With the Microplane professional peeler, both soft and hard food can be peeled thinly. Whether carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, potatoes, asparagus, parsnips, kiwis, mangoes or apples - the movable blade always adapts to the shape of the peel. This will only remove as much shell as needed. Also, when dishes are to be garnished with thin fruit and vegetable strips, this unique blade sharpness comes as called.