Slice and Dice.....spiral slicing???

[rainbowgirl]

A question on the spiral slicing type thingdos. I need to get one cause my food processor accessory thing is lost and I'm down to just a blade on the bottom (i'm dealing with it just fine, and the house has been fine combed).

I live overseas and replacement parts ain't that easy to get all the way here.

I was thinking of getting one of these slice them and dice them things from China.

What should I be looking for?

Didn't someone on her blog go take someone shopping for one in china town and say a brand was good?? Anyone know where that is?

THanks,

Rainbowgirl

[Pierre]

You can get one from Alissa. I just got mine and haven't tried it yet. It is made in China, and it's the Joyce Chen brand. I has two blades, a single straight blade for big spiral slices and a series of 1.5 mm tiny blades for strings.

[Morn]

I ordered my off of ebay and it was reasonable.

[Ama]

The joyce chen one (brand is Benriner) is supposed to be very good. It got GREAT reviews. Just BE CAREFUL with your fingers. I read somewhere that it was recommended to get kevlar coated gloves and just forget the food holder. I haven't done that myself but probably will one of these days. I *touched* the blade one day and got a nice cut. They are very very sharp!

[rainbowgirl]

And just what I wanted to hear, well kinda lol.

I am always cutting myself on my knife, or food processor.

Anyway, it's better sharp, cause the dull ones don't cut it (pun intended).

RainbowGirl

[RowanC]

I don't see how it would be possible to use gloves instead of the vegetable holder. It's all part of the top that turns the knob to slice or make noodles.

I love mine. I got it from alissa. It works great.

[Pierre]

I found the perfect vegetable to spiralize: turnips. Turn one way, spin the other! I also tried an onion, but got only a dangling mess.