# Did I buy a lemon peeler or a butter knife?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-buy-a-lemon-peeler-or-a-butter-knife/281443>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-buy-a-lemon-peeler-or-a-butter-knife/281443 "2004-12-24T05:00:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-buy-a-lemon-peeler-or-a-butter-knife/281443/1 "2004-12-24T05:00:06Z")

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An amateur chef friend of mine is always happy when I buy him kitchen gadgets and tools, and I knew he wanted a citrus peeler (_not_ one of those little claw zesters), so I thought I lucked out when I found the item in question. But when I got home I realized that this may not be a peeler at all. In fact, it seems to be a butter knife. It’s ‘head’ is the shape of a spoon (but completely flat) and serrated with very sharp edges up one side- but the handle is over 4 inches long and as thick as a thumb. Any experts out there who can tell me what if there are any peelers in existence that look like this? (the brand is Lagostina, if that helps. And I do not want to go back to the store to ask, for obvious reasons)

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-buy-a-lemon-peeler-or-a-butter-knife/281443/2 "2004-12-24T05:17:24Z")

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Crap. Never mind. After a bit more googling, it is _so_ a butter/spread knife. Crud. Don’t tell Mensa.