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Ted Goldblatt[_2_]

wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 03:07:49 -0700, "Theron" > wrote:
>
>> ....The V shaped blade lets you thin slice tomato.
>> No straight blade mandoline will slice tomato....
>
> That all depends on the ripeness of the tomato and the angle and sharpness of
> the blade, doesn't it? There's nothing magic about the v-shape.

No, but there _is_ a difference between a straight (unangled) blade and
an angled blade - the former is going to chop while the latter slices.
I have a moderately expensive metal, fully adjustable, changeable blade
mandoline as well as a v-slicer. Because of its adjustability and blade
choice, there are some things that the mandoline works better on.
However, the v-slicer is generally preferable on softer things...

ted