DIY herb stripper
May 17, 2015 by DarcieIf you’re like me, you love to browse through kitchenware catalogs. (In my case it runs a close second to perusing cookbooks.) We may already have cupboards and drawers overflowing with bowls, pans, and kitchen tools, but it’s still fun to see the new cookware and gadgets or swoon over the newest color of Le Creuset. Sometimes the browsing even provides inspiration.
That’s what happened recently, after I viewed the Chef’n® ZipStrip™ Herb Zipper. I was intrigued by its simple yet effective design. My favorite rosemary chocolate chip shortbreads were calling me, but I don’t like getting my fingers sticky when stripping the rosemary by hand. The herb stripper allows you to quickly strip the leaves without handling them at all. The beauty lies in its simplicity: the stripper is nothing more than holes in plastic through which the stem of a woody herb like rosemary, thyme, or lavender is pulled. The leaves are larger than the holes, so they get efficiently stripped off the stem. But I surely didn’t need another tool to clutter my already crammed drawers, so I turned my eye to repurposing a tool that I already owned.
It turns out that I had three different tools that could be used in a manner similar to the herb stripper: a lemon zester, an herb/tea infuser, and a melon baller. Each of them has holes of varying sizes, and the diameter of the stem determines which tool is best. The infuser often wins because it has the smallest holes. As a bonus, it serves as a handy cup to hold the leaves. Just put the stem into the inside of the cup, hold it upright, and pull the stem out through the bottom.
Do you have any repurposed kitchen tool tips that you’d like to share?
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