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Mandoline - Farendwoman - 18-09-2021
Treated myself to a mandoline yesterday because I have been wanting one for ages.
Trouble is I can’t remember WHY I wanted it in the first place.
Any suggestions, please, for what I can start doing with it.
Or is it going to be stuffed in the pantry along with the kitchen blow torch that has never come out of its packaging.
RE: Mandoline - Admin - 18-09-2021
I use mine for fennel
RE: Mandoline - JJB - 18-09-2021
Very good for slicing fingers, be careful. I've not figured out what a mandoline can do that a food processor can't. I had a cheap one in the cupboard bought in Lidl never used, so it went to the charity shop.
Farendwoman - Farendwoman - 18-09-2021
(18-09-2021, 09:39 AM)Hi JJB Wrote: Very good for slicing fingers, be careful. I've not figured out what a mandoline can do that a food processor can't. I had a cheap one in the cupboard bought in Lidl never used, so it went to the charity shop.Mine is still in the packaging - so I’ve got 28 days to take it back for a refund. I’m actually wondering what it can do that a good knife can’t. Especially seeing as a recentish birthday present was a half day course on “Knife Skills”.
RE: Mandoline - PyreneesPlot - 18-09-2021
Please, please, please use the guard - watching them being used unguarded on TV makes me feel quite sick!
I have used one but have never bought one, and as you say, there isn't much that a good sharp knife won't do if used well, although it is slower, and for bulk a good food proc is as good.
RE: Mandoline - Farendwoman - 18-09-2021
(18-09-2021, 09:38 AM)Admin Wrote: I use mine for fennelFennel not for me - but thanks for the suggestion.
RE: Mandoline - Veggie - 18-09-2021
Its one gadget I've resisted buying! Don't like blood on my veggies, especially when its mine.
RE: Mandoline - Scarlet - 18-09-2021
Woo - what a fab present! I would love to go on a knife skills course!
I use a food processor to chop or slice - but a mandoline would be much easier to clean if you aren't doing huge amounts. I'm not one for gadgets - always mixed my cakes by hand until the last few years, suddenly whisking a meringue is a lot more work than it used to be
Anyway - I love dauphinois potatoes - I don't believe you can't cut as finely with a knife as with a slicer? Lots of apples look much nicer and much quicker to do too. I think I would get a lot of use out of one.
RE: Mandoline - Bren - 18-09-2021
They are scary things
I know our local charity shop refuses to take them in. I use a slicer attachment on my Kenwood chef instead I don't think I'd trust myself with a mandolin after seeing what a friend did to their finger ends.Could you have wanted one to slice courgettes/cucumbers thin to go in pickles.
RE: Mandoline - Vinny - 18-09-2021
Well, going against everyone else, I think they are great!
I got one for my wife who never got round to using it. I took it out the other day and didn't realise all the different cutting blades that came with it, I chose one to make courgette spaghetti and it worked really well. There is a little handle thing that if you use makes it impossible to cut yourself.My next plan is to make sweet potato rice with it. 