"vega" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:23:45 GMT, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nexis" > wrote in message
>>news:OZMVe.10974$mH.5670@fed1read07...
>>>I have discovered that getting a new kitchen gadget leads to near obsession
>>>for
>>>me.
>>> When I got my toaster, I made toast every morning and some evenings for
>>> months. New Microplane meant cheese or chocolate shavings on everything. New
>>> peeler? Don't get me started.
>>> My husband bought me a new espresso machine for my birthday. Guess what I'm
>>> drinking twice a day???
>>>
>>>
>>> kimberly
>>
>>Do not get a mandoline.
>>
>>You'll be obsessed until you lose a fingertip or 2.
>>
>>Dimitri
>>
> My mon loves hers. I find it to be a gadget I have no use for. Gimme
> my chineese cleaver anyday ! I can cut a onion or cucumber so thin you
> can read a newspaper through them (handy for the cucumber for
> Hungarian cumber salid.

If you have to do a big bunch of slaw or foods like that there is no substitute
for a good quality mandoline. it gives both speed and consistency with little or
no effort.

Dimitri