Lemon facts via Nigella Lawson who got them from worldwidegourmet.com:

-- The lemon originated in the Middle East, and around the end of the
12th century began its travels around the world as a treatment to ward
of scurvy among sailors on long sea voyages.

--The use of lemons on warships and cargo vessels was required by
English law, and became so associated with this use that people began
to refer to English ships as ‘limejuicers’ and to English sailors as
‘limeys’.




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"sf" > wrote in message
...


Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent scurvy.

Ergo the Brits became Limey's

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> scurvy.
> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>
> Dimitri

Right on, Dimitri.

Dora (aka limey)

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:

> Dimitri wrote:
> > "sf" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> > scurvy.
> > Ergo the Brits became Limey's
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> Right on, Dimitri.
>
> Dora (aka limey)

Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> Lemon facts via Nigella Lawson who got them from worldwidegourmet.com:
>
> -- The lemon originated in the Middle East, and around the end of the
> 12th century began its travels around the world as a treatment to ward
> of scurvy among sailors on long sea voyages.
>
> --The use of lemons on warships and cargo vessels was required by
> English law, and became so associated with this use that people began
> to refer to English ships as ‘limejuicers’ and to English sailors as
> ‘limeys’.
>
>

Captain Cook was the one who discovered the link between citrus fruit
and a healthy crew.

Miche

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lemon facts via Nigella Lawson who got them from worldwidegourmet.com:
>
> -- The lemon originated in the Middle East, and around the end of the
> 12th century began its travels around the world as a treatment to ward
> of scurvy among sailors on long sea voyages.
>
> --The use of lemons on warships and cargo vessels was required by
> English law, and became so associated with this use that people began
> to refer to English ships as 'limejuicers' and to English sailors as
> 'limeys'.
>
>

I've known that since I was about three.

On Jul 10, 3:03*pm, "Dora" > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
> > "sf" > wrote in message
> .. .
>
> > Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> > scurvy.
> > Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>
> > Dimitri
>
> Right on, Dimitri.
>
> Dora (aka limey)

>
>
Agreeing with Dimitri and Dora; that's what I learned in school.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:35:42 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoanNotJoann
> wrote:

> On Jul 10, 3:03*pm, "Dora" > wrote:
> > Dimitri wrote:
> > > "sf" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >
> > > Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> > > scurvy.
> > > Ergo the Brits became Limey's
> >
> > > Dimitri
> >
> > Right on, Dimitri.
> >
> > Dora (aka limey)
>
> >
> >
> Agreeing with Dimitri and Dora; that's what I learned in school.

Good god.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On 2011-07-10, Miche > wrote:

> Captain Cook was the one who discovered the link between citrus fruit
> and a healthy crew.

Limes and lime juice happened to be easier than most alternatives to
preserve at sea. Many other fruits and veggies are actually higher in
vitamin C. Cabbage is one example.

nb

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:39:22 -0700, Dimitri wrote:
>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>> scurvy.
>>
>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>
> I heard they were allotted one peck of limes per week. Why don't they
> call them peckers?
>
> -sw

They tossed the rinds overboard. That is why we call them *******.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in
:

>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>
>> I heard they were allotted one peck of limes per week. Why
>> don't they call them peckers?
>>
>> -sw
>
> They tossed the rinds overboard. That is why we call them
> *******.

I thought they threw them overboard with a deft flick of the wrist,
which is why we call them ******s.

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priest: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to
hell?" "No," said the priest, "not if you did not know."
"Then why," asked the [Inuk], "did you tell me?"

Annie Dillard

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
>
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>>> scurvy.
>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>> Right on, Dimitri.
>>
>> Dora (aka limey)
>
> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
>
Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?

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"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2011-07-10, Miche > wrote:
>
>> Captain Cook was the one who discovered the link between citrus fruit
>> and a healthy crew.
>
> Limes and lime juice happened to be easier than most alternatives to
> preserve at sea. Many other fruits and veggies are actually higher in
> vitamin C. Cabbage is one example.
>
And Captain Cook's ship carried a lot of sauerkraut.
Graham

On Jul 10, 4:20*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
> > Dimitri wrote:
> > > "sf" > wrote in message
> > .. .
>
> > > Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> > > scurvy.
> > > Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>
> > > Dimitri
>
> > Right on, Dimitri.
>
> > Dora (aka limey)
>
> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
>

WHY ARE YOU SUCH A BITCH???

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:55:08 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
> >
> >> Dimitri wrote:
> >>> "sf" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> >>> scurvy.
> >>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
> >>>
> >>> Dimitri
> >> Right on, Dimitri.
> >>
> >> Dora (aka limey)
> >
> > Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
> >
> Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?

If that's your only problem, what you need to do is find out more
about the history of the words "lemon/lime".

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:17:56 -0600, "graham" > wrote:

>
> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2011-07-10, Miche > wrote:
> >
> >> Captain Cook was the one who discovered the link between citrus fruit
> >> and a healthy crew.
> >
> > Limes and lime juice happened to be easier than most alternatives to
> > preserve at sea. Many other fruits and veggies are actually higher in
> > vitamin C. Cabbage is one example.
> >
> And Captain Cook's ship carried a lot of sauerkraut.
> Graham
>
I wondered about that... so why weren't they the original
"kraut/krouts"? Was that spelled correctly? I hate to use that word
because I always screw up who a kraut is supposed to be.

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:17:56 -0600, "graham" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2011-07-10, Miche > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Captain Cook was the one who discovered the link between citrus fruit
>> >> and a healthy crew.
>> >
>> > Limes and lime juice happened to be easier than most alternatives to
>> > preserve at sea. Many other fruits and veggies are actually higher in
>> > vitamin C. Cabbage is one example.
>> >
>> And Captain Cook's ship carried a lot of sauerkraut.
>> Graham
>>
> I wondered about that... so why weren't they the original
> "kraut/krouts"? Was that spelled correctly? I hate to use that word
> because I always screw up who a kraut is supposed to be.
>
I haven't checked but the term Kraut for Germans probably originated in WW1.
Sauerkraut was carried on Cook's voyages as anti-scorbutic.
Graham

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:55:08 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dimitri wrote:
>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>>>>> scurvy.
>>>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>>>>
>>>>> Dimitri
>>>> Right on, Dimitri.
>>>>
>>>> Dora (aka limey)
>>> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
>>>
>> Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?
>
> If that's your only problem, what you need to do is find out more
> about the history of the words "lemon/lime".
>
It isn't my problem. I thought you may have been alluding to that.

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On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:34:42 -0500, Michel Boucher wrote:

> "Pico Rico" > wrote in
> :
>
>>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>>
>>> I heard they were allotted one peck of limes per week. Why
>>> don't they call them peckers?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> They tossed the rinds overboard. That is why we call them
>> *******.
>
> I thought they threw them overboard with a deft flick of the wrist,
> which is why we call them ******s.

'rum, sodomy, and the lash.' we know that's why sheldon signed up.

your pal,
blake

On 10/07/2011 11:37 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:55:08 -0400, "Jean > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dimitri wrote:
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>>>>> scurvy.
>>>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>>>>
>>>>> Dimitri
>>>> Right on, Dimitri.
>>>>
>>>> Dora (aka limey)
>>>
>>> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
>>>
>> Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?
>
> If that's your only problem, what you need to do is find out more
> about the history of the words "lemon/lime".
>

I tried to go to the site that Nigella was supposed to have been citing
and I got trojan alarms from my anti virus software. From other sites I
gathered that they had discovered the value of citrus fruits and had
originally used lemons, but limes were easier to get in their West
Indian colonies.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:03:18 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:55:08 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
> >
> >> sf wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dimitri wrote:
> >>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
> >>>>> scurvy.
> >>>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dimitri
> >>>> Right on, Dimitri.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dora (aka limey)
> >>> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
> >>>
> >> Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?
> >
> > If that's your only problem, what you need to do is find out more
> > about the history of the words "lemon/lime".
> >
> It isn't my problem. I thought you may have been alluding to that.

Actually it wasn't. I didn't know the ships were called limejuicers
and thought it was a fun fact, but I should have known better than to
post it.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:50:32 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I tried to go to the site that Nigella was supposed to have been citing
> and I got trojan alarms from my anti virus software. From other sites I
> gathered that they had discovered the value of citrus fruits and had
> originally used lemons, but limes were easier to get in their West
> Indian colonies.

Uh oh! You should write her website, they may have written the url
incorrectly.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

sf wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:03:18 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:55:08 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:15 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dimitri wrote:
>>>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because British Sailors carried and ate Lymes (our limes) to prevent
>>>>>>> scurvy.
>>>>>>> Ergo the Brits became Limey's
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dimitri
>>>>>> Right on, Dimitri.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dora (aka limey)
>>>>> Obviously, neither one of you bothered to read the post.
>>>>>
>>>> Should they have called them Lemonies? sp?
>>> If that's your only problem, what you need to do is find out more
>>> about the history of the words "lemon/lime".
>>>
>> It isn't my problem. I thought you may have been alluding to that.
>
> Actually it wasn't. I didn't know the ships were called limejuicers
> and thought it was a fun fact, but I should have known better than to
> post it.
>
Why? Just because I didn't get it, and others didn't either?

--
Jean B.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:36:50 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Why? Just because I didn't get it, and others didn't either?

Duh, yes that's why. Sheesh.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.