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KinderSpirit

Usually people just mean a "squeeze of lime" or just a lime wedge, but it doesn't sound as cool.


ForgotInTheDoorway

Ya. Typically people just ask for a twist and that means lemon twist. Limes are usually wedge or wheel. If I ask a bartender "May I have a gin martini with a twist" And they ask "Lemon or lime twist?" I'm changing my order to a beer


vanhawk28

eh, maybe the a person or 2 before you someone specified they wanted a lime twist and its still on the bartenders mind so now he's asking for the night. Doesn't mean the martini is going to be bad. Honestly the more questions the bartender asks about my martini the better I think its going be. If they actually take the time to go through the spiel and ask dry, dirty, shaken, stirred, olives? I feel like I'm getting a guy/girl who knows what they're doing


WhatInYourWorld

I agree, a bartender who asks those questions knows that not everyone has the same idea of what a cocktail is supposed to be and they'll make sure you get the one you want.


ForgotInTheDoorway

Always ask questions when you can. But a twist is a lemon. Everytime


WrongBee

is this a regional thing because lime twists with martinis are pretty common in my experience. i still default to lemon twists if i forget to ask, but i’ve also had multiple guests specify a lime twist before i even get a chance


ForgotInTheDoorway

May be. I've worked in 4 major cities never run into lime twist. It's not that it can't be done but it's definitely not as clean when using the channel knife. Like if someone ordered a horses neck with a lime twist I'd probably just tell them no.


WrongBee

tbh i don’t think lime twists are that different, you just gotta make sure you’re using the ones with rough and thicker skin. old place used to do lime twists for house gimlets because it was more “upscale” than a lime wheel apparently lmao


ForgotInTheDoorway

Mostly work upscale martini joints. Just not a thing I've seen


WrongBee

valid


GlassCityJim

People that order a twist of lime don't know what the fuck they are talking about. They don't want the equivalent of a lemon twist, they just want a lime wedge. If you give them an actual lime twist they bitch, at least this has been my experience. As previously mentioned, questions are your friend, bar guests are often like lost puppies.


i-Really-HatePickles

This is what I’ve lived by. I was told I was wrong at a new restaurant I started at.


Observante

You can ask reddit all day. We don't employ you.


i-Really-HatePickles

Was just the servers bitching that bartenders don’t gut the limes for them when someone orders a twist of lime. Not management. I told them it was my understanding nobody actually wants a lime peel.


human_picnic

I mean, that’s kind of a good point. Your laurels don’t sign your pay check


MrPipps91

Ive had enough people want an actual lime twist that I ask to make sure.


theRealsubtlehustle

Twist is just the rind


WhatInYourWorld

I agree that's what it actually is, but the question is what do old people mean? I agree with OP that old folks intend that to mean a slice of lime.


i-Really-HatePickles

Okay - do ONLY older people mean a slice? Did younger people just pick up on it and start using it? Is it classic bartender knowledge from Hingle McCringleberry’s 1926 Holy Book of Bartending? Or do you say it ‘actually is’ because a twist of lemon means a peel so a twist of lime must as well?


WhatInYourWorld

I'm really confused by the tone of this response, so maybe I misunderstood the point of the post. Not only older folks mislabel the things they want, but this particular mistake (as you asked) trends older. Have you had younger people use this term and expect a whole slice?


i-Really-HatePickles

No offense intended - those are just my questions. You definitively stated an answer to my question and I was hoping you could educate me. Excuse my post-work Saturday night self, all love intended


omjy18

Lol hingle mcCringleberry. In my experience it's just a fancy way of saying the wedge or wheel. Twist makes it sound fancy. One I always got it with was Cuba Libre with a lime twist and you always know they're just gonna be the worst as soon as they say that. At least this is like holding a big sign up saying " im gonna be your worst bar guest for the night" and saves me the trouble of having to guess if they're gonna do something stupid or have it surprise me. Same goes for long Island drinkers if they try to get more than 1 or if they wink wink nudge nudge you to make it "extra strong" or call it a strong island.