OXO Good Grips Melon Baller, One Size

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With its two ends, you can easily make two sizes of perfectly formed fruit spheres (24mm and 30mm) to make your desserts stand out from the crowd. It is ideal for small balls of melon, papaya and nectarine, and includes draining holes to allow excess moisture to easily run off and not spoil your dish. The smallest melon baller available is going to be the ⅜ inch size, while larger options range from 1 ¼-inches, 1 ⅜-inches, and beyond! What Else Can You Do With a Melon Baller?

With several different sized and shaped melon ball scoops, this Riveira 4-Piece Melon Baller Scoop Set contains everything you need to whip up beautiful fruit salads, platters, or décor! In addition to the typical round melon ball, this set also includes the oval baller, scallop-shaped baller, and a triangular shaped cutting tool that is perfect for cutting through melon rind or making fun displays. Scoop in and twist around to create a ball. They won't be perfectly round and that is fine! Place to one side until you have completed creating all watermelon balls. Now these are some super cool kitchen gadgets. When it comes to all your scooping needs, we’re scooping up all the prizes with our range of kitchen items at Lakeland.Kitchenware company Norpro has been upholding the tenets of “quality and innovation since 1973”--that means they’ve had 50 years in producing highly functioning culinary tools, and boy does it show! The tool itself works perfectly and simply and in our experience, is actually easier to wrestle perfectly round melon balls out of as compared to larger, more typical melon ballers. The tiny spheres produced are perfect for “caviar” style toppings or hors d'oeuvres, for decorating cakes or cupcakes, or for adding an interesting textural flair to dishes like our Simple Watermelon Salsa! The answer is you can’t. Without a good ladle at least. And at Lakeland, you’ll find some of the best ladles going. We’ve got ladles from KitchenAid and our very own Lakeland ladles, whether you’re looking for stainless steel or comfort grip handles.

To protect your melon baller from rusting, add a few drops of oil to the metal surface. This will help protect it from rusting and keep it in good condition for a long time.For example, if you’re making watermelon balls, you’ll need a baller that creates balls at least 45mm in size. If you’re using a cantaloupe or honeydew melon, you’ll need a baller that makes balls between 50mm and 60mm. Handle Though stuffing a big ol’ wedge of watermelon in your face is a seriously good time, it is nice to have an easier, less messy way of enjoying this juicy fruit. Enter: the melon baller! I love my melon baller, it's a must have for fruit salads. I used to use a regular spoon before but that doesn't come out too great. I also like that when I use a melon baller, all the fruits are the same size so the salad looks much more uniform and attractive.

Core Fruits & Vegetables. The size and shape of a melon baller is ideal for removing seeds and cores from many fruits and veggies like pears, apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Having the potential of 2 different size melon balls available in the same tool offers excellent versatility, as creating a variety of sizes can really amp up the interest factor when it comes to making dishes like our Watermelon Arugula Salad or Fresh Watermelon Fruit Salad. It’s most definitely not just for watermelon though, as this OXO Melon Baller worked just as well on our cantaloupe and honeydew melons as well. In addition to being spring loaded via a ratchet mechanism between the handles, the scooping of this melon baller also features a slider mechanism that sweeps the cup after each and every squeeze. This helps the melon balls (or whatever you happen to be scooping) to release easily from the cup as well as reduces the strain on hands and wrists since the tool is doing much of the work itself. Folks with wrist mobility issues, this one’s for you! We cut triangles into the melon to create a cool effect. Use a sharp knife to cut the watermelon skin. You can experiment and do whatever you like! Next time I do it I will do something else! Functionality: considering how effective each tool is at balling melon as well as whether or not it is versatile enough to be used for other kitchen related or food prep tasks.

Give your fruit salads and desserts a professional finish with this double-headed melon baller from KitchenCraft. Freeze Tomato Paste. This one sounds like an oddball, but a melon baller is actually the perfect tool for freezing tomato paste and other similarly textured purees! Though the versatility offered by this set is unmatched, no one tool from this melon baller set stood out in terms of functionality. While the round melon baller did make large, nicely sized melon rounds, we found the depth of the scooping cup to be too shallow to easily get them to be perfectly spherical. The tools for shaping decorative balls did not turn out perfectly either, almost as if those sharp edges were not quite sharp enough for seamless shaping. When you are shopping for a melon baller there are a few things you should really look out for. As I am sure most of you know, it takes quite a bit of force to make perfect spheres from fruit, and dig out unwanted seeds.

One of the great things about a melon baller is that it can be used for multiple purposes. You can use a melon baller for everything from removing fruit to shaping mashed potatoes. This also makes them great if you want to give out small gifts, like favors for a wedding or baby shower. You can even use them to make small snowmen out of sugar. What Are the Most Commonly Used Types of Melon Ballers? The name of this tool doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story! In addition to balling melon (and other fruits), you can use your melon baller for a number of different culinary tasks and creations. If you’re interested in making a summer fruit salad, there’s no better tool than a melon baller. These small utensils provide several benefits that make them an essential kitchen tool. Easy usage That small hole that is in the cup of a melon baller is actually very crucial to the design of the tool! In addition to allowing excess juices to drain away from the fruit as you scoop, this hole also allows air to pass through, thereby preventing suction. Without the hole (or if the hole is too small, as noted in our review of the Norpro Grip-EZ Melon Baller) the suction that develops during scooping makes it difficult to remove the fruit from the deep cup. What Sizes Do Melon Ballers Come In? There are two common types of handles: straight and offset. A straight-handled baller will make it easy to scoop out the flesh of the melon. An offset-handled baller will make it easier to scoop out balls at an angle (which is more common when using a round melon). The materialStill, other melon baller varieties might have a spring mechanism for easy release or others work like small pairs of tongs. Ranking the Best Melon Ballers The Test Subjects