FR2562408A1 - Cooking utensil relating to asparagus - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention concerns a cooking utensil intended to soften asparagus, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of blades 2 parallel to each other, the said blades being arranged perpendicular to a surface 3 belonging to a support device 1, so as to jut out of the latter, the blade height being reduced so as to essentially limit the penetration of the said blades into the asparagus to the severing of the superficial fibres of the latter. Application to cooking utensils.

Description

 The present invention relates to a kitchen utensiSFi concerning asparagus.

 These monocotyledonous vegetable plants have a fleshy stem (turion) which, when young, grows has an edible end particularly appreciated for its flavor: the point of asparagus.

 Indeed, only the tip of asparagus is consorts mable, because by moving away from the latter, the stem comes very fibrous and, consequently, unfit for consumption, these fibers being of a nature to generate the consumer, in coming, for example, to be lodged between the teeth of the latter or by being of a chewing pa; r.- particularly difficult.

 The present invention aims precisely to remedy these drawbacks and to this end proposes a new kitchen utensil intended to "soften" the asparagus, that is to say to cut the surface fibers of the stems of the latter.

 The new kitchen utensil intended for tenderizing asparagus, according to the invention, comprises a plurality of blades parallel to each other, said blades being arranged perpendicular to a surface belonging to a support device so as to protrude from the latter, d 'A reduced blade height so that the penetration of said blades in the asparagus is substantially limited to the cutting of the surface fibers of the latter.

 In a particular embodiment, said blades have a profile, height of the blade relative to the support, increasing from one end of the support to the other.

 This utensil therefore makes it possible, by rolling the asparagus stem perpendicularly against the plurality of blades parallel to each other, to cut the surface longitudinal fibers of said stem.

 Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly in the course of the description which follows and in the drawings to which it refers. In these drawings, the same references designate the same elements.

 In particular, Figures 1 and 2 show the kitchen utensil intended to tenderize the asparagus, according to the invention; Figures 3 and 4 show a mode of use of said utensil according to the invention.

More precisely :
- Figure 1 shows in a side view the kitchen utensil according to the invention
- Figure 2 shows in a bottom view after Figure 1 the utensilè according to the invention
- Figure 3 shows in a front view an example of use of the utensil according to the invention and
- Figure 4 shows in a side view similar to Figure 1 two possibilities of using the utensil according to the invention.

 As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the kitchen utensil intended for tenderizing asparagus, according to the invention, essentially comprises a support device 1 of parallelepiped shape having a small height, and a plurality of blades 2 arranged parallel to each other, said blades creating between them a substantially constant gap I.

Said blades are arranged perpendicular to the lower surface 3 of said support device
I so as to protrude from the latter.

 In a particular embodiment, the advantage of which will be highlighted with the aid of FIG. 4, said blades have a profile, that is to say a lamp height, increasing from one end of the support, where they reach the height h, at the other, where they reach the height H, H greater than h.

 We will now refer to Figures 3 and 4, which show examples of use of the utensil according to the invention.

 As shown in Figure 3, there is said utensil according to the invention, perpendicular to the stem of the asparagus 4, so as to place the blades perpendicularly opposite the fibers 5 of the stem 4 at the opposite end at the tip of the asparagus 6.

 Then as shown in FIG. 4, which shows two examples of use, the utensil is moved from front to back and vice versa, in the direction F, on said rod 4 of the asparagus so as to make it roll under the blades. 2 of the utensil, this having the effect of cutting the surface fibers 5 of the rod 4 by an interval equal to the gap I between the blades 2.

 The difference in profile previously mentioned makes it possible to operate on asparagus stems of different sizes 4a and 4b in order to mainly cut the surface fibers 5 without entirely cutting the stem 4.

 Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described but extends to all the variants in accordance with its spirit.

 In particular, in order to facilitate the gripping of said utensil, the latter may be provided with a handle of suitable shape.

Claims (3)

 1. Kitchen utensil intended for tenderizing an asparagus, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of blades (2) parallel to each other, said blades being arranged perpendicular to a surface (3) belonging to a support device (1) so to project from the latter, of a reduced blade height so that the penetration of said blades into the asparagus is substantially limited to the cutting of the surface fibers of the latter.  2. Utensil according to claim lp characterized in that said blades have a profile, clsst-d ie a height (hH) of the blade (2) relative to the support (1).  3. Utensil according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that it comprises a handle facilitating its gripping.