What Is This?

July 1, 2007

This tool might come in handy during summer months. To find out what it is and what it's used for, read more

This new tool is called a corn zipper. You pull it lengthwise along a cob of corn and the sharp teeth will remove two rows of kernels at a time. It's safer than a knife, but I'm not sure what you could do to make it a multi-tasker. Available for $12.

What Is This

31 Comments

madhatter 5 years 45 weeks

"What ever happened to using a knife?" You slash open your finger trying to dekernal corn on the cob at a family reunion for a bunch of brace-face cousins and bleed over three cobs of corn and (somehow) your aunt's steak. Who cares if its a unitasker? I'd do anything to avoid that.

Ejmcmis 5 years 46 weeks

I was totally right! I normally don't get these. I'm happy

sylvette 5 years 46 weeks

hehe...it looked like some sort of pedicure implement to me!! I was way off!

Karla Sugar 5 years 46 weeks

it's a happy-face brand! I'm sure of it! Lemme just get it really hot...

stnybaby 5 years 46 weeks

although it looks pretty cool, would you use it enough to make it worth it? why not just use a knife?

rubialala 5 years 47 weeks

OMG, that is the coolest thing I have ever seen! I totally want it.

crispet1 5 years 47 weeks

Very cool, particularly if you have small children.

davie k 5 years 47 weeks

love em... I know what I'll be buying this week!

Julie2812 5 years 47 weeks

brilliant!

Keri 5 years 47 weeks

I LOVE THESE!! My fiance NEVER gets them right. :) Keep them comin'! :)

adrianrny 5 years 47 weeks

I bought that last week at william-sonoma. my daughter has braces, & has to have the corn stripped. it works well, but evey few rows gets clogged, & you have to take out the stuck kernals.

warau 5 years 47 weeks

Now that is handy!

CamillaCat 5 years 47 weeks

That looks pretty neat!

Jennifer_2sugar 5 years 47 weeks

Hmmm, that is interesting and pretty clever, though I thought it was something you used with bbqing :bbq:

redsugar 5 years 47 weeks

Oh for crying out loud. What ever happened to using a knife or just eating it off the cob? Lame.

redsugar 5 years 47 weeks

It looks like a uni-tasker to me.

meganekko 5 years 47 weeks

Corn on the cob hurts my teeth, but I prefer the freshness to canned corn. This may be just what I need <3

pinkflats 5 years 47 weeks

I love anything that peels of teh skin of fruits or vegetables like a potato peeler. (They come handy on Thanksgiving). This corn zipper seems to be along teh lines of a potato peeler. LOVE IT.

zc 5 years 47 weeks

how adorably useful!

pixelhaze 5 years 47 weeks

ditto on the zester. Plus it has a msiley face! me like. . .

sweetheart_450 5 years 47 weeks

I too thought it was a zester.

pinky8486 5 years 47 weeks

oh i want one of those! canned corn is so blah. you can use corn for so many things..salads, corn puddings, soups. i make corn pudding for almost every holiday and trying to cut the corn off of 10 or 20 cobs is so time consuming!