Because of the effort required to get to many of my favorite things, I tend to avoid them. You know what I mean: when summer arrives, I can spend $7 at the grocery store for a tiny plastic container of pre-cut fruit, or I can buy an entire fruit and spend far too long hacking at it in my tiny kitchen. I often forget that the world has evolved to meet people’s needs, and when I came across this genius pineapple slicer on sale on sale, I realized that life doesn’t have to be so difficult if I can find the right gadgets.
Now I just need to find a watermelon slicer that won’t turn my kitchen counters into a soggy mess. Have you found one, shoppers? I’m getting off track. Let’s instead concentrate on this pineapple gadget, which also works wonders on my other favorite fruit.
It works by easily removing the core of the pineapple, which is the super-hard center layer that you should avoid when cutting or eating the fruit. All you have to do is cut the top green piece of the pineapple off with a knife. Then, twisting as you go, push this gadget down the center of the pineapple. The idea is to leave the core in the pineapple skin and use this tool to remove everything else. Once inside, pull up to easily and completely remove the rest of the pineapple. It will come out in one complete spiraled piece, leaving you with beautiful pineapple rings to snack on or garnish your favorite cocktails with.
One shopper says it makes “short work of a pineapple.” They add, “there’s a spiral blade to allow you to twist your way through the fruit, and a removable handle to make it easier to clean and remove any core that might get lodged inside.”
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This clever device has received a near-perfect 4.7-star rating from over 14,000 customers. When I go shopping for kitchen gadgets, they must pass one major test: will they fit in my teeny-tiny New York studio kitchen? Yes, it is possible. It’s tall and skinny and takes up about the same amount of space as a wine bottle, which I always have room for.
This device takes all of the guesswork out of the experience. One customer even called it “the best invention ever,” claiming that it inspired her to buy pineapples for the first time in years.
