Strawberry Huller

Strawberry Huller FARM HOME Food 30-3-33 f you hate using knives to hull strawberries, you might want to look at the huller invented by E. J. Meyer, St. Louis, Mo. He fashioned his tool after the one that his late mother, Mary, used to clean berries years ago. The Easy Berry Cleaner is a strip of aluminum that's about 1 in. wide and curved at end to easily scoop out strawberry tops. Meyer hand-makes each one in his basement workshop. He says it works better than other hullers because it cuts out less fruit. "I had one woman who used it say that strawberry cleaning went so fast and easy she didn't want to quit," he says. The huller also slices berries and can be used to clean seeds out of peppers and remove eyes from potatoes. "One person even used it to remove clams from their shells," Meyer says. A 6-in. strawberry huller sells for $3.90. Meyer also sells an 8-in. berry huller and cherry pitter combo for $5.90 and a strawberry recipe book and cleaner combo sells for $5.95. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, E.J. Meyer, LLC, P.O. Box 515056, St. Louis, Mo. 63151 (ph 636 296-7252; fax 636 287-2203; easyberrycleaner@aaahawk.com; www.theeasyberrycleaner.com).

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