foto: Instagram/@fajaralam_s
Brilio.net - Rich in vitamin C , lemon is one of the main ingredients in various culinary and beverage recipes, from main dishes to mouth-watering desserts. In addition, lemon also has a distinctive aroma. This makes it often used in household care products or even beauty.
This fruit plays an important role in the culinary industry. With its strong sour taste, lemon can balance the flavors in dishes, add acidity to salad dressings, or provide freshness to drinks. In addition, lemon is also often relied on in seafood dishes because it can eliminate fishy odors.
Usually lemon is used for its water. So most people will slice the lemon first and then squeeze the water. This is considered to be able to make the water in the lemon come out perfectly.
But do you know? Actually, there is a more powerful trick to squeeze lemons so that the juice is more abundant. This trick was once shared by Instagram user @fajaralam_s. Through one of the videos uploaded, he admitted to only using one tool to squeeze lemons.
As reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @fajaralam_s on Sunday (11/8), the tool in question is a skewer. Yup! This skewer can make lemon juice more abundant when squeezed. However, before being stabbed with a skewer, there are other steps that need to be done.
photo: Instagram/@fajaralam_s
So, prepare one lemon. Then press the lemon while rolling it around. This will make the lemon peel soft, so the juice will come out more easily when squeezed.
photo: Instagram/@fajaralam_s
Next, pierce the bottom of the lemon using a skewer or chopstick. After that, the lemon is ready to be squeezed as usual. Well, because the skin is softer, the water inside will be easier to release and produce abundant lemon juice.
photo: Instagram/@fajaralam_s
In addition to producing abundant water, this method also makes lemon peel easy to use for various purposes. For example, for aroma extractors in cakes. You can grate lemon peel more easily if it is still intact like this.
Having been watched more than 277 thousand times, this video about the lemon squeezing trick has immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Many other Instagram users also gave direct responses in the comments column. Most of them admitted that they had just found out about the trick.
"Thank you. The tips are really useful, I still have to cut them in half when squeezing lemons," said Instagram user @feratika.
"It's no wonder it's difficult... I don't cut it into small pieces first so it's strong," explained Instagram @danisaa_putrii.
"Thank you for your knowledge, sir," said Instagram @hjhindunsw.
"After so many years of being a housewife with two stairs, I just found out about this, oh wow, thank you, mz," wrote the Instagram account @ameliaa.mrs.
"Thank you for the tips, Chef," commented the Instagram account @aqiqahplusngaliyan.
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