Despite my small kitchen and limited drawer space, I totally have a thing for single-use kitchen gadgets. You know, like the absolutely necessary avocado slicer, garlic press, or pineapple corer. I found this $1 strawberry huller at The Famous Concord Shop — a hardware store for the kitchen — and decided to give it a shot. I eat a bowl of strawberries every day (sometimes with cereal, sometimes with yogurt, sometimes plain), and I usually use a knife to hull the berries. After trying this little huller, I’m not convinced it’s any better than a knife — I think it would be more effective if the ends were sharp enough to cut into the fruit’s flesh. When it comes to dollar purchases, I guess you win some and you lose some.
The store is definitely a winner, though. There just aren’t enough kitchen shops in this world. If Williams Sonoma and Sur La Table get your heart racing, you’ll love this place. It’s got every gadget, cookie cutter, small appliance, and cookbook you could dream of. I counted about two dozen colors of decorating sugars. I’ll give you a dollar if you think of something they don’t have.
Tagged: gadget, kitchen, strawberry huller, The Famous Concord Shop
I own one of these, but I use a grapefruit spoon to hull strawberries. Put all your fingers around the spoon and your thumb on the green top. Scoop/cut out the top. The sharp edges of the spoon work much better than the huller, and if you don’t care too much about looks, you can slice the fruit with it as well.