Coconut Shredder
Display: Sweet Inventions
Culinary Technique: size reduction
Date: 1900–1940
Manufacturer: Eagle Engineering Company
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Dimensions: 5" h x 6.5" w x 2.5" d
This tool shredded coconut for use in candies and cakes. Attached to a work surface, the brass device stood firmly while an operator held a half coconut against the serrated metal disks. Cranking the handle spun the disks to scrape the meat from the fruit's cavity.