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Mark Thorson wrote:
> wrote:
>> It really requires thinking well outside the box. I have succeeded
>> with three other similar projects. I am very nearly there on this
>> one!! The major tricky problems have been solved. But as we all know,
>> "nearly there" is not good enough! Wish me luck.
>
> Seems like a misguided effort. Potatoes are a
> low-value crop. Waste some potato and nobody cares.
>
> What makes more sense is a peeler for a high-value
> crop. One in which losses of recoverable flesh
> are very much to be avoided. And, a crop which
> is difficult to peel, thus calling upon whatever
> design talent you have.
>
> That device is, of course, the pineapple peeler.

In Hawaii many, many stores sell a combination peeler-corer
for pineapple. It looks kind of like an elongated donut cutter.
You cut off the greens, place the tool on top, and kind of
screw it
down. Works quite well. I don't recall ever seeing this device
on the mainland.

gloria p