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Old 05-10-2011, 02:41 PM   #421
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The only thing I ever bought from TV was a Super Slicer. It was worse than you would expect from a TV impulse purchase. To say this thing was utter crap would be unfair to utter crap.
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Old 05-10-2011, 03:27 PM   #422
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Wiki uses the spelling mandoline (with an 'e') for the kitchen implement.
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I've always heard the kitchen tool called a "mandoline slicer." With or without an e, I'm not actually sure.
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Old 05-10-2011, 11:00 PM   #423
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Mandolines are called that because you're sort of strumming up and down the thing. And yes, razor sharp blades are a must or it flat refuses to work. That means don't use the cheapest stainless alloy you can get your suppliers to supply, but instead the pricier alloy that will actually perform. There is such a thing as high carbon stainless steel. It's often called surgical stainless, but within that category are alloys that are better for edgeholding than some others.
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Old 05-11-2011, 05:52 AM   #424
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Mandolines are called that because you're sort of strumming up and down the thing. And yes, razor sharp blades are a must or it flat refuses to work. That means don't use the cheapest stainless alloy you can get your suppliers to supply, but instead the pricier alloy that will actually perform. There is such a thing as high carbon stainless steel. It's often called surgical stainless, but within that category are alloys that are better for edgeholding than some others.
Ahhh. Ok that makes sense.
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Old 05-11-2011, 09:58 AM   #425
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Old 05-11-2011, 10:05 AM   #426
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The only thing I ever bought from TV was a Super Slicer. It was worse than you would expect from a TV impulse purchase. To say this thing was utter crap would be unfair to utter crap.
Like that, only a LOT sharper.

(btw, I had no idea they were spelled differently. I've only ever heard the name spoken ... although it's probably in the instruction manual somewhere, I didn't read it.
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Old 05-12-2011, 12:42 PM   #427
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The only thing I ever bought from TV was a Super Slicer. It was worse than you would expect from a TV impulse purchase. To say this thing was utter crap would be unfair to utter crap.
Glad I fought my impulse to buy it.
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Old 05-12-2011, 01:13 PM   #428
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This is the slicer that I feared the most. I have scars on nearly every knuckle on my right hand from slicing tomatoes back in my high school Burger King days.
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Old 06-13-2011, 09:14 AM   #429
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Is it possible to salvage jelly that hasn't set?

Story is that I made up some jelly yesterday...here everything has to go in the fridge immediately otherwise there is ant suicide on a large scale so I put icecubes in the jelly to cool it down so it could go in the fridge quickly and it hasn't set....recommendations for alternative uses or straight down the sink?
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Old 06-13-2011, 09:41 AM   #430
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vanilla ice cream topping!
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Old 06-14-2011, 12:14 AM   #431
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Waffle/flapjack topping.

Daquiri base.
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Old 06-15-2011, 07:03 AM   #432
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Thanks for the ideas. Gonna try making it into icecubes and mixing it with OJ etc...
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Old 06-15-2011, 08:58 PM   #433
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Add the sloshy jelly to Vanilla or Plain Yogurt.
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Old 06-15-2011, 11:20 PM   #434
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or smear your body with it and have someone.....
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Old 06-16-2011, 11:05 AM   #435
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or smear your body with it and have someone.....
Anyone? BTW, there were demonstrations about Bashir's sentencing somehwere nearby today if that appeals.This will be followed by more advisories from the embassy advising all citizen to seriously reconsider their plans to travel here.
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