Perhaps not for everyone, I'm easily amused.
Was Hattori Hanzo the craftsman?...
Thanks for the break from the blood pressure-raising politics!
I peel a LOT of vegetables. The Pampered Chef makes the BEST peeler I’ve ever used.
And I ADORE the ‘spiralizers’ they invented a few years back.
You can have my Zyliss Y peeler when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
we were turned onto a material called Santoprene. From Monsanto, it was created following several years of research and development........
I thought Monsanto was Satan’s company from hell?
I've dealt with this too in my career. There is no more racist or condescending people than the Japanese.
I use Gallagher’s Sledg-O-Matic.
They need a proofreader.
This is a great story...thanks for posting this. I love hearing how driven people bring great products to market. The real behind the scenes stories are always complicated — design, materials, manufacturability, tooling, getting shelf space, branding, positioning, legal challenges and patents, new technologies, distribution channels, financing, partnerships, etc.
There are so many interesting nuggets in this article — finding a Japanese manufacturer after having been told “not possible” by others, stumbling onto the Monsanto material, positioning the peeler as an aid to arthritis sufferers and then learning that stigmatizes them, packaging it so potential customers could feel the innovative handle, putting the new peelers in a bowl of carrots so people could try them out, bringing out 20 kitchen gadgets with the same breakthrough handle so they could get retail shelf space. Even the simple name of the company with the instant visual recognition of the simple shapes that trigger “hugs & kisses” reflex.
Great stuff! We are big fans of OXO products.
It makes me even think about getting out of retirement!
I have a couple of the old-fashioned peelers. They work fine for me.
Two peelers for health are the orange, thin plastic, with airplane tail tip, for Oranges. And the metal sharp circular triangle cuts, for the Apple.
Apples & Oranges are ever present and these two peelers are great inventions.
Wilson county TN actually has a Tater Peeler road