Smitherines
This past weekend we went to Vermont to spend some time with my great friend Hilary and her husband Noah in their brand new hideaway. If you call early 1900s brand new, that is! One of the many highlights of the visit was witnessing (on the late end, of course) Hilary up early in the morning making an apple pie with this amazing apple peeler. I have never seen its equal in apple-peeling technology! It's essentially a vice with a lever that you turn to make the apple spin as a lightly rested peeling blade rests against the ouside layer and pulls off the waxy skin in ribbons. To be honest, I wasn't sure what would be more beautiful: the photo of the mechanism or the delicious pile of ribbons in its wake. You can also just make out, at the top right of this shot, the cores that are conveniently also left behind in this process. As the vice clamps, the core is cut out of the apple, enabling the spinning movement and removing the pips. Yes, that's what they're called.