I can't wait to hear how you like it.I just got my mandolin in AND... the local grocer is having a BOGO on yellow onions starting tomorrow
I can't wait to hear how you like it.I just got my mandolin in AND... the local grocer is having a BOGO on yellow onions starting tomorrow
It would depend on how sharp the strings are...
Do you have the bowl? If not, how do you use it? It doesn't seem to have legs, so do you put it over something? (Amazon.ca doesn't seem to sell the bowl.)I have the one Lardeffect recommended. The main unit and the guard are two separate pieces, and the blade pops out easily. It's easy to clean - just rinse and run over it with a soapy cloth or sponge, or it can go in the dishwasher. Just be careful handling the blades, because they really are sharp. It comes with a holder to keep the blades together and covered when not in use.
Thanks for the info. I will probably get one, and a protective glove.I use either a cutting board or a mixing bowl. The bottom of it has little rubber "feet," so you can hold it up over a cutting board; it also has little hooks so you can place it over a mixing bowl. I was watching a "Good Eats" Thanksgiving episode a while ago and Alton Brown was using one that looked just like it
I'm about to start my slow-cooker onions, so here's a pic:
Good luck with the little onions and be careful not to cut yourself.I just picked up the onions 30 minutes ago. They are really small, so we'll see... I had wanted to cut them in half so I don't have rings, but I'm not sure yet how easily they will fit in the holder being so small.
Thanks for the review pac. Is the thickness of the slices adjustable?
Yes, but you have to either flip the blade attachment over or insert a new one. There are three blade attachments. I would have rather seen a knob on the side lifting or lowering the cutting surface. More engineering comes a higher price I imagine. It does have a nifty little storeage rack though, that keeps everything in one place and safe.
Bigger onions would have been nice, Andy. It handled the small ones quite well though.
Well... is was as messy as I seem to remember with the Roncomatic slicer dicers. I had pieces shooting forward off the mandolin, even going slowly, and pieces dropping at my feet. Pieces of onion on top of the mandolin and pieces underneath. In proportion to the 3 lbs of small onions I cut though, I suppose I could live with that. It was easy, no-brainer going once the onions were prepped.
pacanis said:Well... is was as messy as I seem to remember with the Roncomatic slicer dicers. I had pieces shooting forward off the mandolin, even going slowly, and pieces dropping at my feet. Pieces of onion on top of the mandolin and pieces underneath. In proportion to the 3 lbs of small onions I cut though, I suppose I could live with that. It was easy, no-brainer going once the onions were prepped.