I use a mandoline when I have a lot of stuff to slice, typically cucumber
salad or maybe cole slaw for a party. But, if there isn't that much, I
really enjoy slicing with a nice, sharp knife.

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Louis Cohen
Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8"


"LaUna" > wrote in message
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> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it posted, so here
goes.
>
> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he stuck a mushroom
> in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced it just as pretty as you
> pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?
>
> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my idea), sliced
> strawberries!! I sliced two pints of strawberries in no time at all.
> Don't let the giant ones fool you, they too, will slice.
>
> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of strawberries, you will
> have strawberry spit all over the counter, backsplash, window and your
> clothes. So, do this IN THE SINK not on the counter. Actually, the
> slices are so prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>
> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly mushrooms,
olives?
>
> What else???
>