Opinion: American lime growers got squeezed by weather, blight and trade with Mexico, writes jbagott
Largely uncelebrated in its native land, Cinco de Mayo is mostly a rickety pretext for tequila-fueled parties north of the border. But the commemoration of the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in the 1862 Battle of Puebla could also serve as a fitting tribute to a vanished U.S. crop—the lime.
In the years after World War II, tropical dining was all the rage. Pupu platters, Polynesian barbecue and bright-colored rum-based elixirs were served at restaurants with names like the Tonga Hut and Don the Beachcomber. Homestead,...
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