On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:44:33 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito >
wrote:

>As I live alone... I buy myself a birthday present. I was drooling over a
>mandolin just the other day. But I have that olde "that's too pricey to
>justify buying without good reason" guilt of the lower middle class.
>
>So to those who own mandolins how often do you use it and in what recipes?
>
>This way I might just possibly justify buying myself one. As I have filled
>most of my storage spaces with cheaper gizmos and don't require another use
>2 times a year kitchen tool

I must admit, I bought myself a mandoline a year or two ago. I
haven't used it that much yet... Mine is the Oxo one... It was about
$70 USD.

There are less expensive mandolines out there, some of them quite
good. Some of the Japanese models are excellent.

Christine