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Glaucus

Glaucus

Glaucus

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I need a mandolin, fed up of buying absolute garbage.
So anyone know if a really good one, with incredibly sharp blade, with everything that lines up (so many don't) and can slice potatoes so thin they are translucent.
 
Not sure why you'd ever need to slice potatoes that thinly? It's not the correct way to do a potato gratin dish if that's what you're thinking.

Anyway there's a thread I started in here somewhere that may be of use.
 
I actually want to make crispy potato ravioli with a duxelle centre.
But I also like making game chips.
If you not slicing that thin, might as well just use a food processor, easier and faster.
 
I've had like 5 also, as most don't have an even blade which is bloody annoying. I have 2 at the moment and the one I use the most was like 15quid from a random cookware store. It's just a cheapy plastic one but it's worked out well.
I use it all the time. As it's a handheld one, I just whack it out for anything. Last night I used it for a couple of onions for my fajitas. Use it for stir fry veg, mushrooms, cucumbers. Much quicker than getting a food processor out.
 
PlacidCasual said:
I have one of the inexpensive plastic japanese madolins. I think I got it from Amazon. It's not all singing and all dancing but is easy t use easy to clean and has done a really good job for me making salads and gratin.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Cra...=UTF8&qid=1396198562&sr=8-9&keywords=mandolin
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That's a slighty cut-down version of a Benriner - the mandolin of choice in many a professional kitchen.

About the only difference I can see is a Benriner has a screw for thickness adjustment where that has a slider. Not bad for a little over £20.
 
Yeah the benriner has been coming up in all the reviews I can find. Why's it so expensive and hard to find in the uk, yet sub $25 in the US.
 
I've had two mandolins and been disappointed by both of them so if you find a nice one that works well please do post back and let us know.

I'd definitely steer clear of Kitchencraft though. Their low quality stuff might be fine for some kitchen items but I'd doubt a mandolin would be one of them.
 
probably a bit too expensive but it is the best you can get. sliced my fingers on it a few too many times, im actually scared of the thing.

Don't know what is wrong with links tonight, but Google the "de Buyer ultra deluxe mandolin".
 
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I can't look at a Mandolin the same way after seeing a chef make a "mistake" using one at work when was a teenager. Try and find on with a finger guard.

I only use mine now with a chainmail glove that I also use for cleaving.
 
I've already had a mishap, because it was rubbish. Cur the pad of a finger off, and it's never healed properly. Nerves feel closer to the outside and theres an edge between the old and new skin.
 
Glaucus said:
I've already had a mishap, because it was rubbish. Cur the pad of a finger off, and it's never healed properly. Nerves feel closer to the outside and theres an edge between the old and new skin.
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This is the same I lost the tip of a finger but I've seen it happen to the palm of a hand too... I know accidents happen with knives but there's somthing about a mandolin that makes me nervous so I won't get another any time soon.
 
GTanny said:
This is the same I lost the tip of a finger but I've seen it happen to the palm of a hand too... I know accidents happen with knives but there's somthing about a mandolin that makes me nervous so I won't get another any time soon.
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This is why I want a good one (less wrestling and more in control), and I will always use the slidey guard thing now as well.
 
Used mine a few times since I answered in this thread, I've made an apple and beetrrot salad in a sweet chilli and rape seed oil dressing. Also made fresh coleslaw with a creme fresh and mustard dressing. The madoline made bot incredibly easy and the precision of the cuts actually improves he eating because the compenents mix and dress more evenly.
 
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