. It was a very limy and yummy meal. One thing I love about television is how it revels in the domestic, reworks it and gives it back to us. Cooking shows are the best at this. We watch a lot of them in our household. In fact I can hear my partner watching River Cottage right now.

Poppet has a thing for limes. He just loves them. A few weeks ago we had lime halves on the dinner table which we were squeezing over our fish. He wanted to do the same and got it all over his hands. Soon he started licking his hand and this turned into sucking on the actual limes. Then he rubbed his eyes and well you can guess what happened. Lime in the eyes. Stinging eyes. Screaming, crying and rushing to the bathroom to wash the little face. Two nights ago we squeezing lime halves at the table again. He he started with, ‘I want to do it’ ‘I want to do it too’. So we said okay but just a little squeeze and don’t put it in your mouth. Baba offered Poppet the lime, who carefully took it and immediately put it in his mouth and started sucking on it. Then it was a struggle to get it off him.