Ingredient

Lime

Five of the kitchens we read put lime on the menu, on nine plates. One of them turns up under appetizer, and it comes as a small-plate more often than anything else, on one.

From 40 menus · lime is on 9 plates · How we read them

For the curious: the data views

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

One entry is all the menus we read give this. All citrus

How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of lime

The same 9 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of lime: 9 plates, 4 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Limebaked — 1 plate (25%)bakedbarbecued — 1 plate (25%)barbecuedblackened — 1 plate (25%)blackenedjerk — 1 plate (25%)jerksmall-plate — 1 plate (25%)small-platewings — 1 plate (25%)wingswings — 1 plate (25%)wingswings — 1 plate (25%)wingsappetizer — 1 plate (25%)appetizernot stated — 1 plate (25%)not statednot stated — 1 plate (25%)not statednot stated — 1 plate (25%)not stated
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedbaked1
How it comessmall-plate1
Where on the menuappetizer1
Other6 other steps, added up6
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail3
Every wedge, as a table
9 plates carrying Lime, cooked 4 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 9. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
baked1
bakedsmall-plate1
bakedsmall-plateappetizer1
barbecued1
barbecuedwings1
barbecuedwingsnot stated1
blackened1
blackenedwings1
blackenedwingsnot stated1
jerk1
jerkwings1
jerkwingsnot stated1

Dishes

Brisket, Ipa Steak Sauce and roll come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Frozen MargaritaIs this right?Key Lime Crush (Fresh-squeezed citrus, vodka, soda, over crushed ice. Credited to a Delaware bar in the 1990s.)Is this right?Sunset MojitoIs this right?

Hickory, ropewalk wings and rub come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Coconut Lime Crush (Fresh-squeezed citrus, vodka, soda, over crushed ice. Credited to a Delaware bar in the 1990s.)Is this right?Key Lime Crush (Fresh-squeezed citrus, vodka, soda, over crushed ice. Credited to a Delaware bar in the 1990s.)Is this right?

Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.

Smaug's Spicy MargaritaIs this right?Strawberry Basil MojitoIs this right?
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Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.

Correct a plate here

In the family

Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.

One entry is all the menus we read give this. All citrus

Where on the island

The 5 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Lime at 5 kitchens across 4 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Lower Midtown1inland
Uptown2bayside
North OC1inland
West Ocean City1harbor