On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:09:52 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:56:59 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:
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>> On 8/13/2010 9:04 AM, Rumford wrote:
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>>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>>>> Hi,
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>>>>>> Are there food processors which allow you to control the thickness of
>>>>>> a slice? What brand names might you suggest?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matt
>>>
>>> Wolfgang Puck makes one with an adjustable slicing blade however I have
>>> no first hand knowledge as to it's quality.
>>
>> Personally I find a cheap mandoline to be a more satisfactory slicer
>> than a food processor.
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>i do think you end up with more uniform (and fewer ugly) slices that way.
>and unless you're doing mass quantities, and counting cleanup time, it
>might even be quicker.

Most of the time and labor is in the prepping (paring and cutting into
small enough chunks to fit the implement... the actual slicing takes
little time and effort. For the home kitchen I find I mostly use a
knife but for larger amounts I prefer slicing with my box grater...
I've never yet sliced cukes, carrots, etc. where thickness had to be
dialed in with micrometer precision. For a cup or two of really thin
slices my veggie peeler does the task in quick order... I can be all
done slicing and cleaned up before you figure out how to set your
mandoline.