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Like many classic kitchen tools such as the cast-iron pan, old-fashioned pastry blender and our good friend the mortar and pestle, the mezzaluna has a simple design that gets the job done. Whether chopping chocolate, chervil or nuts, all you need to do is rock the crescent-shaped blade back and forth.
The mezzaluna is a tool that has no need to be reinvented with a whimsical design. The last time I checked, nobody looked at a knife and said, "Aw how cute." As far as I'm concerned the handle should be wood, stainless, black plastic or antler if you want to get fancy.
So why one earth would anyone want a mezzaluna that looks like a grinning frog? Beats me. I'm sure it works fine. It does have a rubberized antimicrobial handle and is made by Austrianalian knifeworks Füri. Lest I be called out for being a hater, I'll just say that the Froggy Mezzaluna is an RR product and leave it at that.
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5-31-2007 @11:03AM Alex said... Looks to me like Furi is an Australian company - .com.au website, founded in Brisbane.
Austria - small country in Europe.
Australia - large country (small population) in between the Pacific and Indian oceans.
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5-31-2007 @11:12AM Brian said... If they want to send me a free one for "evaluation purposes," I'd love one. Kinda looks like someone stuck a doggy chew toy atop a mezzaluna.
I do like the Furi knives that Rachael Ray has endorsed. So sharp and easy to use they practically cut through time.
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5-31-2007 @12:22PM Laura K said... Unnecessary, perhaps, but really, most of the things we buy these days are unnecessary. I say there's no reason not to introduce whimsy into a kitchen. Sure, I like all my utensils to be uniform and straightforward, but who's to say my (boring) style should apply to everyone else? Let the people have their froggies, as long as they get the job done.
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5-31-2007 @12:44PM Karla said... This would go over quite well in Japan - land of the Hello Kitty everything (or Kitty-chan, as she's known there).
I actually do like frog-themed things, and brought back frog (known as 'Kero-chan') salt and pepper shakers from Japan (that I've never actually used). I think I've outgrown cutesy type things, especially for the kitchen. Guests who are not familiar with my mezzaluna are rather impressed when I whip it out to chop herbs for my garlic bread, but I doubt they'd take me as seriously with a Kerochan mezzaluna...;)
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5-31-2007 @2:00PM whardier said... I live in Alaska and the traditional Ulu cutlery is everywhere.. I purchased a bone handled Ulu when I first moved up here and used it for my dicing/mincing/meat cutting needs. I'm pretty fast with an Ulu now and can put the whoop down on a stalk of celery. I was new to mezzaluna cutlery until I bought the Ulu, which is hard to clean because of the bone, and found the Kitchenaid mezzaluna at a local shop. I couldn't resist purchasing an easy to clean mezzaluna and recommend that you pick up one. I came to find out there are many styles, shapes, and sizes available to suit whatever need you have. Personally I just like to make food into tiny little bits with it, and fillet meats and fish. Long live the mezzaluna, even the silly ones.
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5-31-2007 @4:35PM Angela Pitt said... The original mezzaluna design was clean and simple.
Why mess with a good thing?
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6-01-2007 @3:08AM Carol said... I was thinking it would be cute to buy for my son, who's a budding foodie....then I thought better of buying a mezzaluna for a six-year-old.
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5-31-2007 @10:05PM Mommeee said... Just be careful that your kids don't see it and think it's a toy. That would totally happen in my house, so no froggy mezzaluna for me!
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6-02-2007 @3:49PM kristin said... So judgemental! Why would anyone care if I wanted a froggy mezzaluna or spend time writing about why it's evidently below them to imagine someone enjoying such a device. I can't imagine why in the world anyone would collect those little egg holders but one of the writers here has written several times - so what? I think it's adorable. No one NEEDS a kitchenaid mixer in pink or knives that cost $500 dollars....but is slashfood really about 'need'?
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