Spiral Slicer and Mandolini

Things that go together. Today this is what my daughter learnt at preschool. I tried to coax what she learnt at preschool. I said 'Shoes and Socks' and then she chimed in 'Milk and Cookies'. I bought the OXO Good Grips Handheld Mandline Slicer a long time ago but never used it. When I got the Spiralschneider Spirelli Spiral Slicer (had my eyes on it, since I first saw it at Ross), it was not all rosy or actually it was with all the carrot still stuck in the blade. It is easier with the cucumber. But towards the end you are in a fight you dont know if its with the spiral slicer or the cucumber. despite all that, I like the churned out cucumber which is strips. I read that someone used it with a potato. So you know whats coming up next. Once the cucumber piled up into the plate into the bottom cone (of damru shape, street hawker's wooden base in India), I thought why not put sliced tomatoes around. And thats how the mandoline slicer found its calling.

What I like best about the Mandoline Slicer is its lock and guard over the blade. I still cant sleep in peace over a easy cutter that I bought my dad for convenience. Its a Kitchen Aid Classic Food Chopper. It has interesting zig zag cutter which keeps rotating, in effect covering the whole space in terms of issuing the karate chops. Long time ago my dad had bought a vegetable cutter that you pump down into a plastic jar to cut into pieces. I have seen it being sold in trains. But I dont think we ever used it for real work. What withstood  the test of time was Anjali Cutter. I even cut my finger watching Cricket Finals during High school.

I got crazy into the cutters, when I saw my neighbour resourcefully cut vegetables and cook up a vegetarian meal in no time. Hers is one of these kinds.

The cool thing about it is the uniform size which makes it easy to cook quick.