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On Sat, 17 May 2014 11:52:02 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 5/17/2014 11:40 AM, Gary wrote:
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >>
> >> Was your grandmother's chopper a jar with a screw on top that had a
> >> spring-loaded plunger attached to a 4 bladed end? That's what my mother
> >> had.

> >
> > I bought one of those once. It worked good but by the time you
> > chopped onions into small enough chunks to use in the jar, you could
> > have chopped them with your knife quicker than using the jar and then
> > have to clean it.
> >
> > G.
> >

> I agree.


Honestly, I don't know why she had it. I'm pretty sure nobody
sharpened knives after my great grandfather died, so that could be one
reason... but I do know that was the gadget she allowed us to chop
onions with when we helped her make dinner.


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