I want to slice raw cucumbers with the crinkle cutter blade for home canned pickles. How does this slicer handle raw cucumbers?
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I have not done raw cucumbers but I am sure it will work fine. I slice onions and firm tomatoes and have even sliced salami a few times. It takes a bit of force with salami but it does the job.
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Depends on the pickle and it size and age, young firm work well,smaller workss the best.
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The six blade, as far as I'm concerned, works like a VitaMix, I put frozen broccoli, frozen frut, ice and all the rest and I never have lumps, whereas with the regular blender blade it wasn't crushed up as well. I love these. I have 3 of them as I have 3 large blender jars, I'm a smoothie person. Plus I make zucchini soup, just zukes and chicken broth cooked and then bended. I make several jars and keep it in the frig to have on hand. Today I am going to try to add some cooked carrots. I like this, as I am not a good eater. thanks for asking
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It slices very thin -is perfect for making crisps. It will slice soft fruit and veg beautifully as the blade is very sharp.
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I think it works better if the beans are raw. You can try blanching them a little and see if that works better for you. I haven't had a problem with this slicer and have used it for 3 seasons. I have to "clamp" it to a heavy cutting board because I have granite counters and they're too thick for the "clamp" on this slicer. I too put a chair under the board and let the slices fall into a bowl on the chair.
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I have the scrapper stop moving sometimes. I just stop putting in veggies. Celery and Kale can have a tendency to bind up the parts at which time I just clean it. I used this for a juice fast for about a week and had no problems other then the one's mentioned. I'd buy this item again.
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Wrap it with Saran Wrap? It's a light, not a pickle! I can't even imagine what you're up to. Just kidding. But, to answer your question no, it stays cool as a cucumber. Notice the connection with pickle. I think its power consumption is one watt, that is very little heat to dissipate. I just put my face to one, could barely feel the heat.
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The unit works well with beets and cabbage. What I found was that any fibrous veggie I'm using, I cut across the fiber length, leaving shorter fibers. Short fibers tend to not clog the pulp chute as easily. Ginger root, definitely needs to be cut small and across the fiber!.Bottom line though, unless you're looking for a pulp machine instead of a juice machine, this unit is best on the market. It takes more juice out the veggies than any other machine I've used or seen used.
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This is my 2nd one. The first one lasted for years. The only reason I replaced it was because the plastic cracked on the hinge. The blades were still ok. I mainly use it for Cabbage for slaw. It also does great with onions and peppers.
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I really like this slicer, BUT, I would recommend a spiral slicer for the really long zucchini "noodles" to substitute for spaghetti. I think this slicer is a good choice for nice thin "julienne" type of strips. It works very well on dense vegetables like carrots, and my spiral will not handle carrots. NEVER use this slicer without the guard. It is very sharp and you will bleed a lot (been there done that).
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It would work pretty well but you might want to consider a cut resistant glove if you want the best results as the guard that comes with the slicer is a nice feature to keep fingers away from the blade but not that great at holding together things that want to fall apart when slicing like cabbage. I personally recommend a glove to anyone using it as the blades are very sharp and while I haven't hurt myself bad with I did touch the blade once enough to get a slight cut.
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I use it on the thinnest setting for onions, cucumbers and carrots. The slices are paper thin. Do not know how it would work cutting thicker for dehydrating purposes.
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On the underside of the slicer there is a black knob, carefully turn it to adjust the thickness then try it until you get the thickness that you want. Good product for the money. I use it all the time when canning pickles.
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Well, this mandoline had no problems slicing thru wooden skewers and a plastic handle. My experience based guess is that you will not have any issues slicing oranges or lemons, including peels.
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Yes, it does work on softer vegetables, like zucchini. You'll have to cut the vegetable to fit into the space between the fork and the blades. You will get a core which you can chop into smaller pieces or leave as a thick chip. Please note that the peeler won't work on pitted fruit like peaches as the fork will not be able to pierce the pit.
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I have not used mine for slicing yet. The only thing I used mine for is shredding carrots, and it worked beautifully. Sorry I can not help you with your question.
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They Are Sort Of Like A Duel Pizza Cutter. I Only Use It For Basic Salads. The Hardest Thing I've Ever Cut WithThem Is A Shredded CaRrot.
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There are two smaller graters/scrapers on this boxed grater. I use one as a small cheese grater and the other I have never used. It might be best used for a nutmeg scraper. So I have two lemon/orange zesters. One looks like a longish metal file with small cutting lips in it which works very well. The other is another small hand grater which I use for larger zest pieces. I do love my OXO grater and do not have a Cuisinart grater.