Skittle68
Sous Chef
Zhizara said:Slap Chop. All I wanted was one of those cheap glass jars with a simple screw on lid and a blade attached to a simple plunger. Mom had one, I used to have one. It was cheap and it worked. HAH!
The Slap Chopper came out and although it was $15 I had to have it. What a waste of money. The first chop ended up with the blades completely stuck in an onion half. It was very difficult to get the onion out from between the blades without cutting myself. Then further chopping ended up with some pieces untouched around the edges. Some were practically liquid and others in chunks. It was horrible to clean and definitely dangerous. Those blades are sharp. It sits unused in a cabinet.
My mom had one of those too, and when a blade broke she couldn't find another one like it! I would love to have one of those too! As for useless, the solid flavor injector. It's easier to just stab the meat with a knife, and poke the clove of garlic or whatever into the meat. Also, my pineapple slicer. It's fast, but I'm pretty fast with a knife too, and after the first time I used it, and I saw how much fruit went to waste (you get the same size cylinder of pineapple, no matter the size of the one you are cutting), my slicer went right in the goodwill box. I could never see much use for salad spinners either. Seems like they take up too much room for what they do...