Will it adapt to peel a pear?
1490265
Not really. It does apples best. I did try potatoes but it wasn't great at it.
1490266
I would imagine that firm pears would work. You might get a bit at the neck end that didn't peel completely, but I see no reason why it would not work for the predominance of the fruit. I'm suggesting this on Bosc or other firm-textured and tight-skinned varieties. We have peeled some very irregular apples and had no difficulty.
1490267
J, I have used this peeler quite a bit and I am not sure if it would adapt to a pear. It is a great tool but because of the shape of the pear I don't believe it would peel it completely.
1490268
I doubt it because it only peels the vry round apples well. Apples shaped like delicious apples do not peel well at all.
1490269
This is the best peeler I have used for apples.I have used the sme kind that are horizontal and I like the verticle one the best. I have used the steel spiral cutters and still like this one the best. BUT it won't peel pears. The spiral steel ones do a fair job on pears if you remove the spiral cutter and corer and core by hand.
1490270
I used it to peel an asian pear which is a small round pear very apple shaped and it did fine. But it would NOT work for a normal shaped pear
309377
There is no adjustment for the thickness of the slice, nor can you remove or disable the corer as it is part of the slicer. You can adjust the thickness of the peel that it removes.
1017960
Yes! The blade is spring loaded and this allows it to move in and out following the shape of the apple. This lever can be moved away as there is a latch that allows you to core and slice the apple. To the best of my knowledge, all these types of apple peelers have this function.
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This item peels, slices to the core and cores as well........easy to use......stick apple on forked end of shaft, rest peeler against apple, turn crank and when you reach the end of the apple.....the apple skin is off, its sliced and the core remains on the forked shaft......its a nice unit and I like it.
1066191
No. The only adjustments you can make would be the amount of peeling that is pared and to slice/core or not slice at all.
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Nancy I bought the one with clamp included and very glad I did. It takes a while to learn how to adjust the peeling but works great for slicing and coring. Doesn't take too long to have enough apples ready for a pie or even an apple crisp as I just made.
1007264
It will grate lemon peel but I would recommend a smaller one to get the finer grating needed for lemon zest.
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Good peeler must use a medium pine, not large because you would waist the fruit, it slices in a spiral way while it cores
43042
It could if you pull the peeler loop out of the way and tighten the thumb screw.
1039214
It wasn't designed for peeling chicken. You never know until you try, so if you try let me know how it works for you. Otherwise I would only use it for apples, pears and maybe potatoes.
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the apple peeler has a gadget that you can adjust so that it will just peel without slicing does a good job
1271567
It has a small (semi-sheathed) blade that peels apples because they are of a uniform shape. I wouldn't even attempt tp peel potatoes in it. They are grittier (dirtier) of various shapes, sizes, and the flesh isn't the same texture as apples. So, no.
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Not sure if peeler works on butternut squash since I've never tried to peel veges with a hard shell skin.
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I would think so. If you loosen the wing nut and swing away the coring circle it should peel a potato. I haven't tried this but looks like it would work.
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It would peel the zucchini for you. You can loosen the nut and move the corer so that it doesn't core or slice.
1066192
not the thickness of the slices, but you can adjust the thickness of the peel it takes off
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Sure does! Just don't try and grind it too much, the machine will actually take some of the fruit skin with it.