How do you core an apple?

[Don Stugots]

I don't know how to core an apple - I keep just hacking at one that I have and it looks like shit.

What are the guidelines?

[JPMNICK]

I don't know how to core an apple - I keep just hacking at one that I have and it looks like shit.

What are the guidelines?

i take a paring knife and insert it around the top and bottom, making the shape of a stop sign. then i just push and it pops out.

or buy an apple corer, they work well

[DiabloSammich]

First, go to your neighborhood Bed, Bath and Beyond and buy a quality apple corer. Upon exiting, find a nice, young man of Hispanic descent waiting in the parking lot. Hand him the corer, and offer a bag of avocados as payment for coring your apple.

[IMSlacker]

Get one of these.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02239a.jpg

[Sue_Bender]

First, go to your neighborhood Bed, Bath and Beyond and buy a quality apple corer. Upon exiting, find a nice, young man of Hispanic descent waiting in the parking lot. Hand him the corer, and offer a bag of avocados as payment for coring your apple.

Racist!

[midwestjeff]

I think it is obvious that we need an "Ask Diablosammich" forum.

[ozzie]

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen/images/refimages/kitchen_advice/fruit_veg/apples/prep/core_peeled_quarter4.jpg

[drjoek]

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[DiabloSammich]

I think it is obvious that we need an "Ask Diablosammich" forum.



Only if you're the mod.

[Team_Ramrod]

Racist!

Why?

Because of the avocado part?

[furie]

http://www.coders4fun.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/dual-core.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/furie1335/pics/logo_apple.jpg

[mendyweiss]

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Yup !!

[Sue_Bender]

Why?

Because of the avocado part?


Obviously.

[DiabloSammich]

Obviously.



Avocados are a "superfood".

Who doesn't like avocados?



And, I hear they're good for constipation.

[Sue_Bender]

Avocados are a "superfood".

Who doesn't like avocados?



And, I hear they're good for constipation.


Constipation is never an issue for me.





What's good for chronically loose stool?

[Hottub]

Yup !!

I was looking for that one, Doc.
Well played.:clap:

[IMSlacker]

http://www.coders4fun.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/dual-core.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/furie1335/pics/logo_apple.jpg

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[DarkHippie]

Constipation is never an issue for me.





What's good for chronically loose stool?

A cork

[Sue_Bender]

A cork


Thanks, but I've tried that already.






My ass swallowed it. :sad:

[MadMatt]

Get one of these.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02239a.jpg

These are great - I swear by my apple cutter. :thumbup:

However, if I don't have one handy an old fashioned vegetable peeler tends to work well.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ol-images/kitchen/uploads/2006_12_19VegetablePeeler.jpg

You need to have a sturdy one though - like one your Grandmother might have. You just stab down through the apple and either cut around the core or make a succession of "stabs" around the core. Since the blade is curved it makes the peeler ideally suited to cutting around the center.

[led37zep]

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The Honeymooners was really just the best. Pretty sure TV has been on a steady down hill slant since then. (except for Mash, the Simpsons and arrested development)

[DarkHippie]

Thanks, but I've tried that already.






My ass swallowed it. :sad:

That's a hungry asshole you've got there

[lleeder]

First, go to your neighborhood Bed, Bath and Beyond and buy a quality apple corer. Upon exiting, find a nice, young man of Hispanic descent waiting in the parking lot. Hand him the corer, and offer a bag of avocados as payment for coring your apple.

Avacados are about 10 times more expensive than apples so this is quite a flawed system.

[grlNIN]

Give it to me, I eat the cores.

:]

[underdog]

Get one of these.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02239a.jpg

Seriously. I got mine at Ikea for like $2. It's well worth it.

[LaBoob]

Constipation is never an issue for me.


I find this hard to believe with all the cheese you eat.

Since I got my apple corer for about $2 at Target, eating apples is a pleasure.

[Thebazile78]

I would have said it depends on what you're doing with the apple.

The last time I had an apple as a snack, I cut it in half "lengthwise" and scooped out the core with a spoon so I could put peanut butter into the depression.

If you need the core out in a cylinder because you're doing something with the whole apples, have fun with that uni-tasker of a corer tool.

If you need an apple sliced and cored, slice it into quarters and then angle your knife to cut the core out of the quarters like Rachael Ray does. It's fast and doesn't involve stabbing.

Also, it works on apples of any size ... those round corer/slicer gadgets don't work on apples much bigger than my fist. And the slices are too thick for things like pies and cakes.

[PapaBear]

Get one of these.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02239a.jpg
After seeing this post I went out and bought one of these last night. It works very easily. My first concern was that, though I do like to eat slices, I also used to love coring an apple and filling it up with peanut butter. Then again... I'm not 12 anymore. I can deal with slices.

[ahhdurr]

Get one of these.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02239a.jpg
not bad but...
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This is the answer. It suctions to a smooth surface - you'll never eat more from one apple.
<img src = "http://www.geocities.com/paperbag3/corer.jpg">

[ahhdurr]

Constipation is never an issue for me.





What's good for chronically loose stool?

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[PapaBear]

Now that the apple issue is resolved, what about peaches? I just peeled and sliced 5 peaches, and it was a MESS!

[RoseBlood]

Now that the apple issue is resolved, what about peaches? I just peeled and sliced 5 peaches, and it was a MESS!

Peeled and sliced? Are you making a Peach Cobbler or something fancy man?

Sometimes I'll take a knife to 'em but when I eat peaches (which usually everyday) I just eat 'em like an apple and maybe hold a napkin underneath cause it gets messy.

[PapaBear]

Peeled and sliced? Are you making a Peach Cobbler or something fancy man?

Sometimes I'll take a knife to 'em but when I eat peaches (which usually everyday) I just eat 'em like an apple and maybe hold a napkin underneath cause it gets messy.
Nothing as fancy as cobbler. Just sliced with cottage cheese. I can't eat them like an apple. I have this weird thing about the fuzzy skins. I freak out when I even think about having cloth come into contact with my teeth, and the peach skins is just too close to that feeling. Yeah, I know. It's weird. But it REALLY freaks me out. It's hard to even type about it!

[Thebazile78]

Now that the apple issue is resolved, what about peaches? I just peeled and sliced 5 peaches, and it was a MESS!

Get a bird's beak paring knife to slice it:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21F7E77DZ7L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

The slices will be even because you use the curved blade like a pivot.

As for a non-messy way to remove the skins ... I can't think of one other than a regular vegetable peeler.

Or ... try a nectarine instead. Tastes similar, no fuzz.

[biggestmexi]

http://www.coders4fun.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/dual-core.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/furie1335/pics/logo_apple.jpg

Does it make me a merd if i LOLROFLed at that?


also you could use a drill
http://io9.com/assets/resources/2008/01/closedrill.jpg

[Lady Resin]

I have this plate on top of my herb shelf:

http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/C/hamilton_collection_the_honeymooners_no_box_P00000 14082S0007T2.jpg

[Don Stugots]

I have this plate on top of my herb shelf:

http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/C/hamilton_collection_the_honeymooners_no_box_P00000 14082S0007T2.jpg

I love it.

[DarkHippie]

I just drive my dick through it

[ANC]

Apples: Either an apple corer or I cut one into quarters and cut out the seeds

Peaches: I cut a circle around it then twist it in half then slice it up.

[KatPw]

I use this
http://www.cooking.com.edgesuite.net/images/products/enlarge/112209e.jpg
Works great on pears too.

[CousinDave]

I use a Kitchenaid model

Here it is from Amazon.com for less than $10.00

http://tinyurl.com/5l2w5t