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First, let me introduce a new feature here on the ATG blog: “Sound Advice” is our tip of the week. Nothing earth-shattering, just commonsense tricks we like to share. Of course we invite YOU to share as well.

I have to confess, my step-father inspired this tip. You see, he loves kitchen gadgets, and last Father’s Day he asked me for a lime squeezer. Glad to be able to please him for the bargain price of $4.99, I bought a lime green lime squeezer (though it said it could be used for lemons as well.)

Now, I’ve been squeezing small citrus fruits for as long as I can remember, either on a regular squeezer or using a fork, but it never occurred to me that such a contraption would come with instructions, but it did, and while most of the information was less than necessary, one thing struck me: It recommended that citrus be at room temperature before you squeeze it.

I have, since then, conducted several scientific experiments in my kitchen (and no, not ALL of them resulted in lemon drops or limeade), even branching out to oranges and grapefruit, and I have to say: you get more juice when the fruit isn’t chilled.

So, that’s our sound advice for this week: Let your citrus warm to room temperature (nuke it for 15 seconds if you’re impatient) before squeezing. There will be more juice.

Posted by Melissa in Sound Advice |

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