DEVICE FOR REMOVAL OF FOOD PITS

摘要

A kitchen utensil for removing a hard center from a food item, such as a seed or a pit from a cherry or olive, has a shield for controlling a splatte r of juice or other debris that may result from the removal of the hard cent er. The shield is removably securable with the utensil so that cleaning is s implified and so that the kitchen utensil can be stored in a compact arrange ment. The shield secures on a first portion of the utensil in an operational configuration, and is received on a different portion of the utensil in a s torage configuration. The utensil may include a locking mechanism to hold th e utensil in a closed position so that the storage configuration is further compact.