My Newest Buy

[jglass]

I ordered this little chopper (in red) to help with chopping veggies, making marinades etc. I have a large 14 cup processor but it is way to big for little jobs.

[jglass]

My other buy.

[Mama Mangia]

Thos elittle choppers come in handy! I love mine.

I have one of the first food processors that came out - it weighs a ton! But it is in great shape and does a fine job. Sometimes I wish it would burn out so I could get a new one. but I shouldn't say that. It just weighs so much!

[jglass]

My little neighbor had one of those old food processors I saw when she was packing.
She said it was like 20 years old and it weighed a ton. It was like a 4 cup processor she said. The first one should be handy for a wide variety of veggies and other tasks. The second I am hoping will save me time on chopping garlic.

[Mama Mangia]

I've had mine for about 40 years now. It's a big one - and I enjoy it very much. I have a couple little ones - those are great for making a quick salsa, dips, etc. I have more dang gizmos than anything.

Something new come out and everyone thinks of me.

Things I do not want - Bullitts - those ridiculous plastic spaghetti cooking things that don't work - more than half of what I've seen on TV - and if you really want it - give it a month or two and it will be in the dollar stores for $3.

Some of that stuff is right up there with the clapper! Yeah - I got one years ago - phone rings - lights go off and on, ditto with doorbells, dropping items, war movies, and even thunder.

Lasted in my house for a day or two.......................

[jglass]

I got a this mandoline a month or so ago I have used it a couple of times. I like the mandoline for making gratin. That thing would be very very easy to cut yourself with. My husbands Mom mentioned borrowing it. I was like I dont think you wanna do that. She has arthritis in her hands bad and her husband is really kinda scattered and accident prone. I could see blood being spilled there. I get alot of my stuff at JCPenney online. They are always sending me emails for the home cook..sneaky rats always lure me in with clearance sales lol.

[KYHeirloomer]

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.

[jglass]

Nothing bothers a blindman more than the sound of his wife sharpening her knives. Alteast thats what my husband says.
Lets hope my mother in law doesnt ask to borrow the mandoline when she has been getting on my nerves lol. His Mom and her hubby are always bickering in the kitchen or where ever they are. Less than five minutes one of them would be hurt on it. She was thinking it would be good for doing veggies she wants to freeze like zucchini. I told her she would be better off to get herself a food processor. They are very VERY "frugal" although they can more than afford anything they want.

I agree..that thing is the most dangerous little kitchen tool ever. I debated alot before even getting one but I got a coupon for like 30% off from Penney's and free shipping. At the time that was the only thing they had in housewares that interested me.

[Mama Mangia]

There are too many other gadgets out there that will cut her veggies! Buy her one for Christmas!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

I love kitchen gadgets, but finally got to where I put my foot down and made myself stop! There are some memorable ones that I would never be able to live with-out! And then those like Mama mentioned that are the epitome of stupidity; and I would feel even stupider for being roped in! Amazingly enough there was this gadget that I wish I had never gotten rid of years ago called a ronco vegomatic! Made the best french fry slices ever and clean-up was a cinch. My neice and nephew the world's biggest french fry lovers in the world talked me out of it (half the time they had it anyway!) And my second favorite was the Oster Kitchen Center! Those two items I miss all the time!