slicing apples , what to use

[Kier]

I am having difficulty evenly slicing apples for hydrating ,is there a tool
braeburn apples are good and not too expensive from Croydon market but cant get the slices uniform
a mandolin slicer comes to mind but not sure about the thickness and the corer I have is too narrow, any suggestions

[rustylady]

Most of the gadgets cut apples into wedges Prepworks thin apple slicer

[roitelet]

Mandolin slicers can be adjusted to cut from paper thin to much thicker.

[Potstubsdustbins]

If using a mandolin slicer watch your fingers, it hurts as I found out. And bits of sliced dingy tend to put folks of the salad.

[Kier]

Most of the gadgets cut apples into wedges Prepworks thin apple slicer

that looks like the one , didn't know they were adjustable

[Kier]

just looked at the price from the USA all in about £20+
find that a bit much

[Jay-ell]

Get a fork, stick it in the apple and then slice in between the prongs. OK you have to re-jab every couple of slices but after a while you should be able to get uniform slices. If you can find something similar with loads of prongs.

I've not really had a problem with the un-uniform thickness, I check every whenever, remove the ones that are done and, over time, consolidate my trays into one easy to check tray.

[scarey55]

I dry apple slicers in my dehydrator and I use something like this Apple Master in corers hullers and stoners at Lakeland. I'm pretty sure mine was about half the price but it makes perfect slices for drying. It's a bit tricky lining up the corer part but still much easier than doing it all by hand.

[Kristen]

just looked at the price from the USA all in about £20+
find that a bit much

Mandolin is going to cost that much (or not work well!) Very sharp blade that is slow to blunt and IME worth buying a decent brand.

[Kier]

Mandolin is going to cost that much (or not work well!) Very sharp blade that is slow to blunt and IME worth buying a decent brand.

been having a good look around and yes your right maybe if I find one with removable blades I could sharpen them when needed

[Kristen]

Dunno if you can sharpen them, but certainly on mine I can swap it round as the blade is double-sided (but only one edge "presented" for cutting)

I winced, at the price , and bought a good quality one, but thrilled with it. It has a flat blade, that slices, which is fitted horizontally and an optional comb blade, with vertical teeth, which then creates Julienne. 3 different comb blades provided, with different widths.

Mine is like this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grunwerg-CBV...dp/B000LCP6EW/

Finger guard a bit useless, can't easily anchor it securely to the chunk of vegetable. I've seen better box-shaped ones in which you can easily support the last snippet of a piece of vegetable, can't find an image right now though.

Alternative is this one (which is quite a bit bigger, and might suit Apples / Onions etc better as I doubt they will fit the smaller one unless they are cut smaller than halves)


Mandoline Japonaise Super Benriner: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

The Oxo Grips one gets good reviews, not seen / tried one though

Here's a Japanese user explaining the Japanese instructions in English!

[Kristen]

Benriner's "marketing" video:

other info (in English) here:
BENRINER CO.,LTD.

[Nicos]

Oh gawd...that makes my teeth ache just thinking about slicing into part of my fingers

I did find this video of what Scarey uses......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC2cDW4d4nM

[scarey55]

This is a great way to peel apples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ST3-O4klDA

[Nicos]

^^^ love it!!!