The incidence of people requesting either lemon or lime and saying the other won't do squares with my expectation of super-taster genes…
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@blue_traveler But, try to make key lime pie with lemon juice and see how that works out. Not the same at all. -
@St_Rev yeah, that's definitely true. I'd never claim that they're strictly indistinguishable -
@St_Rev but some people say "I'd like this Coke with lime, and lemon is no substitute," which makes me wonder -
@blue_traveler@St_Rev I'm one of those. :P -
@asherahresearch@St_Rev does it really taste differently? I think it could, but must be a very small number of people who can differentiate -
@blue_traveler It really does. I can also tell a key lime from a standard lime, and fresh from bottled.@St_Rev -
@asherahresearch@St_Rev that is interesting. I should conduct more tests -
@asherahresearch come to think of it, I can think of a different flavor for each of those. Lemon, lime def taste differently in beverage. - 5 more replies
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@St_Rev@blue_traveler I've been told limes are sold unripe, which may add to the difference in flavor. See also Meyer lemons.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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