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what about just using a grapefruit spoon?

Since the corer is a bit twisty, how about putting the grapefruit spoon in the garbage disposal first? :-)

Um...not hot. You can pull the 'inards' out of a pepper with your fingers faster than you could get that gadget out of the drawer.

Plus I can see myself scraping my hands as I hunt for other things in the drawer.

I don't eat enough hot peppers to want one, but it makes sense for someone who does. Keeping your hands as far away as you can from some of those seeds and membranes can save you some pain later.

why are people such wimps about peppers? that is what i don't understand. i don't seed ANY peppers and food is never too hot for me. might as well not add in any peppers if you're going to seed them.

I could see this working well to get the tops off of strawberries if you didn't want to use a knife or maybe even for coring apples. There's also the "holy crap, my hands are burning" thing to contend with. I really hate that so the less I have to touch the things, the better.

@vhsdr, some of us like the flavor but can't handle the spice. Please forgive us for being born with a sensitivity to capsaican.

I'm a wimp. I seeded/chopped jalapenos for my mom once (never again!), and ended up with hives and blisters on my hands. I can't touch the things, but this still isn't a tool I'd use, because I also can't eat even mildly hot peppers. None for me, thanks!

Oh hey! Use a knife.

I have to say, I buy alot of jalapenos and was excited when I saw this in the new WS catalog (yes, I get excited about things like this). Not sure how well it works, but I'd like to give it a try...

is it really that hard to pull out a pepper core? I feel like the list of "acceptable" uni-taskers is growing uncontrollably.

funny thing, sur la table sells this as a set with its chile pepper grill rack. ;)
http://www.surlatable.com/product/625756.do

I don't usually like uni-taskers, but if you like to stuff jalapenos, I don't know an existing tool that can handle it. Spoons are too wide. A knife of the right length might work, but it's a bit tricky to cut down inside a small pepper -- not a lot of room to manuever. I can reach in and pull out the core with my fingers, but I hate getting hot pepper oils under my fingernails and feeling it burn hours later.

If you don't have to keep the pepper whole, to heck with fancy schmancy, use a paring knife. But it's not one of those totally useless unitaskers like, say, an asparagus steamer.

I think this would be great if your goal was to keep the rest of the pepper whole so you could stuff it for baking or grilling (like jm chen just said). Or you'd need a skinny sharp knife and hold your breath.

To keep the fingers from burning - always have a box of disposable rubber gloves in the kitchen for pepper/chili handling.

This is actually what I'm getting my dad for fathers day, so he can make his own jalepeno poppers.

I use a veggie peeler. Works like a charm!

Use a measuring spoon - just pick the one that fits the size of the pepper!

Looks like a grapefruit KNIFE could be substituted.

I wish I had this last summer when we were making jalapeno pickle rings for someone who didn't want the seeds in them (sliced across). It was Very labor instensive and this would have made it a lot faster. FWIW, the reviews at W-S are very good.

Oops, intensive.