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glatt · 05-10-2011, 01:41 PM

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.

footfootfoot · 05-10-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Wiki uses the spelling mandoline (with an 'e') for the kitchen implement.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I've always heard the kitchen tool called a "mandoline slicer." With or without an e, I'm not actually sure.

In an old house in Frisco
On 23rd and Vine
Lived 12 little cooks
Hitting the cooking wine
The sharpest one was Mandoline

Urbane Guerrilla · 05-10-2011, 10:00 PM

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.

DanaC · 05-11-2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

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.

Trilby · 05-11-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

In an old house in Frisco
On 23rd and Vine
Lived 12 little cooks
Hitting the cooking wine
The sharpest one was Mandoline

Foot is the man of a thousand limericks.

wolf · 05-11-2011, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

Tulip · 05-12-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

Pico and ME · 05-12-2011, 12:13 PM

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.

casimendocina · 06-13-2011, 08:14 AM

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?

glatt · 06-13-2011, 08:41 AM

vanilla ice cream topping!

BigV · 06-13-2011, 11:14 PM

Waffle/flapjack topping.

Daquiri base.

casimendocina · 06-15-2011, 06:03 AM

Thanks for the ideas. Gonna try making it into icecubes and mixing it with OJ etc...

wolf · 06-15-2011, 07:58 PM

Add the sloshy jelly to Vanilla or Plain Yogurt.

monster · 06-15-2011, 10:20 PM

or smear your body with it and have someone.....

casimendocina · 06-16-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

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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Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	*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. Attached Images Last edited by Pico and ME; 05-12-2011 at 12:20 PM.

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casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	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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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	vanilla ice cream topping!

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casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Thanks for the ideas. Gonna try making it into icecubes and mixing it with OJ etc...

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