Fast and Easy! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Worked much better than plastic ones I have had previously. I also bet this cleaner won't break as the others did. The "teeth" really help to grip the shell making it easier to cut through it. Goes in dishwasher.
Great Product! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I bought 2 of these for a party my friend and I were going to throw. We peeled and deveined 12lbs of shrimp in less time that I thought it would. This gadget takes some getting used too, I mangled the first 3-4 shrimps I tried, but it was smooth sailing after that. I would definitely recommend this product!
sure beats using your fingernails! (Rating: 5.00)
Review : If you're preparing shrimp and hate deveining them, this is the tool to get. Not really "veins," the dark line on the outside of a shrimp is actually its digestive tract - so if you eat it, you're basically eating shrimp excrement. Put that in your cocktail sauce! Still, this is a delicate little cord that you don't want breaking up into pieces, but just yank out quickly and get on to the next shrimp. This tool does just that, and ergonomically fits your hand.
It's okay... (Rating: 3.00)
Review : I really really wanted to like this more than I do. I read all of the reviews that said how easy it was to use, then when I got it there was one comical looking cheesy picture showing how to use it. I am not a cooking novice, but I felt like a real retard trying to use this. Several mangled shrimp later, I finally got the idea, but still continued to mangle the occasional shrimp. And the thing is, I think it took me more time to mangle the shrimp with this thing than to peel shrimp manually. I gave it three stars because if you have a lot of tenacity, and you want to devein and that is really important to you, this will devein the shrimp nicely, if you don't mess up. I just find that this complicates things too much for me about two thirds of the time. Take this as you will.
No other tool quite like it... (Rating: 4.00)
Review : I think this is helpful when you master using it...which can take a bit of time if your used to using a knife. Having always used just a paring knife to cut and de-vein getting the hang of this was a bit of a struggle. I thought, being a bit of a foodie, I "needed" this.. Need, is a strong word...but I do like this now...The pre-cleaned and easy peel shrimp is much more espensive than just the shrimp in the shells...this does make it a bit easier. Once I *got* it, I think I am faster than I was. So since it doesn't take up much space and isn't expensive I think this was a good purchase. That said... its a bit like a grapefruit spoon or melon baller in that it can be very nice to have and extreamly convenient to have under the right circumstances...but as to really needing it.. That is a hard call.
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