My hunt for a chopper/slicer was initially disappointing. I tried a dozen or so choppers/slicers that were name brand and no name brand. Each either broke or didn’t perform as advertised.
When I sliced a huge piece of my right-hand pinky finger and ended up in the emergency room and needed a bunch of stiches, I was ready to give up. Maybe there will be no chopper/slicer that will work for me.
I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond one day and found the Vidalia Chop Wizard. It is a chopper and has a separate mandolin slicer. For twenty dollars I decided to give my search for a chopper/slicer one more time.
To my amazement the chopper had two sizes of blades placed over the vessel that held the veggies. I tried it, perfect potatoes, perfect carrots, perfect onions, and perfect peppers. This was it.
Finally, I had found my chopper. I tried the mandolin slicer very carefully. The slices of onion were paper thin. Perfect. I don’t use the slicer often because I fear slicing my finger into paper thin slices and landing in the emergency room again.
I tried to chop cheddar cheese and broke the vessel part. I pushed too hard. Ugh. Off to Bed, Bath and Beyond for another twenty-dollar Vidalia Chop Wizard. This time I used my twenty percent off coupon.
I have broken a few of these choppers trying to chop food items that were way too hard to chop. I am on my fourth chopper. The one I have now is three years old. Fingers crossed it will last a very long time.
Bed, Bath and Beyond is closed now so I can buy directly from the manufacturer if need be.
The message here is don’t give up on finding those handy gadgets that you really need in your kitchen.
Georgia
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