the.com/apple corer
A straw with a job and zero chill about seeds.
means A tool with a circular blade that punches out an apple's core in one push, leaving the rest of the fruit intact.
from A straightforward compound of 'apple' and 'corer,' from 'core' (the fruit's tough central part holding the seeds) plus the agent suffix '-er,' meaning 'thing that removes it.' 'Core' itself has a murky history — possibly related to Latin 'cor' (heart), since the core sits at the fruit's center, though etymologists aren't fully certain of the link. The tool's design — a tube-shaped blade you push straight down — dates to simple kitchen gadgets devised once apple-based cooking (pies, sauces, dried rings) made de-coring by hand too slow a chore.
- invented
- patented designs date back to the 1800s
- shape secret
- cylindrical blade removes core in one punch
- bonus use
- doubles as pastry or zucchini de-seeder
- myth busted
- does not remove all seeds, just the core