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A Food-Whore-A-Mercial

I never wanted my blog to be a place where I make shameful plugs for products. Although I have to feel I have single-handedly bumped stock in the lemon drop industry.

And I am not much for kitchen "gizmos" but I have found a nice little trinket that I am weirdly excited about.

Since I like doing things by hand I have always extracted juices the old fashioned way. I have a wooden citrus reamer that I use for small doses of things like limes or lemons and I have a glass juicer handed down to me by my grandmother that I use for larger quantities. I never saw a reason to upgrade.

But last weekend when I was at the BBQ (see below) The Hostess was using an electronic citrus juicer like this:

It's the Black & Decker Citrus Mate Plus and for the bargain price of $19.95, this little unit is a great find.

You simply cut the citrus fruit of choice in half, and with little pressing effort the juice magically appears in the container. That's it, no twisting, no risk of carpal tunnel, just a little pressure and viola!

Now, like I said, I am not a fan of gadgets. Give me a good knife, a nice pan and a wooden spoon and I am a happy girl. But this thing is small, easy to store and a nice little addition to my tools. Why would I spend all that time on the manual version when I can get fast results with this baby. I mean, I may be a Whore, but I am not an idiot.

I will still use my wooden reamer for small jobs. But when I need large quantities of juice, I will use the modern convenience now in my possession.

How wonderful it will be for making my tequila lime chicken or other marinades for things like citrus grilled shrimp.

Or even, a nice big batch of lemon drops.

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Posted by Foodwhore at May 22, 2004 10:50 AM

Posted by: Cathleen at March 8, 2005 01:28 PM