WASTE — AT LEAST

WASTE — MINIMUMNot every housewife when cleaning vegetables fruits prefers simple knife manual vegetable peeler. Apparently, because this simple and affordable kitchen tool has one drawback its cutting edge is bent relative to the base almost at right angle, so it requires some skill. Offer a small improvement peelers. Fold the blade parallel to the base, as shown in the figure. Now the depth of cut is always constant and equal to the value of the working gap. A set of three knives with a gap of 1 to 2.5 mm is sufficient for almost all cases.
 
Yuri ORLOV

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