tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post2603399099953071684..comments2024-03-11T21:31:15.183-07:00Comments on Feeding My Enthusiasms: It's Apple Time in the Wine CountryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-41421208805788375982007-10-29T06:53:00.000-07:002007-10-29T06:53:00.000-07:00All true, all true. I got one for my niece which ...All true, all true. I got one for my niece which has a suction foot instead of a clamp, so that solved one issue with it, provided you've a smooth-topped work surface like granite or glass or something. But you're right about everything else. :)David T. Macknethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074123750929335716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-21630965997250403532007-10-28T19:17:00.000-07:002007-10-28T19:17:00.000-07:00You use the melon baller technique as well! I lov...You use the melon baller technique as well! I love doing that. It is so much easier than hacking out the middle bit... and that way you get an even slice on the apple halves. Yay for ingenuity!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685443437456671590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-73529332906996343562007-10-28T16:50:00.000-07:002007-10-28T16:50:00.000-07:00Davimack, That's the gizmo I was talking about tha...Davimack, That's the gizmo I was talking about that I bought at the hardware store. It's great if you are doing a lot of apples, especially if they are apples with straight cores, but for just one or two, it's overkill...setting it up (finding a place to clamp it is my worst problem), cleaning up the juice it spits, cleaning up the gizmo, storing it again versus one small melon baller used over a cutting board...much faster and cleaner. It does do a good job of peeling, coring, making a super spiral slice, but if it's a small apple, you lose a lot of the apple when it cores it because the part that takes out the core is one size. I use it when I'm processing a lot of apples for a couple of pies or a lot of applesauce. Then it's the bomb!Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733838869805925920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-35184613820737606822007-10-28T09:04:00.000-07:002007-10-28T09:04:00.000-07:00If you visit Shackford's, in Napa, or Hardestey's,...If you visit Shackford's, in Napa, or Hardestey's, in Santa Rosa, you'll find a neat little gizmo which peels, slices, cores all in one go (or leaves the peels on, if you'd rather), with a hand-crank. Truly a worthwhile investment. :)David T. Macknethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074123750929335716noreply@blogger.com