Things you just can't live without lol

But do they come in a range of colours? 😂

(This is a reference to a TV show in Oz in the 70s, where inventors would demonstrate their inventions to a panel to be judged for their usefulness and marketability. The token woman on the panel would invariably ask, “Will it come in a range of colours?”)

LOL! Colleen, that's a great meme!

Of course, if it did, on Amazon they'd choose the color for you and send the cloying pink, inevitably. ;)

What is a strawberry huller? I do understand taking the seed from a cherry, but what do you remove from a strawberry? the little stem, maybe? I just flick it off with a paring knife.

Great post! The things people buy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plllog I lost my strawberry huller years ago and it was just like yours. So much easier and neater than using a knife.

Last time I saw those hullers sold they were in a few catalogs - but I haven't seen them recently, come to think of it. Miles Kimball/Lillian Vernon/Walter Drake type catalogs.

You might check out Vermont Country Store, or other specialty retailers that carry "old-time" stuff.

Is one of these what you're look for? I used to buy gadgets for a housewares store, and there is a lot of fan loyalty for some single-use items.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006CFQ33K/?tag=mooreview-20

Several types are featured here: https://moo.review/strawberry-huller/

https://www.forsmallhands.com/strawberry-shaped-huller?m2k_source=googleprod&utm_source=googleprod&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=G192&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmcWDBhCOARIsALgJ2QcoROONYGtWLIfyo0OZtS7cWhWC4VrwKTZyv4iOqE_5fWAudR3Qc8caApeDEALw_wcB

Like this one https://www.lehmans.com/product/strawberry-huller/

No! That's just a grabber. Nothing sharp. Similar size, but ... i was going to say “misses the point” as in notion, but it literally misses the point. They still make one like it, but with totally unnecessary red plastic “pads” where you hold it and less curve. They look like they make it harder to hold and control. You reach the points under the green top, pushing the in on either side of the core, then squeeze, snipping it, and pull it out. Of course the point of the thread was the rice polisher. :)

Is this what you want? I've always found mine in the grocery store kitchen gadgets area.

strawberry hullers

What I wanted was to make you laugh about the rice polisher, but that seems to be a non-starter...

😂

sorry, I hijacked your humor! I had never heard of a strawberry huller.

Cant imagine needing a rice polisher.

Alton Brown refers to many of these things as a "unitrsker" and here is a link to a video he made. Wait for the last one he demonstrates. It is truly hilarious.

Yes, I know that a berry huller could be useful if you want to make it all pretty or if you have a lot of them to process. But, there are so many other really useless things that people buy that are intended to make life easier that just are just worthless. And, you are right that you can find many of them on Amazon.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/23/460833325/the-unitasker-kitchen-gadgets-alton-brown-loves-to-loathe

I've been more of an Amazon 'head scratcher' than an 'lol' recently. A few weeks ago I had a dishwasher, a pair of a favorite cotton house pant, (not a thick sweat pant with a tight ankle). A body butter, Korean chili flake, a crab pot for our upcoming vaca. AAA batteries, A dozen light bulbs...all in my cart and ordered at the same time on a Sunday. Then did our first Amazon WholeFoods....that came in 2 hours. (?!) A distribution center rather than a store shopper we realized. Much fresher produce than all that traveling and stocking shelves in a grocery.

I've been getting some silly free gadgets with some items for some reason. A very handy favorite baby salad spinner for herbs and micro greens that fits easily in the fridge...came with an avocado slicer and a tiny keychain light. I would never buy an avocado slicer but have used it often. (I have 8-9 now ripe at the same time I need to freeze).

The $3524.26 rice polisher also looks useful, and the correct tool for the correct task if you're a small rice grower or processor. I just thought it was funny coming up outside of B2B.

A bit off topic...but if you like lightweight house pants that can be fine for a walk and a grocery...summer weight, ...these are excellent. Surprised at the few bad reviews. If your washer/dryer is a monster that eats things, get the six pack of mesh bags. I did have my dryer rip the thin straps off my camisole straps...they get caught in the spin drum. Mesh bags solved that.

My first two-pack from Costco a half dozen years ago became favorites. Amazon to the rescue. I had just enough info on the faded label. Get one size up for loosey-goosey. 😀

Well, plllog, it was just your lucky day when the rice polisher appeared in your AMZ feed. I cannot make it come up! I wanted to know how heavy it was, wondering how many times it would bounce coming off the UPS truck.

This one is only 3.5 kg and looks better designed for home use, and only $234, though still needs a 240V hookup:

https://www.amazon.com/JLGJ-45-Huller-Hulling-Machine-Detection/dp/B081VML2XQ/ref=sr_1_110?dchild=1&keywords=huller&qid=1618356767&sr=8-110

https://www.amazon.com/WGang-Polishing-Agricultural-Machinegrain-Electric/dp/B08KZYWD8Q/ref=sr_1_134?dchild=1&keywords=huller&qid=1618356865&sr=8-134

This is the one from the top post. It doesn't list the weight. You should be able to infer something close from the details. I think it would come freight, not through package delivery.

Forgive me. My sense of humor. :) No, I didn't actually think you wanted a rice huller. I'm wildly amused...

I, too, was amused at the weird stuff on Amazon. And what is the algorithm that makes AMZ show you a rice polisher when you want a strawberry huller!?!?

I searched on "huller" and the polisher is listed as a "rice huller". The first few pages were mostly strawberry hullers, and a few other kitchen tools, but I was looking for the old style version of my huller, and found the listings up top around page 6. I'm not sure about the dvd, but the rice polisher is totally straightforward. It definitely is an escapee from the B@B side of Amazon, but vastly amusing to us non-rice-growers. :D