Herb and Kale Stripper

Picking thyme leaves off one by one was the most tedious job in the kitchen. Now it's thread, pull, done. The smallest hole is perfect for it.

Kale crisps are my kids' favourite snack, which means stripping a lot of curly kale. With little hands helping it was always chaos. Now they each get a turn pulling the stalks through while I hold the stripper, guard clipped on. Leaves come off in big pieces, perfect for crisps. Rinses clean under the tap.

Sunday lamb needs a lot of rosemary. Pull the sprigs through and the needles come off in a pile, then a quick chop with the edge.

My kids help strip kale for dinner now, with the guard on. They think it's a game and I get the extra help.

First time I used it I pulled from the wrong side and the leaves went through with the stem. Read the directions, pushed the cut end in from the front, pulled toward me, and it worked perfectly. Kale, thyme and oregano all come off clean now. Taking a star off only because it wasn't as obvious as I expected.

Pull the chard leaves off for the salad and save the stalks to fry separately. Neat way of doing two jobs.

Bought one for my sister in law who loves cooking Sunday dinners. She texted me a thumbs up the same day.

Bought it for my dad who grows kale and herbs in raised beds. He texted me a photo of a huge pile of stripped leaves.

Pretty shape but there's nowhere comfortable to grip it when you pull a woody rosemary stem through. It twists in my hand and the stem snags. Went back to stripping by hand.

The stripping works fine. My issue is the guard routine. Unclipping it to use the edge, then clipping it back on every single time, gets old fast, so I mostly skip the edge and use a knife. That leaves me with a pretty basic stripper, which is fine, I just expected to use both parts of it.