Gastroplod

Here’s a nifty little tool – not complex enough to call a gadget – I found in a smalltown mall in the Canadian hinterland a few years back.  Microplane call it their “Try Me” Zester.   At 6.5 by 3.2 cm I find its only trying aspect is trying to find it amongst the flotsam and jetsam of my kitchen drawer.  So I solve that little problem by keeping it on the window sill: it makes short shrift of a clove of garlic, zests a lemon in seconds, grates Parmesan in a trice and cleans in the wink of an eye.  As long as I have this I see no rhyme or reason in acquiring a full-size version – for a start where would I put it?   Priced to match its size the only downside is that it’s not available in Europe…