Kitchen tools
Vegetable Peeler
A handheld tool with a narrow slotted blade for removing thin vegetable or fruit skin.
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3 identity clues
- Straight or Y-shaped handheld design
- Short blade with a narrow slot
- Removes a thin layer of skin
Names in other languages
- 繁體中文
- 削皮器
- English
- Vegetable Peeler
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Pengupas Sayur (削皮器)
- Tagalog
- Vegetable Peeler (削皮器)
Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): soek3 pei4 hei3 No Cantonese voice on this device
What is it?
A vegetable peeler may have a straight or Y-shaped handle. Its short blade has a narrow slot that removes a thin layer of skin.
How to identify it
Look for a handle ending in a short slotted blade. It is not a broad wok spatula or a multi-hole grater.
Common Hong Kong household uses
Peeling vegetables or fruit that are suitable for the tool.
Use & cleaning
Wash the food, keep hands and tool steady, and peel away from fingers with no hand in the blade path.
Storage & care
Wash and dry according to the product instructions, then store so the blade cannot be touched accidentally.
Helper tip
A short blade can still cut. Never peel towards the palm or place fingers in the blade path.
What Ma’am or Sir may say
用削皮器刨走啲皮。The employer wants a thin outer skin removed with the peeler.
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Sources (6)
- Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department — Common Product Names
- OXO — Steel Y Peeler
- University of Illinois Extension — How to Safely Use Cutting Tools
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Humanum Research Centre — Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary
- The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong — Jyutping Romanization Scheme
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department — Daily necessities Cantonese pinyin