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On Wed 06 Aug 2008 01:54:38p, Goomba told us...

> l, not -l wrote:
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>> For hulling strawberries, I use a straw - just a plain old drinking
>> straw. I center the straw on the bottom of the strawberry and push up;
>> when the straw hits the top of the berry, having removed the core
>> completely, it pushes the hull off. Works for all but the very
>> smallest strawberries. I just leave the core in the straw; each
>> subsequent core pushes the previous further into the straw; after about
>> 9-10 berries, the cores just push out of the bottom of the straw as new
>> ones come in the top and fall in the "garbage bowl" I pitch the hulls
>> in.

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> Brilliant!! I've never heard of this trick before and will try it next
> time I have some berries to hull.
> Thanks!
>


I say! That is a great idea!

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