Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2012 21:02:55 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Poor thing. But then one morale of the story seems to be that one
>> shouldn't hesitate to use the leaves (mumbling: which I have been
>> known to do).
>
> Well of course. They are called for in tons of Thai recipes
> (Makrut/Magroot/Lime leaves). They cost $80/lb here at the grocery
> store. This tree cost me $7 and came with a half pound of lime leaves
> on it already!
>
> -sw

Ah, but I feel sorry for my tree (when I have one). Actually I
should ask the Thai folks whom I got my last tree from. (I
suspect they are the ones supplying the limes to the shop where I
saw them too.)

--
Jean B.