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The Right Way to Squeeze a Lime or Lemon (How cool is this?!)

June 7, 2015 by Laura 6 Comments

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Brace yourself for the most amazing kitchen hack you’ll ever read between now and precisely three to five minutes from now. When you next see your friends, or you strike up a conversation with the fella bagging your groceries – you’ll be sure to tell them about this, won’t you? I mean, everyone needs to know that the squeezing of limes and lemons has been done wrong for years but you now know the correct way to do it – so you shall therefore enlighten the world on the correct squeezage procedure of limes and lemons.

The Right Way to Squeeze a Lime (or a lemon)

I recently learned this trick, and it’s a good thing. I think I was well on my way to being diagnosed with lime-squeezing-induced carpal tunnel in my right hand. This hack has saved me, no doubt. It’s here to save you too.

All nonsense aside (and by nonsense, I mean completely necessary life-changing information) – this tip is really cool. You’ll need a lime or a lemon (was that not obvious?) and you’ll need a strong pair of tongs.

First things first: Roll the unsliced lime or lemon along the counter-top, pressing it down as you roll. This will soften the fruit and make it easier to juice.

Next, cut your lime or lemon in half. Grab one half with your tongs, like so:

squeezing lime 1

Now (aiming downward, for the love) squeeze that lime or lemon with all your might (I use two hands because I’m a weakling like that). Continue the rolling, the slicing, and the squeezing until you have all the juice you need.

squeezing lime 2

The tong trick helps prevent juice from getting all over your hand and running down your arm and up your sleeve. Not that this would actually happen, but now it most definitely won’t. Plus you won’t get lime-squeezing-induced carpal tunnel, so I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief there.

I first tried this trick while making BLT Chopped Salad, and I’m pretty sure I’ve made it clear that I have been eating that salad three meals a day for the past eleventy days or so because I love it so much. I’ve learned to just squeeze the lime directly onto the salad because life’s too short to squeeze it into a jar for the purpose of making a dressing. Just squeeze it directly, then pour in the oil, and sprinkle with salt.

Then, because you are amazingly efficient, you can use your lime squeezing tongs to toss the salad altogether (thus mixing the lime juice, olive oil, and salt along with all the other ingredients) and then to serve the salad with those very tongs. If by now tongs are not your favorite kitchen gadget, I believe you need to go back and read this post more thoroughly. Or maybe you just haven’t made this salad yet, for reasons I will never understand.

Grab you some limes (or lemons) and grab you some tongs and commence the squeezing.

Now you tell me. Is that not the most amazing kitchen hack you’ve read in the last three to five minutes? And have you made this salad yet? Do it already.

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Filed Under: Homemaking Hints, In the Kitchen Tagged With: kitchen hack, lemon juice, lime juice

Comments

  1. Emily says

    June 8, 2015 at 7:52 am

    I absolutely love my citrus press – it keeps the seeds inside and I get every last bit of juice out – but this will be great to remember for when I’m not home or my press isn’t clean. :)

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  2. Christine says

    June 8, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try that. Here’s been my favorite way to do it so far: stick a fork in the cut lemon and sort of turn the fork and squeeze the lemon at the same time. Keep turning and squeezing and the juice just flows out!

    BTW, I’ve been reading your blog for years and it’s been such a blessing to me. I always look forward to your posts!

    Reply
  3. Nicole S says

    June 8, 2015 at 9:55 am

    Try warming your citrus first too – it releases more juice and quickly!

    Reply
  4. Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents says

    June 8, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Well, who knew?!

    Reply
  5. AllenInAK says

    June 8, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    My personal favorite is to ….. throw it in the juicer… I was amazed ow much more juice you get compared to all these tricks for hand squeezing or presses. A good omega masticating juicer is a wonderful thing!

    Reply
  6. Julia says

    June 9, 2015 at 12:55 am

    You are hilarious! Thanks for a good laugh and a good tip. I really enjoy your blog!

    Reply

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