Does it come with something to hold the vegetable on with?
I bought the DxW a mandolin for christmas one year, knowing that she would be slicing 10 lbs potatoes for new year's party. Even bought one of the medieval armour gloves to go with it.
Then, I thought about it a little more. I decided better not. She falls over on the floor at the slightest amount of blood and it wouldn't be a good idea if she was home alone using a mandolin.
It's still in the original box in the back of a drawer. I should use it sometime.
I just love blood and gore!
My first semester in culinary school we were introduced to the mandolin. Of course the school had really high quality nifty ones and I got used to them. So I went to the kitchen store to buy a good one of my own and was shocked at the price! I said ha, not me! I'll just get a cheap one! I noticed the guard wasn't quite as good, and had hard prongs instead of a spring-type.
Let's just fast-forward about 30 minutes to when I'm driving myself to the emergency room with my hand wrapped in a towel. The ER charge was more than the cost of the good mandolin. Live and learn, and the moral of the story is don't skimp!
My first semester in culinary school we were introduced to the mandolin. Of course the school had really high quality nifty ones and I got used to them. So I went to the kitchen store to buy a good one of my own and was shocked at the price! I said ha, not me! I'll just get a cheap one! I noticed the guard wasn't quite as good, and had hard prongs instead of a spring-type.
Let's just fast-forward about 30 minutes to when I'm driving myself to the emergency room with my hand wrapped in a towel. The ER charge was more than the cost of the good mandolin. Live and learn, and the moral of the story is don't skimp!
I picked up one of the Broener V-slicers at the Goodwill for fifty cents the other day...
Let us know how they compare and if you get the chance, post pix.I posted eary on in this thread that I had given away my old, not stainless steel but nickel plated Bron mandoline in favor of a Boerner V slicer. A while back, I found a much newer Bron in a thrift for about $12, and couldn't resist. Two days ago, in another thrift store, I found a like new Matfer #44595 mandoline for a like price, and again, couldn't resist. So now, I am using them both by way of comparison, both to each other and to the V slicer.