Can this peel other fruits or vegetables? Ex, I use zest of lemon lime and orange to make liqueurs, would this make my job easier?
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You can use this for a lot of things, but we have only used it for apples and potatoes. I don't think it would work good on irregular things, like pears, because the prongs are set. It may very well work for what you want.... I'm just not sure. I don't think you would be sorry if you got it.
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I used this for apples mainly. I wasn't impressed with the corer tho. It was a little clumsy I tried to peal a orange and almost broke it. For apple uncored it work great.
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I would say "No". It works great for oranges, limes and lemons though. It's made with plastic parts, so be gentle with it.
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I have used this on pumpkins, winter squashes, you name it I probably peeled it. With larger pumpkins it takes a while and you aren't going to do it in long strips. It's sort of in pieces and the groves areas it's hard to get the skin off without taking large chunks. This does work better than the side peelers.
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Have you ever tasted the orange rind? I know that the whole of the fruit is healthier, but it is very bitter! I would think it would make your smoothie bitter. If you or anyone has done this with the peels, does it make it bitter??
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I didn't use the apple peeler at all, sent it back. I've got a marvelous grater and grate orange and lemon peel like nothing. It's easy as pie. It's made like a small box and the top is a grater and the peel just goes inside...voila, zest!
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I have not juiced limes but I can say this: the opening shoot is only approx. 1 in by 2 in wide. If you wanted to juice limes, they'd have to be super small, maybe key limes? Even those may need to be cut in half. As far as peeling, no experience there. If you're wondering if ppl peel limes or not, look here: http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/forums/topic/what-do-you-peel/ but if you're wondering about the durability of machine...should be fine. So far I've juiced: carrots, apples, beets, ginger, celery, & tomatoes ~ all with skin.
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Hello Jennifer, I've used it on everything from tomatoes to kiwi fruit and vegetables. On oranges it doesn't do enough in a single pass so you will have to do it twice. Much easier to use a knife. An excellent peeler but be careful of your fingers as it is easy to cut a finger if you are a bit careles. If you are like me, you will only do that once though. Well worth owning one. I bought a few and handed them around to all my family members. Regards, Peter
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It doesn't really peel carrots-I admit I've never tried that number you could try--does a fabulous job on lemons- limes- oranges-apples and potatoes especially fabulous
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i have used it only for lemons so far, maybe few times for oranges. sorry i could not help you.
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just about everything I've tried works, celery, green peppers, tomatoes........I don't think it will replace a juicer if that's what your looking for.It works great for less heavy jobs, quick, easy and most of all easy to clean.
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NO, it does not peel oranges. You have to run the machine so long to get the peel to start to come off, then they sometimes start jumping each other, getting caught in the turning, and mostly they just end up pretty beat up, and you still have more peel to remove by hand. Not a good idea for oranges.
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It all depends on what you mean as "quick." You have to first peel all the oranges, as you cannot not use the peel of oranges (nor lemons or limes) in the juicer. It would be much to bitter. You can then throw the oranges in. An orange juicer (something like http://tinyurl.com/ogflhvw) would do that job easier. This is a device that is more about extracting the juice from all kinds of fruits and veggies and it does a fantastic job at that. Again, this will make orange juice, as long as you peel the oranges first. I love my Bella!!
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I have put whole carrots in and it has blended them smooth. I have not tried citrus peels.
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Sorry We only used for lemons & limes, looks like it will work on small orange, but I must say we love it, great price
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No clue on that. I know we have tried it on most citrus based fruits with no issues, but keep in mind its a press, it just exerts pressure down on the fruit to squeeze out the juice.
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Yes. I use this to create orange peels for cocktail garnishes and it's miles away from the normal peelers I used to deal with. With the right amount of pressure I could create large swathes of peel with barely any pith!
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Sorry No I've only used it with apples and pears. I don't see why it wouldn't work with other fruits as well. good luck..