Post #337886 by The Gnomon on Thu, Oct 11, 2007 12:10 PM

On 2007-10-11 11:14, BrickHorn wrote:
Avoiding the step of squeezing juice from a fresh lime cuts a couple of minutes off of the prep time, so it's completely worth the extra cost.

To hear you say that (which, of course, I didn't onnacounta the silence) is like fingernails screeching across a blackboard. Painfull.

Get yourself the green one of these (for Key limes), the yellow one (for Persian limes), and the orange one (for lemons). They're supposed to be for limes, lemons, and oranges, respectively, but they work best as I've described. These are $11–$14.

These are available at World Market, in store and online. BB&B carries similar citrus squeezers as well, but they don't have the orange one and the other two are $13. I also have one that's aluminum about the size of the yellow one in the pic that I got from the Hispanic section of Shoppers Food Wharehouse that cost less than $5 I think.

It only takes about 10 seconds to get your fresh lime juice; including cutting the lime, squeezing out the juice, and tossing the shells (unless you're saving them for garnishes).