Melon ball

A melon baller (English Melon baller ) is a spoon -like special knife, which consists of a hollow hemisphere on a short handle. It is commercially available in various forms and materials. It is usually made ​​of metal or stainless steel, wherein the handle portion is made ​​from plastic or wood. The edge of the hemisphere is mostly constructed with sharp edges and acts as a blade. The hemisphere has mostly provided about two inches in diameter and is in the middle with a small hole that is used to better remove the cut material. There are also models having two different hemispheres of the two ends; and " multifunctional devices ", in which a melon baller hemisphere is combined with other Garnierungs - tool parts and blades.

Usually so that fruit is cut in a spherical shape such as of melons. The fruit balls produced in this way are often used of decoration.

In addition, the melon baller, formerly mostly as Paris cutter (also Paris knife; French Cuillère parisienne ) was called, in classic French cuisine in the preparation of vegetables à la parisienne (also Parisienne ) is used and is used for cutting of nußförmigen balls of vegetables such as potatoes for the preparation of Parisian potatoes ( french parisienne ).

In addition, the Melon is also used in the manufacture of decorative butter beads, such as buffets.