Guest Liberty Bar - Seattle Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Alrighty then. So. One has a lot of citrus to peel - and I want to peel JUST the rind...wanna keep the rind but not the pith. What machine in the world would do such a thing? I've dug all over and called a number of citrus peeling companies but so far I've not found this machine, but I hear that it's out there. Anyone have any idea where one would find such a tool? I've been wondering if a simple apple peeler would work...hmm. Anyway. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grehorst Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Alrighty then. So. One has a lot of citrus to peel - and I want to peel JUST the rind...wanna keep the rind but not the pith. What machine in the world would do such a thing? I've dug all over and called a number of citrus peeling companies but so far I've not found this machine, but I hear that it's out there. Anyone have any idea where one would find such a tool? I've been wondering if a simple apple peeler would work...hmm. Anyway. Thanks in advance. If you find one be sure to post it here- I kinda think what you need wouldn't be a peeler but more of an automated zester (you want to leave the pith behind). We have a product that requires a lot of lemon zest. We typically get 3 of us sitting around a 10 gal pot with microplanes having a "zesting party". Let us know if you find a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Spirits Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Andrew & Guy - perhaps you're looking for something like this: Chef's Forum Post on Fruit Peelers Manual Apple Peeler Antique Mechanical Apple Peelers Potential Commercial Zest Options: Lemon Zest Orange Zest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liberty Bar - Seattle Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Well, it's been an interesting search. The best that I have found is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Starfrit-Electric-Rotato-Express/dp/B000GGQAN4/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1251368143&sr=8-19 But, will it work on citrus? I have an e'mail out asking for the answer to this question, but we'll see. There are a number of plastic, manual options out there with wide blades, but something tells me that they'd work for about six and half minutes against the relatively strong skin of citrus. I'm sure that there's more, but we shall see. A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mg81 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I know in the US military they used to have a cement mixer looking machine that had abrasive like sandpaper inside to peel potatoes. It did this slowly, so you would not lose much inner potato. I think if you were able to time it out right you would be able to just have the outermost layer abraded off and leave the pith intacted on the citrus. The zest could than be washed out and kept. I am not sure what the commercial potato chip/french fry processors use, but they may have something similar that could be retrofitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liberty Bar - Seattle Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 UPDATE!!! Yeah...no. I've not found anything yet. The apple peelers are nowhere near strong enough for citrus... Still looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveflintstone Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Have you seen this one http://www.durfo.com/eng/durfo_strip_eng.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liberty Bar - Seattle Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Holy crap. That one looks up to the job. Thanks, Dave. Fantastic. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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