Comments on: Channel Knife http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Brenda Pederson http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-494 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:32:36 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-494 :-) Sorry - I wish I had better news for you!<br /> <br /> ~ Brenda :-) Sorry - I wish I had better news for you!

~ Brenda

]]> by: Tara Chen http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-493 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:46:02 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-493 So there's no fancy name for a plain zester?  *pout*  I was rather liking that idea. So there’s no fancy name for a plain zester?  *pout*  I was rather liking that idea.

]]> by: Brenda Pederson http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-492 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:23:20 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-492 Hi Tara!<br /> Actually those shown above are a combination tool, so you are correct. The small circles at the top are the zester but the larger opening in the center is the channel knife. Sometimes you find them as individual tools but most often they are combined into one and can be called by either name. <br /> <br /> I don't know where the name channel knife came from, other than it cuts a sort of channel in the peel. If you have a good channel knife it cuts about twice as deep as a zester - through the zest and a bit into the pith to hold the curl together. <br /> <br /> I did a quick bit of research online and in some mixology books I have and none talk about the history of the knife; they only cover the use of it. <br /> <br /> ~ Brenda Hi Tara!
Actually those shown above are a combination tool, so you are correct. The small circles at the top are the zester but the larger opening in the center is the channel knife. Sometimes you find them as individual tools but most often they are combined into one and can be called by either name.

I don’t know where the name channel knife came from, other than it cuts a sort of channel in the peel. If you have a good channel knife it cuts about twice as deep as a zester - through the zest and a bit into the pith to hold the curl together.

I did a quick bit of research online and in some mixology books I have and none talk about the history of the knife; they only cover the use of it.

~ Brenda

]]> by: Tara Chen http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-491 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:32:27 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2005/12/17/channel_knife_1/#comment-491 Channel knife? I had no idea they had a proper name. I've called them zesters.<br /> <br /> Where does the name come from? What's the etymology? Channel knife? I had no idea they had a proper name. I’ve called them zesters.

Where does the name come from? What’s the etymology?

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