Lime press

El exprimidor de limones

If there was such a thing as the Handy-Dandy-Kitchen-Tool-of-the-Month award then I nominate the lime press. Now, it's probably true that lime presses can be found in Canada, but if I ever had seen one, I wouldn't have known what it was for.

In México the most common type of lime you can buy is the limón. It is green, small, only slightly larger than a Timbit, and contains seeds. The yellow lemons we're used to seeing at home don't exist here. Expressing juice from a limón using one of the plastic, manual juicers would work, I suppose, but no need. Aqui esta el exprimidor de limones! It's slightly larger than a garlic press and although you can buy them made of plastic I prefer the metal type. You simply cut the limón in half, place it in the press and squeeze the handles together and out comes fresh squeezed lime juice. It nicely uses all available juice from the limón with a minimum of mess.

Lime juice is a prime ingredient in things like guacamole, on carné for tacos, in salad dressing, and of course in tequila. We've found the best way to drink tequila is with a bit of lime juice and some soda water and ice. Salud!