We didn’t think there was much to say about zesters. They either zest or they don’t. Then we looked at the Amazon page for this Deiss Pro Zester and found, to our astonishment, 1,287 reviews.
Turns out there’s a great, great deal to say about zesters.
Brilliant zester that is very very sharp! Bought 2…one for my daughter…she also really pleased with it. It “ grates” cheese into cute little curls that are excellent on jackets or omelettes…salad too in summer.
Raves Sallyhr, raising a few questions. First, why the scare quotes on “ grates” (or the extra space)? Second, why are you “ grating” curls of cheese onto your jackets? Third, why do you only “ grate” cheese onto your salads in the summer? To our knowledge, cheese is available year-round.
Bought this as recommended by my slimming group. Love how much more cheese you can get from this rather than the normal grater.
Pens Mrs. Sharon K. Mallon, stunning physicists and their “law of the conservation of mass” by suggesting that more cheese exits this Deiss grater than enters it. Perhaps her “slimming group” balances this seeming paradox by removing mass from the universe.
The reviewers may have difference ideas of physical laws and grammar, but they can all agree on one thing:
Sharp and compact! Be careful with your fingers.
Very sharp! Always having some fear of grinding my finger off when I look at it:(
Beware it is incredibly sharp.
Beware this is very sharp so watch your little pinkie’s.
It is extremely sharp though, I think I zested a teeny amount of my skin when i was cleaning it.
grates almost anything and if you’re not carful that includes fingers.
And our favorite:
Managed to cut myself when I unpackaged it because I didn’t expect it to be so sharp. I bought a second one for my mom.
Nothing says “I love you, mom” like giving her something that injured you the first moment you saw it. We’re selling 2 today so you won’t even need to wait to scrape your knuckles against one before buying another for a “ loved one.”
