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Post by antheat on Feb 5, 2008 16:49:43 GMT -5
Slightly off topic, but what kind of potato peeler do you use?? I'm trying to find one that is hand friendly!
Ant
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Post by oldsalt on Feb 5, 2008 17:58:20 GMT -5
I like my wife. Keeps nearly all the pressure off my sensitive "trigger finger". OK, actually I use a KitchenAid, and it has a nice big grip. OXO also makes a pretty good large-handled peeler. Size matters with my big paws, and I really do have trigger finger. (Got it relieved today - snip, snip - so have a big wrap on my right hand. OUCH!!!).
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Post by FatFutures on Feb 5, 2008 18:57:25 GMT -5
Whatcha get trigger finger from?
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Post by redrange on Feb 5, 2008 21:22:14 GMT -5
Slip Pruf Nee Action - now there's a product name that's ripe for humor. Mine is pretty old but I think they still make them. It has never dulled, doesn't slip and just whizzes through vegetables with a light movement.
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Post by oldsalt on Feb 5, 2008 21:42:26 GMT -5
Whatcha get trigger finger from? Who can say for sure? I work with my hands every day in electronics maintenance and typing on computers. I think I really aggravated it during a plumbing project in Maine, cranking on a zero-clearance pipe cutter; but I haven't had an opportunity to just let it rest and recuperate for a couple of weeks in over three years.
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Post by berlyn on Feb 6, 2008 20:49:10 GMT -5
Whatcha get trigger finger from? ;D ;D ;D Thinking the same thing too. Now, if one other member would have said that statement, that would be a no brainer. Oh potato peelers was the subject. Cutco, have had it for years now and has not dulled. I bought a dinky one for our 5th wheel RV. It's a newer "palm" type. I really like that one & it's ergonomic too, but have not had it long enough to see how it will last over the years.
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Post by tux_sf on Feb 10, 2008 20:44:08 GMT -5
Hmmmm. . .I actually have 3 of them. I use 2 regularly & Ed uses the other. Here they are: The first one is a German one that I bought off of eBay with a lot of other small kitchen tools. It is very sharp & I particularly like it for things that have a thicker peeling as it grabs in them well. It also makes pretty wide strips so it is fast. However, I tend to use the long one with 2 heads that is to the right. I like the long handle as you can really grip it well & have better control. Even though it is hard plastic I do find it comfortable to use for bigger jobs. The 2nd head is a little shredder. I don't use that much except if I need a little shredded carrot now & then. It isn't the best way to shred anything since it isn't very wide. I bought it in an Asian grocery, but I can't remember which one or where it was made (it doesn't say on it anywhere). The middle one is my oldest one & it is marked "Pedrini, made in Italy." The grip is comfortable, but it is thin enough plastic that it feels flimsy to me sometimes. The little doohickie hanging off to one side is supposed to be for digging out potato eyes, but it doesn't get used much (& even though it isn't I notice that it has a crack in it). I'm surprised it has held up as well as it has & I tried to throw it out when we got the long one, but Ed wouldn't let me throw it out because he really prefers it. Oh, it also has the best name. . .it is called the 'sbucciatore'--which is odd since that just means paring knife in Italian. Not sure how helpful this is, but I thought I'd dig them out just to show the different kinds that you might run across outside of the common swivel bladed ones.
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