Norpro calls this tool the Core It, and it removes the hard core from a tomato or the hull from a strawberry with a quick twist. The stainless steel scoop has small teeth around its edge that cut a neat cone out of the fruit and leave the rest intact, which wastes far less than cutting around the core with a paring knife.
During tomato season, it speeds up canning. Core a basket of tomatoes before blanching and the skins slip off cleanly. For strawberries, it takes out the green top and the white center in one move, leaving a hollow berry ready to fill with cream or chocolate.
The tool is 4.75 inches long with a heavy-duty plastic handle that fits in the palm, and Norpro also suggests it for prepping peppers and mushrooms. For hot peppers, use the Norpro Grip-EZ jalapeno corer. Customers putting up summer produce also keep the Grip-EZ corn cutter nearby.
