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A 'Strawberry Huller' Really?

peachyprice
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https://www.lakeland.co.uk/14023/Chef%27n-StemGem-Tomato-%26-Strawberry-Huller?src=emails180510PineappleUK_3&spMailingID=56578680&spUserID=MTg3ODIwOTU5OTE4S0&spJobID=1401326444&spReportId=MTQwMTMyNjQ0NAS2

I've seen it all now.

Why would anyone pay £7.50 for a gadget to replace the perfectly good tools on the end of our arms?
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  • grunnie
    grunnie Posts: 1,795 Forumite
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    Way back in the day when I was a student think 1970 I spent a summer hulling strawberry at a certain jam factory in Fochabers. You brought it all back with that wee gadget . haha.
  • buildersdaughter
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    My sister got one of these as a Lakeland freebie. When hulling enormous amounts of strawberries for family 'dos' or village fund raisers, I have blessed it. Hulling strawberries for a whole morning is surprisingly hard on the fingers!
    Given their high quality and amazing customer service, I forgive Lakeland almost anything!
  • [Deleted User]
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    its obvious, a very good tool when hulling lbs of strawberries for jam or for the freezer. All I can say is, if you cannot afford it then don`t get into debt buying it :D

    Love lakeland stuff
  • LameWolf
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    If the arthritis in my hands gets any worse, I might well consider it for prepping strawberries for jam-making; but at present I can still manage without it. ;)
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  • splishsplash
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  • Lindsay_C
    Lindsay_C Posts: 100 Forumite
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    My mum has one as she doesn't have a lot of strength these days. If my MS got worse is definitely have one!
  • Spendless
    Spendless Posts: 24,573 Forumite
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    Doesn't hulling with a straw take some of the strawberry away with it? It seems to on the video. I eat all the strawberry once I've removed the green leaf top. I don't leave the 'core' unlike on an apple. Plus strawberries are so small, I wouldn't want to not have all of the berry to eat. Unless I've been eating strawberries wrong my whole life and you're meant to leave a bit.

    If the lakeland gadget only removes the green top, I can see it would be useful if you have reduced/poor motor skills in your hands or if you've got plenty of strawberries to hull.
  • VfM4meplse
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    splishsplash wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZvX6mstjr4
    You beat me too it! Except to say that straws are evil plastic things :o

    I'm ashamed to say I'd probably buy it if I saw it for 25p in a chazzer. I'm a sucker for kitchen gadgets.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • peachyprice
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    Maybe it's a 'nail' thing? I just slip my thumbnail under and pop off the top, maybe I have particularly strong nails? I can honestly say it would take longer to faff with a gadget.
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    It's a lifestyle thing... if you buy 1-2 punnets/year at most ... seems pointless, but if you're a "Ladies who Lunch" type, wearing light linen clothing and having "a bit of a do on the lawn" .... yet not yet able to afford your own staff, it's a job done. Or some jam makers ....

    I often eat the strawberry by holding the green bit and plucking the strawberry off with my teeth (which probably says more about my class than any form of simple ingenuity).
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