Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Apple peeler-corer

By: Sijmen

Sijmen — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:41:31 +0000

Why would you need to peel them? I like them as they are!

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:48:44 +0000

My family went apple-picking a couple of times last year. It was a lot of fun, but cooking the apples without this device would have been a nightmare. Instead, because I have one, I’m eager to get another big basket of apples and make dozens of those great long peels. This is one unitasker I’m not giving up!

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:23:50 +0000

I have one of these and I use it every single day. I put a ’slinky-apple’ in their lunchbox every day for school, and they eat ’slinkied’ apples over the weekend. So my weekly tally is 14 apples.

By: Andamom

Andamom — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:32:28 +0000

Although I dislike most gadgets, I cannot tell you the number of times that I have yearned for one of these. My kids and seemingly their friends want their apples to appear in nice easy slices — and they choose apples over most other fruit. Our family buys at least 5 or more apples per week… So, you can imagine how useful this would be. And, potatoes are another inexpensive food that is a pain to prepare… So, while it isn’t completely necessary, if you are like our family — this isn’t a useless device.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:11:27 +0000

Tritasker—it slices the apples/potatoes as well. I have a love/hate relationship with mine.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:42:45 +0000

Indispensable if you want to make pies1

By: Becka

Becka — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:21:02 +0000

Hey! that thing peels potatoes too which unqualifies it for a unitasker. I loved mine. till it broke. Now all our apples and potatoes are eaten with the peel.

By: Haggie

Haggie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:46:51 +0000

i have a bird’s beak (tournée)knife for peeling. unlike this uni-turd, it is great for peeling any type of fruit or veg.
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and, i can peel a whole apple as one strip of skin with it. bird’s beak knives are also excellent for peeling soft-flesh items like ripe peaches or even tomatoes.

By: Nora Rocket

Nora Rocket — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:58:39 +0000

Fewer than ten, not “less than ten.” They call me The Grammartasker…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Not only does it peel and core, it can create a long strand of apple peel. Try doing THAT by hand.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:11:28 +0000

It peels AND cores…it’s a bitasker!

By: JustBeth

JustBeth — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:06:58 +0000

These have been around for years. My grandmother had one (although not from Williams-Sonoma), which she used not only for pies, but she also made her own dried apples. Like all unitaskers, if it’s something you actually use, it can be worth it. However, you don’t have to buy it at a fancy store.

By: Sarah Hurst

Sarah Hurst — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:34:47 +0000

And hey, it does potatoes, too! So I believe that technically makes it a dual tasker.

By: mwh

mwh — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:24:12 +0000

I once had to help make soup for 300+ people, and the recipe called for apples – several dozen of them! Fortunately, a friend of a friend had one of these that we borrowed. It may be clutter, but it’s fun to use! Definitely something to borrow, not buy.

By: RadiantMatrix

RadiantMatrix — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:13:21 +0000

My in-laws have one of these, for which I’m eternally thankful. It only gets used twice a year (Thanksgiving and Christmas); however, when making traditional “sister cakes” for gift-giving, it’s a boon.

Each of these large krigle-like apple-cinnamon pastries uses around a dozen apples, and we make 10 or more of them each season. Without this device, we’d spend much more time, and be much more sore!

Still, I agree that most folks would want to avoid such a thing.

By: Duff

Duff — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:05:48 +0000

This device is essential for throwing an apple pie party!