New Toy

Dimitri wrote on 10 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration
last weekend and the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a
top of the line Mandoline. Aside from the blade there were several
additional blades including 2 sizes of julienne, and a crinkle cut
blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Dimitri

Coleslaw!

A fresh pickle/salad of cukes,red onions and diakon.
Just "slice and dice" for required effect and place veggies in a
vinegar and slight sugar solution, as a dinner
pickle/side/extra/condement.

jicama for a salad/coleslaw pops into my thoughts.

Even slices of fresh mushrooms to aid in proper cooking.

extremely thin celery slices just because.

French Fries, Pan Fries, Waffle fries.

Get a kevlar glove from lee valley...

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No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic Since Aug 2004
1AC- 7.2, 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
Weight from 265 down to 215 lbs. and dropping.
Continuing to be Manitoban

Dimitri said:

So what would you use such a tool for?

Green fried tomatoes, vegetable chips, scalloped whatever, carrot
curls, etc, and anything you gotta slice ten of.

nb

Nice toy...congratulations! I like to use the small julienne blade to
make zucchini 'spaghetti' by slicing zucchini lengthwise so the stips come
out like long pasta. Saute briefly with a little butter and salt, and
maybe some garlic and herbs.

Jeneen

Dimitri said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last weekend and
the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the line Mandoline.
Aside from the blade there were several additional blades including 2 sizes of
julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Dimitri

In article <[email hidden]>, "Dimitri"

Quoted message said:

So what would you use such a tool for?

See other thread, "hand injuries".

:-(

[just kidding,of course!]

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS
[email hidden]

On Fri 10 Jun 2005 11:17:51a, Dimitri wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last
weekend and the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the
line Mandoline. Aside from the blade there were several additional
blades including 2 sizes of julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Dimitri

Slice off the tips of your fingers? NOT! You can use a mandoline to slice
practically anything you would slice with a knife. The beauty of it is, the
slices are perfectly uniform and the process can be much faster.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Dan Abel said:

Quoted message said:

So what would you use such a tool for?

See other thread, "hand injuries".

LOL My wife used to laugh at me over my flat finger experience with my el
cheapo Japanese slicer, but a few weeks ago she did the same thing, but
she lost a lot for skin off the end of my finger than I did.

Dimitri said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last weekend and
the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the line Mandoline.
Aside from the blade there were several additional blades including 2 sizes of
julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Chitata Pips

or

Tattoo Removal

or

Dimitri's California Custom Circumcisions?

Sheldon

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:17:51 GMT, "Dimitri" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last weekend and
the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the line Mandoline.
Aside from the blade there were several additional blades including 2 sizes of
julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Sweet potato chips
Potatoes Anna

Tara

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Quoted message said:

Dan Abel said:

Quoted message said:

So what would you use such a tool for?

See other thread, "hand injuries".

LOL My wife used to laugh at me over my flat finger experience with my el
cheapo Japanese slicer, but a few weeks ago she did the same thing, but
she lost a lot for skin off the end of my finger than I did.

When you lose a finger tip into the Cole slaw don't mention it to the guests.
They won't eat another bite.

Dimitri

Dimitri said:

Quoted message said:

LOL My wife used to laugh at me over my flat finger experience with my el
cheapo Japanese slicer, but a few weeks ago she did the same thing, but
she lost a lot for skin off the end of my finger than I did.

When you lose a finger tip into the Cole slaw don't mention it to the guests.
They won't eat another bite.

The slice I lost that flattened the top of my finger was so thin they would have
thought it was just a slice of cabbage. :-) It didn't hurt and it didn't even
bleed, but the tip of my finger lost its typical roundness. I am glad that I was
using it for very thin slices.

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Quoted message said:

Dimitri said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last weekend
and
the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the line Mandoline.
Aside from the blade there were several additional blades including 2 sizes
of
julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Chitata Pips

or

Tattoo Removal

or

Dimitri's California Custom Circumcisions?

Sheldon

LOL - DCCC only in West Hollywood :-)

Dimitri

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Dimitri wrote on 10 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

A fresh pickle/salad of cukes,red onions and diakon.
Just "slice and dice" for required effect and place veggies in a
vinegar and slight sugar solution, as a dinner
pickle/side/extra/condement.

There is a little dim-sum Chinese joint nearby that serves pickled carrot and
dikon sticks that are marinated in a sweet salt sour mixture - rice vinegar,
sugar, salt maybe some water - I have tried but can not duplicate the
taste/recipe.

Any one got a favorite?

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote on 10 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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"Monsur Fromage du Pollet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Dimitri wrote on 10 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

A fresh pickle/salad of cukes,red onions and diakon.
Just "slice and dice" for required effect and place veggies in a
vinegar and slight sugar solution, as a dinner
pickle/side/extra/condement.

There is a little dim-sum Chinese joint nearby that serves pickled
carrot and dikon sticks that are marinated in a sweet salt sour
mixture - rice vinegar, sugar, salt maybe some water - I have
tried but can not duplicate the taste/recipe.

Any one got a favorite?

Dimitri

Bitman has one in his how to cook everthing book.

Equal parts water and white vinegar plus sugar to taste. Veggies are
English Cucumber and Diakon Radish. Now if I only knew where the book
was I could give you the recipe in his words.

Maybe the dim-sum joint uses mirin or saki as well?

--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic Since Aug 2004
1AC- 7.2, 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
Weight from 265 down to 215 lbs. and dropping.
Continuing to be Manitoban

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:17:51 GMT, "Dimitri" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

We had an early Fathers Day and a Belated Birthday celebration last weekend and
the Girls chipper in and got dear old dad (me) a top of the line Mandoline.
Aside from the blade there were several additional blades including 2 sizes of
julienne, and a crinkle cut blade.

A great new toy.

So what would you use such a tool for?

Dimitri, dear lad - I've had a kick *ss mandoline for years and the #1
thing I use it for is slicing uniform slices of potatoes for au gratin
and apples for pie/cobbler - onions, cukes, anything vegetavke.fryut
that is fairly firm that you just want *sliced*. Does this in a flash.
Use the guard if you don't want to contribute fingers to the dish <g>
You just have to press down on the guard very *firmly* to keep the
vegetable/fruit solidly in place.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

(Dan Abel) said:

Dimitri said:

So what would you use such a tool for?

See other thread, "hand injuries".

[just kidding,of course!]

Not so "of course." Those buggers are *sharp*!. Take care not only
slicing with them (use the guard), but in washing the blades, if you
do it by hand.

I use the mandoline only when there is enough work to make washing it
worthwhile - typically cole slaw or cucumber salad for a crowd, or very
thin red onion slices to accompany gravlax. You could make waffle-cut
fries.