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Who here owns a mandolin slicer? Do you have any horror stories or concerns worth mentioning? Who owns one but prefers not to use it? Who loves them!? You can find some pretty gruesome pictures on the net of accidents people have had with mandolins. I have tried a few, and yeah, they are...

Thanks for your responses - it has been very helpful. Yeah, the Oxo mechanism is a good one. For those of you who wash your lettuce/herbs in the Spinner - do you check for remaining dirt on you lettuce/herbs after they've had a wash? Or do you trust that they are clean enough?

Thanks for your responses - some interesting stuff. Good idea about putting the paper towel in the spinner. Do you find that also stops the herbs from bruising? What spinning mechanism do you all prefer? Lever, plunger, turning handle, pull string? Have you had the opportunity to try the...

Thanks for your replies. So you prefer to wash your salads in the spinner, and not by hand under running water? Do you think spinners wash greens as well as washing by hand? I find when I put lettuce in spinners and fill it with water, the whole lot just spins together. There appears to...

What herbs do you typically spin?

When preparing salads, what do people put in their salad spinners besides lettuce? Where do you use your salad spinner? In the sink, on the bench? Would you ever consider washing rice in one?