I had an embarrassing moment the other day when bartender Aaron Smith of 15 Romolo was teaching me how to make The Last Word. Apparently, the reason my citrus juicer is really hard to close has nothing to do with the juicer being faulty and everything to do with me using it incorrectly! All this time, I've been inserting lemons and limes upside down.
To properly use a handheld juicer and extract the most juice, you should always insert the citrus cut side down. As you squeeze the gadget closed, the citrus will turn inside out.
Now that you know the right way to use a juicer, tell me: anyone else make this mistake?
Christine Bec
Casa
Roberto Cavalli
Well, no, but that's because I don't have one of those things. When I need lemon juice, I just squeeze them with my hands. I can see how you'd make that mistake, though...it seems pretty counterintuitive when you look at that contraption.
1OMG - totally - jajajajajajaja - thanks for the lesson!!!
2OMG - totally - jajajajajajaja - thanks for the lesson!!!
3Weird! You'd think by the shape of it it would go the other way.. thanks for the heads up part-ay.
(but really, you just wanna know you're not the only one 
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4I've been doing it wrong all this time, too
Thanks for the tip.
5I have never seen a juicer like that before!
6i thought it was used the way you wrongly used it but mine came with instructions so i never actually used it the wrong way but i was skeptical the first time but after doing it i realized that this way does work much better.
7I do it both ways on each lemon half to get maximum juice.
8I don't use one of those...I just pull out a pair of metal tongs, hold them closed and twist them around inside the half of lemon. It works really well.
9I'm going to try merie33's method. Thanks!
10Nice "Doh" moment Yum!!!
11ive never used a juicer, but id prob use it the way you did! now i know the right way! lol
12I've never seen that kind of juicer, I've always used the kind where you have to twist the lemon on that ridged egg shape, which was always a pain. Hm. Time to update my bridal registry!
13Of course!
14I love mine! It came with instructions, I was using it one day and my mom was like, "you're doing it wrong!" I showed her the directions and she was skeptical...but you really do get more juice that way!
15You're welcome Munkeyhead!
16plus this way the seeds dont come out really
17I've also never seen a juicer that looks like that.
18I don't have a juicer, so I usually just use my hands. When making key lime pie I use my garlic press since the limes are so tiny.
19To quote Seth Meyers from SNL.."REALLY?"
20Cook much?
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