Back to Basics PEEL AWAY PEELER User manual

PEEL AWAY™PEELER
Instruction Manual
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Assembling Your Apple Peeler ................................................................................ 2
Aligning Your Apple Peeler ...................................................................................... 3
Using Your Apple Peeler ......................................................................................... 4
Cleaning Your Apple Peeler ..................................................................................... 5
Recipes ................................................................................................................... 6
Warranty ................................................................................................................ 11
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CONGRATULATIONS! You now own the world’s finest apple/potato peeler – the
Peel Away™Peeler. You’ll save time and effort when making apple sauce, apple
pies, shoestring potatoes, and scores of other apple and potato dishes. The Peel
Away™Peeler is the next best thing to having someone do the work for you.
We want you to get the most out of your new Peel Away™ Peeler. Before plunging
right in and peeling a bushel of apples or a bag of potatoes, you will want to get
acquainted with how this product works. It’s designed to save you time and effort by
performing several tasks at once. The Peel Away™ Peeler always gives you the
choice of leaving the peel on or taking it off. With the turn of a handle you can:
•Peel, core, and slice apples.
•Peel apples or potatoes.
•Slice and core apples without peeling.
•Make shoestring potatoes.
ASSEMBLING YOUR APPLE PEELER
Before using, wash all parts of the apple peeler with warm, soapy water. Rinse and
dry thoroughly.
CAUTION: Blades are sharp, handle very carefully.
The handle and fork have been removed from your Peel Away™ Peeler. To attach
them, set the peeler on a table or counter top with the vacuum lever toward you.
Screw the handle onto the right end of the shaft, and the fork onto the left end of the
shaft.
Coring/Slicing
Blade Fork Shaft Handle Arm
Handle
Peeling Blade
Peeling Blade
Thumb Screw
Shaft Lever
Spring
Shaft Lever
Coring/Slicing
Blade Thumb
Screw
Peeler Body
Peeling Arm
Lock Lever Base
Suction
Base
Peeling Arm
Adjustment
Screw
Peeling Arm Tension Spring Vacuum Lever
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Clamp-on Style Vacuum-grip Style
TO SECURE THE VACUUM GRIP MODEL
Place the rubber base on a smooth, dry table or counter top with the vacuum lever
toward you and turn the lever from right to left to engage the vacuum grip.
TO SECURE THE CLAMP-ON MODEL
Slide the peeler onto a table, counter top, or bread board and tighten the clamp
using your fingers only. Make sure it is tight enough to be held securely in place.
CAUTION: Using hand tools, such as pliers, may damage your peeler and will void
the warranty.
ALIGNING YOUR APPLE PEELER
With your Peel Away™ Peeler assembled, you need to align the peeling and cutting
blades. You will want to realign the blades on your peeler from time to time. To
adjust the peeling arm you will need a screwdriver.
CORING/SLICING BLADE
To check the adjustment of the coring/slicing blade, push down the shaft lever and
pull the shaft to the right, so the fork passes through the coring ring on the
coring/slicing blade. If the fork does not pass cleanly through the coring ring, loosen
the thumb screw on the coring/slicing blade, adjust the blade until the fork passes
cleanly through it, then tighten the thumb screw.
PEELING BLADE
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The peeling blade should be centered on the peeling arm and protrude about ⅛inch
past the head of the peeling arm. To adjust the peeling blade, loosen the peeling
blade thumb screw, move the blade to the proper position, and tighten the thumb
screw.

PEELING ARM
The peeling arm has been adjusted to have approximately a ¼ inch clearance
between the peeling blade and the widest part of the fork base. To adjust the
position of the peeling arm, use a screw driver to either tighten or loosen the peeling
arm adjustment screw.
USING YOUR APPLE PEELER
•Blades are sharp, handle very carefully.
•Apples and potatoes that are firm, blemish free, and symmetrically shaped work
best.
START POSITION
To set the shaft in the proper start position, push down the shaft lever and pull the
shaft all the way to the right.
PEEL, OR CORE & SLICE, OR ALL THREE
You are currently set up to peel, core, and slice. Apples peeled, cored, and sliced
are perfect for use in apple pies, chunky style applesauce, dehydrating, or other
apple snacks.
You may want to reposition the blades to just core and slice or to just peel. If you
just want to peel, without slicing or coring, loosen the thumb screw on the
coring/slicing blade, swing the blade forward out of the way, and retighten the thumb
screw.
If you want to slice and core without peeling, pull the peeling arm back and drop the
lock lever down so that it holds the peeling arm away from the shaft.
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LOADING FRUIT
With the shaft pulled all the way to the right, you are ready to load fruit. Note: For
best results use only fresh, firm fruit. Soft fruit will not work as well.
Simply center the top, stem end of an apple or end of a potato, on the fork and firmly
press it all the way to the base of the fork.
When loading large fruit, you may want to lock back the peeling arm while loading
the fruit, and then release it before peeling. To lock back the blade, pull the peeling
arm back and drop the lock lever down so that it holds the peeling arm away from
the shaft.
A very large potato may need to be cut in half before loading. Load the cut end onto
the fork.
PROCESSING FRUIT
With the desired blades in place and the fruit loaded, crank the handle in a forward
(clockwise) motion to process the apple or potato.
Continue turning the handle until finished. Slide the apple spiral from the core. To
remove the core, push in the shaft lever and pull the handle to the right. The core
will be ejected by the coring slicing blade.
To make the spiral into individual rings, use a knife to slice through one side of the
apple spiral.
THICKER OR THINNER PEEL
To get a thicker peel, loosen the thumb screw on the peeling blade and move the
blade closer to the shaft to increase the gap between the blade and the head of the
peeling arm.
To get a thinner peel, loosen the thumb screw on the peeling blade and move the
blade away from the shaft to decrease the gap between the blade and the head of
the peeling arm. Note: The blade may not peel at all if this gap is much less than ⅛
inch.
CLEANING YOUR APPLE PEELER
After each use, wash the apple peeler and all parts in warm, soapy water. Rinse and
dry thoroughly.