An adjustable peeling utensil for peeling an exterior portion from an interior portion of a fruit or vegetable, having: a base having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side; the base being associated with a handle on the back side and having a support bar slideably associated with the front side; and a U-shaped adjustable blade having a front blade side with a cutting edge, a left blade side with a left cutting edge, and a right blade side with a right cutting edge; the U-shaped adjustable blade being slideably associated with the left side and the right side of the base such that the U-shaped adjustable blade is extendable from the front side, to a selected distance between the support bar and the front blade side matching a thickness of the exterior portion; and a locking element.

An adjustable peeling utensil for peeling an exterior portion from an interior portion of a fruit or vegetable, having: a base having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side; the base being associated with a handle on the back side and having a support bar slideably associated with the front side; and a U-shaped adjustable blade having a front blade side with a cutting edge, a left blade side with a left cutting edge, and a right blade side with a right cutting edge; the U-shaped adjustable blade being slideably associated with the left side and the right side of the base such that the U-shaped adjustable blade is extendable from the front side, to a selected distance between the support bar and the front blade side matching a thickness of the exterior portion; and a locking element.

To improve the safety and efficiency of conventional zesters, the present inventor devised, among other things, a child-friendly bidirectional twist-action zester. One exemplary zester includes a housing and at least two grating elements. The housing defines an interior volume configured to receive at least a portion of a whole citrus fruit, and the first and second grating elements are mounted to the housing such that with their grating teeth face the interior and contact the whole citrus fruit, thereby preventing bloody fingers and knuckles during zesting. Moreover, each grating element includes at least some teeth that are opposite to some teeth in the other grating elements, enabling the zester to produce zest with each back and forth movement of the zester relative the fruit. Some other embodiments add a reamer to the housing, enabling the zester to serve as both as zester and a juicer.

To improve the safety and efficiency of conventional zesters, the present inventor devised, among other things, a child-friendly bidirectional twist-action zester. One exemplary zester includes a housing and at least two grating elements. The housing defines an interior volume configured to receive at least a portion of a whole citrus fruit, and the first and second grating elements are mounted to the housing such that with their grating teeth face the interior and contact the whole citrus fruit, thereby preventing bloody fingers and knuckles during zesting. Moreover, each grating element includes at least some teeth that are opposite to some teeth in the other grating elements, enabling the zester to produce zest with each back and forth movement of the zester relative the fruit. Some other embodiments add a reamer to the housing, enabling the zester to serve as both as zester and a juicer.

A combined vegetable peeler and fruit peeler includes a handle and at least one leg extending from the handle. A slotted blade is mounted to the handle for peeling vegetables. The leg includes a citrus slicer having a cutting edge for slicing the rind of fruit. The leg may further include a peeling blade in the form of a protrusion having reduced thickness, with the peeling blade having utility in peeling the rind from fruit.

A combined vegetable peeler and fruit peeler includes a handle and at least one leg extending from the handle. A slotted blade is mounted to the handle for peeling vegetables. The leg includes a citrus slicer having a cutting edge for slicing the rind of fruit. The leg may further include a peeling blade in the form of a protrusion having reduced thickness, with the peeling blade having utility in peeling the rind from fruit.

A combined vegetable peeler and fruit peeler includes a handle and at least one leg extending from the handle. A slotted blade is mounted to the handle for peeling vegetables. The leg includes a citrus slicer having a cutting edge for slicing the rind of fruit. The leg may further include a peeling blade in the form of a protrusion having reduced thickness, with the peeling blade having utility in peeling the rind from fruit.

A combined vegetable peeler and fruit peeler includes a handle and at least one leg extending from the handle. A slotted blade is mounted to the handle for peeling vegetables. The leg includes a citrus slicer having a cutting edge for slicing the rind of fruit. The leg may further include a peeling blade in the form of a protrusion having reduced thickness, with the peeling blade having utility in peeling the rind from fruit.

A fruit slitting device is provided and includes a body; a hand connected to an inner side of the body; a blade sleeving ring disposed on an end of the body far away from the handle; slitting blades connected to an inner side of the blade sleeving ring in a snap-fit manner; a barrier plate connected to the inner side of the body, and a fixed block connected to the inner side of the body; columnar springs symmetrically connected to the inner side of the body; and a stretching frame connected to the inner side of the body. The fruit slitting device fully meets needs of slitting operation of small-sized fruits, achieving manual intervention on a position of fruits and effective fruit slitting, which greatly enhances quality of fruit slitting.

A fruit slitting device is provided and includes a body; a hand connected to an inner side of the body; a blade sleeving ring disposed on an end of the body far away from the handle; slitting blades connected to an inner side of the blade sleeving ring in a snap-fit manner; a barrier plate connected to the inner side of the body, and a fixed block connected to the inner side of the body; columnar springs symmetrically connected to the inner side of the body; and a stretching frame connected to the inner side of the body. The fruit slitting device fully meets needs of slitting operation of small-sized fruits, achieving manual intervention on a position of fruits and effective fruit slitting, which greatly enhances quality of fruit slitting.