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Oxo Good Grips Lemon Zester
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Price:
$7.00
$6.95*
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| Part No: | B00004OCJO |
| Manufacturer: | OXO |
| MFG Part: | 267 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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- Comfortable, nonslip handle absorbs pressure from hands
- Sharp holes in the head make zesting rinds easy
- Built-in channel knife for garnishing
- Stainless-steel head is solid and durable
- Safe to use in dishwasher
Specially designed to get the tasty zest while leaving the bitter rind behind. The notch tool works to get spirals of peel and the soft, oversized handle works to take pressure off your hand.
With two uses in one utensil, this tool is the ultimate for working with citrus. The head features several sharp holes for zesting lemons, oranges and more, while the channel knife lets you create elegant garnishes and decorations with little effort. And when you're through, its large, oversize handle opening makes hanging easy. The Good Grips line features durable, nonslip flexible handles on every product. Ergonomically designed to fit the palm comfortably and softly, the pressure-absorbing processed rubber handle puts less tension on the hands, while providing an outstanding grip. Made from the same material as dishwasher gaskets are constructed of, the handles are slip-proof, wet or dry, as well as dishwasher-safe. Good Grips products are moderately priced and have won the Tylenol/Arthritis Foundation Design Award. --Laurie Notaro
| Good, but not the best | 2010-01-04 | 4 / 5 |
| I got an Oxo zester because I love most of the other Oxo products I've tried. Like those, this is comfortable in the hand and to use, and I was pleased. It's good for garnish and easy to control, and is the best I've used of its style.
Then I saw a photo in a food blog (in Pioneer Woman's "Orange Mini-Muffins with Brown Sugar Glaze" post) of an orange with a clean, THOROUGHLY zested stripe across it from a Microplane zester, seemingly from a single swipe. I went out and got a Microplane (this one, because it doesn't have cutting edges on the sides and I'm a klutz: Microplane Fine Grater) and was an instant convert. Yes, the photo was very probably a single-swipe one. With the Microplane, it's really easy to get every last shred of zest from an orange -- without a single iota of pith! -- in about the same amount of time it takes to simply peel an orange. Wow.
If garnish is your goal, plus an occasional bit of zest for cooking, the Oxo's really pretty good. If you want to get lots of pith-free zest as quickly and easily as possible, I recommend a Microplane.
I'm not much for garnish (a knife will do what little I need), so I gave my Oxo away.
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| Nice, but... | 2009-12-20 | 4 / 5 |
| | This is a pretty good zester. It has a very comfortable grip and it's easy to clean. It was perfect for my needs, but if you want a very fine zest this is not the product for you. It's really only practical if you don't mind a little bit thicker zest. |
| OXO Lemon Zester | 2009-03-11 | 5 / 5 |
| This is an excellent little tool for curling off nice, long strings of lemon peel for cocktails, smoothies, stir fries, soups, salads,and even teas, and broths.
Comes sharp, stays sharp, fits your hand nicely to make the job even more fun! - I would say even a great tool for professionals!
One of those tools that you'll wonder why you waited so long to have in your kitchen arsenal! |
| | Just used this for the first time. I've always used a real fine grater for lemon zest, but this is SO much better! I got nice, thin strands of lemon zest and no issue about getting into the bitter white pith. |
| I hate to endorse yet another gadget, but. . . | 2007-08-14 | 5 / 5 |
| this little tool enables you to add another, fresh dimension to your
cooking. The bright, sharp tang of citrus peel is a wonder in dozens
of dishes. pancake batter? sure. a reduction sauce? of course.
In fact, any time you have meaty, salty or hot flavors in a combination
that seems to lack something or other, a bit of citrus zest is a good fallback
option. If you're really scrupulous, it pays to get organically grown fruit
because of chemical residues and paraffin preservatives on the skins of
conventionally-grown fruit.
A zester can also be used to raise butter curls or to scrape a carrot into
shreds as a last minute addition to a sauce, or to shred some parsnip into
hot soup.
It's unlikely that you will ever wear out the sharp edges on a zester, but
they are remarkably cheap and if you amortize the cost over-let's say-
a hundred recipes, this is a downright cheap addition to your batterie.
By the way, the little notch that you see in the side is a cannelling or caning blade. It's for cutting long thin strips. Those striped cukes that you see on salad trays are done this way. You can also use the strips themselves as decorative additions to stir-fries, pasta dishes and soups.
OXO is well known for their ergonomic grips. This one looks most unlikely
but actually proves to be very handy (so to speak).
--Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The and
bang BANG: A Novel ISBN 9781601640005 |
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