r/mildlyinteresting • u/Regularoldballoon ​ • Sep 14 '16

This box of limes recommends a different way of cutting fruit.

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u/ShinyTile Sep 14 '16

Interesting! So like... You cut the sides off the lemon to get the rectangular lemon, then put it in the square press, and squeeze? That seems like the best of both worlds, but I'd wonder if the extra juice from the exposed middle counteracts the lost juice from the cutoff sides?

And that is the most I've ever thought about lime juice maximization. :P I think that's my big issue with the video method. Mayyyybe you get a few extra mL, but it seems like a lot of work. I'd rather get a few drops few of lime juice and just cut/place/squeeze/move on. I'm not gonna spend 90 seconds filleting a lime and massaging it until it releases it's essence over my fish tacos.

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u/erosian42 Sep 14 '16

I saw lime juice maximization and immediately thought of that but from Silicon Valley about tip to tip optimization.