Abstract: A vegetable peeler, particularly for pumpkins, has a pair of arms made for engagement with the blade holders of the handle and motor housing of a conventional electric carving knife in place of the usual carving blades and, like the blades, releasably interconnected adjacently for relative reciprocal movement. The arms have base flanges extending laterally in opposite directions from their front parts, and with their leading edges sharpened to cutting edges for excising a strip of peel, the depth of the cut being limited by depth gauges on the two arms.