Janie, with the possible exception of a dull knife, there is nothing in the kitchen as dangerous as a mandoline---particularly when people see celebrity chefs using them without the saftey guards.
I'm with you. I would not share mine with anybody who I cared about. Not unless I was prepared to have fingertips mixed in with the cole slaw.
That said, there are, of course, some tasks that nothing performs like a mandoline; essentially anything that requires (or at least benefits from) equal sized slices. I love mine for those tasks. But I won't let Friend Wife touch it, either.
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