Lime Shortage - Tiki Drinks and Food

N'' nui 'umi 'umi Tiki Socialite La Mirada Atoll Joined: Feb 21, 2011 Posts: 2718	N'' nui 'umi 'umi Posted posted on Thu, May 19, 2016 11:19 PM On 2016-05-19 10:57, Swanky wrote: My other suggestion, and maybe you already do this, is to squeeze them twice. After you do both halves, put them in together and do it again. Gets a bit more juice out of them. At least with the hand juicer. My stand juicer obliterates them. Nothing left. Like you Swank, I too squeeze em twice. After the initial squeeze I set em in a bowl next to my cutting board. I let em rest a few minutes and have gotten more than a half ounce out of 3 or 4 “shells” This next tip might be common knowledge. With the half lime cut side down I make a half inch cut in the unsqueezed lime . My barkeep bud swears you’ll get more juice this way. I don’t do this when Mai Tai’s are on the menu. Can’t use the shell for garnish-It’s useless. Cheers

On 2016-05-19 10:57, Swanky wrote:

My other suggestion, and maybe you already do this, is to squeeze them twice. After you do both halves, put them in together and do it again. Gets a bit more juice out of them. At least with the hand juicer. My stand juicer obliterates them. Nothing left.

Like you Swank, I too squeeze em twice. After the initial squeeze I set em in a bowl next to my cutting board. I let em rest a few minutes and have gotten more than a half ounce out of 3 or 4 “shells”
This next tip might be common knowledge. With the half lime cut side down I make a half inch cut in the unsqueezed lime . My barkeep bud swears you’ll get more juice this way. I don’t do this when Mai Tai’s are on the menu. Can’t use the shell for garnish-It’s useless.
Cheers

Post #764029 by nui 'umi 'umi on Thu, May 19, 2016 11:19 PM