Even in today's high-tech world, there's nothing better or faster for peeling, slicing and coring apples than this old-fashioned tool. Buy it here: www.williams-sonoma.com/produc...
Thank you for this video! I totally understood how it works and once you work through a brief learning curve it’s exactly as you show. I did have trouble with the suction but like other suction cups (I.e. window/bath. hangers) it needs a little bit of dampness and it holds great. I did a lot of apples to dehydrate and it held the whole time. My peeled, cored and sliced apples were put in lemon water until I could fill up the dehydrator trays. So fast…I love it! Note: if apples are going soft it might not be effective if the core is soft. In that case pull out a vegetable peeler and a knife and finish the job. I did 20 apples and only one had a soft core. Love it!
Yup they are available for a hefty price new in the stor3e and I picked up mine off facebook marketplace for 15 bucks . The only problem was the vacuum sucker to the table top was not functioning. So I drilled a couple holes and mounted it on some plywood and voila works great. Where I used to take upwards of 3 minutes per apple I can now do it in 8 seconds. Marvelous invention.
I would also like to use mine as a spiralizer for larger harder things like butternut squash or sweet potatoes; peeling over and over again until almost nothing remains (not coring or slicing.) Is this possible?
I’ve used my peeler/slicer for almost 20 years, and couldn’t agree more that it’s great. However, the suction cup on the bottom never held the slicer firmly enough - it wobbled. NowI clamp it onto a table with big C clamps - apples, pears, all the firm fall fruit go through just fine.
It works great - you can't change the diameter of the core it takes out, but that means it always gets the pips, and you can adjust it so it only skims off a thin layer of peel - it's worked well with small apples for me.
I will so have to figure out where to buy this. It's absolutely awesome! :-) I always have difficulty with apples hence why I normally just eat them whole. Who doesn't like a peeled sliced apple :-) with the core out :-)
you cant adjust it to do just that, it will always slice. but if you dont wanna slice. you can just always core them after which takes slightly more time, but not by much.
You can fold away the knife and have just the apple slices. Works great for drying them too. I peel my apples when baking or making sauce. Since then health isn't the first and foremost appeal. Otherwise, skin on, potatoes and apples for that matter.
Beg to differ. There is a lot of adjustability that you need to account for, and don't get a suction based one, it's not worth it. Once it's set up, and you understand the nuances? Then it's a great thing. I've processed apples from our apple tree for years this way, typically enough dried apples to fill two five gallon buckets. Worth it.
