>A friend said she liked her food chopper, one of those plastic boxes
>with the blade built into the lid, and you bring a hinged, um, plate
>down to force the food thru the blades...

I'm referring to one with the hinged lid that forced food thru the
blades. My mother got a 'slap chap' in the 60's or 70's, whatever it was
called back then. It's not good for much. Maybe tuna salad like someone
said.
Someone did speak ontopic: Is the only problem that it worlks fine but
lasts only a couple years before the blades dull too far?