Review on Effortlessly Slice and Grate 🔪 with the Norpro Deluxe Mandoline Slicer/Grater by Erin Ellis

It was a very good mandolin for the money. I bought this and the dehydrator at the same time and it's perfect for getting lots of equal thickness pieces. It is well suited for making french fries in julienne or thicker sticks, as well as chips, sticks, etc. that are cut into folds. I've used this a few times to essentially mince an onion and it's significantly better than trying to cut the onion with a knife. For me this doesn't work well with cheese as the cheese tends to stick to the blade and I tried mincing some garlic but the cloves were small enough to be difficult to slice. However, bananas, plantains, pineapples, peppers, tomatoes, lemons, oranges, potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, carrots, cucumbers. I liked them all very much. I especially like the adjustable blade - a few turns and it's thicker. or thinner - there is tremendous versatility. Not that versatile on crosses (there are three), but then I don't know how many different widths you really need. The collapsible trivet actually works well, although I haven't had much luck personally cutting into a bowl (but I didn't need to cut into a bowl, so I've only tried it once or twice). I've read reviews on several different mandolins and seen some comments about one or the other being too sharp and warning about safety. All that safety is a good warning as I cut my fingertip on it and it hurts a lot. If you sacrifice grip/rail safety for speed and ease of use, you risk cutting yourself. However, I'd say it's about as safe as a knife or cheese grater, so it's pretty easy to clean, although you'll probably need a brush to clean the frogs as they're pretty sharp and have tiny gaps. .