Talk:Kaffir lime

message: "Kaffir" translates to "infidel" in Arabic (according to Wikipedia) or is an Ethnic slur for blacks. "Kaffir" is an offensive term as it is used in South Africa, analogous to "nigger."  A more correct, and inoffensive, term is "makrut lime."
See the Penguin Companion to Food for more information on this topic.  
Etkrist 00:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The thing is, whether or not the name actually originated from that term, it is a name that offends many people today, and it would be very easy to change the term used in the article. There is no compelling reason not to do so. Ellacution (talk) 12:42, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  It wasn't originally a slur term. It was the general word for Blacks in South Africa. --41.242.207.217 (talk) 17:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

text: No, it's from Old French "covRir" (modern French "couvrir"), ultimately from Latin "cooperīre", meaning "to cover". Bombur8 (talk) 16:05, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of name 

message: A picture of the leaves would be great. --Apoc2400 11:36, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of the leaves 

message: I don't know who wrote that the fruit are inedible, but they're not. They're just like limes - I bought a bunch of kaffir limes and drank the juice once. They do taste a little different from the persian limes we see at the supermarket but they're not "inedible"
Great in beer!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.182.25.160 (talk) 14:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Fruit 

message: The article could use objective commentary on the taste of the fruit.  "How does it compare to a common lime?", etc.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.226.206 (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taste 

message: The kaffir lime (juice) is also used to treat dandruff.....
124.13.195.252 (talk) 12:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  the uses 

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thread_title: [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging

message: * Possibly 泰國柑 (POJ: Thai3-kok-kam).
* 泰國柑 literally means "Thailand orange". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:25, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hokkien name 

message: To the South African ear the theory that the word "Kaffir" in the name of the fruit stems from German sounds ridiculous and it should be removed if no substantial citation can be found. For one thing, in German "Käfer" means "beetle", not "bug". The following citation from the Oxford Companion to Food is far nearer the mark, though the connotation of "infidel" is not significant in South African usage, either now, or in the last century or so.--198.54.202.114 (talk) 16:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A friend of mine visited South Africa within the last decade and "kaffir" was still a racial slur. I'm not sure what kind of evidence Wikipedia demands for this, though... -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 17:52, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factually questionable and widely offensive etymology 

message: I went to my local asian market in Olathe, KS and wanted to buy lime leaves.  I was informed that the store was not allowed to sell them, but that they are available a few miles away in Missouri.  Any idea why they cannot be sold in Kansas?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.23.240.189 (talk) 02:51, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  my local asian store not allowed to sell lime leaves? 

message: Combava are apparantly a hyrid- mention worthy?andycjp (talk) 04:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Combava

message: The interim quarantine information was marginal at best, since it affected all citrus, but only a small part of the world.  It's now 2 years old, so I think it has reached its use-by date.  I've removed it.  Groogle (talk) 07:37, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Quarantine

message: The entry for this is Kaffir Lime on Wikipedia. This is the name known worldwide. I get it had negative connotations especially in South Africa and that there are people who want to use Makrut Lime (which doesn't make sense since Makrut itself already refers to the whole Lime where the name is sourced from, so it's essentially calling it Lime Lime). That all said, the article has the common name in English listed as Makrut Lime when that's not the common name at all. Almost every store, book, culinary Institute, restaurant, kitchen calls it Kaffir Lime. I guess you can say Makrut is the alternate name. Now why is every instance of the name in the article, under Kaffir Lime in Wikipedia calling it Makrut Lime? The one source listed is Orford good guide which says to use Makrut to avoid negative connotations, but there is no proper citation (ie. Page number, year). I just don't see how the article is listed in common English on Wikipedia as Kaffir Lime (Citrus Hystrix) and then uses Makrut throughout the article for some reason. Thoughts?
*The expression "kaffir lime" is to many undesirable, but Google found "About 2,990,000 results" for it, so it is likely much used. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:15, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Whether or not it is frequently used, it is offensive to people, and there is no reason that a person searching for the more commonly used name couldn’t be redirected to this article if it was named Makrut Lime. As for the point about it being redundant seeing as how makrut means lime, that seems inane, as the average english speaker reading this article will have no knowledge of Thai, where the name makrut originates, and even if they do, it will not hamper their understanding of the article. Ellacution (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The use of Kaffir Lime Vs Makrut Lime in the article.  

message: There is no proof that the lime is native or even used in the Philippines for cooking....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheaxHendible (talk • contribs) 05:33, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: According to GRIN (U.S. National Plant Germplasm System), the species is native to a number of countries including the Philippines, as they list here. They are a reliable source for species distributions. I'm unsure of the fruit's use in Philippine cuisine. Declangi (talk) 08:34, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philippines? 

message: * https://public.oed.com/blog/word-stories-kaffir/
* https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/food/the-plate/2014/07/18/a-food-has-an-historic-objectionable-name-should-we-change-it/ 
* https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/kaffir-lime-racist-murky-origins-suggest-a-racial-slur-might-be-responsible-for-the-fruits-name.html 
--Espoo (talk) 20:43, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  etymology