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If none of your knives can handle tasks like slicing tomatoes or hard-boiled eggs, you don't need a gadget. You need a new knife. Trust me - you'll get a lot more use out of it.
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7-26-2006 @8:57AM Buck Q. Fitch said... The slicers are more for getting uniform thickness. Some people need help with that.
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7-26-2006 @9:10AM Audi said... But... Not all of us are consistently straight on the chop. I love using my egg slicer. I use it about once a year, but whenever I do, it makes me happy that I have it since badly sliced eggs are so noticable. It is one of the few dumb kitchen gadgets that I've kept through the years.
I have to agree that it's time for a new knife if it can't do an avacado or tomato. In my experience, slicers typically chew those foods up.
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7-26-2006 @9:53AM Brian said... I love the slicers, I use my egg slicer for eggs and mushrooms mostly, occasionally plum tomatoes and strawberries. I'm horrible at slicing things myself if its for presentation, they always come out uneven. When living at home, I'd use the cheese slicer simply because it was adjustable!
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7-26-2006 @9:57AM Dr. Electro said... But, but, but ...
I LIKE my gadgets! They are so much FUN! However, Nicole is right as usual about not spending all your money on single-purpose gadgets.
Okay, I confess. I have an antique egg slicer that has been in the family for three generations. I have an antique corn sheller that came over from Germany with Great Grandpa Gunther (See the picture on the Pioneer Flour sack.) at the turn of the Twentieth century. I have a cheese slicer that my mother got with Velveeta Premium Points in 1955. Last but not least, I have a slicing guide that doubles as a cake cutter. I don't use most of them nowadays but I used to rely on them heavily.
Slice away and cook to your heart's content. If you like gadgets, it's your money to spend as you wish.
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7-26-2006 @10:03AM Laura said... I'm good with the knife skills and can cut a uniform slice. But an egg slicer can rip through a pound of mushrooms way faster than I can slice them by hand. I luv my egg slicer gadget and you will have to rip it from my dead cold hands.
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7-26-2006 @11:13AM Vesna said... Slicers -- very useful! I love my good, sharp knives like anyone else who reads this site. But for dozens of perfect, narrow tomato slices, especially at the height of summer when they are soft and juicy, nothing beats my tomato saw.
Egg slicers: You can pick these up for a quarter at yard sales or thrift shops. If you find a dud that squishes the egg instead of slicing it (also possible when paying full price for a new gadget), no big deal -- just get another.
Plus, as other commenters have noted -- FUN! I have fond childhood memories of "playing guitar" on my parents' egg slicer.
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