Although it has been months and it has fully healed, I’m still too scared to use my mandoline, after taking a big chunk off the index fingertip of my dominant hand.
Although it has been months and it has fully healed, Im still too scared to use my mandoline, after taking a big chunk off the index fingertip of m...
what kind of retard uses a mandoline without gloves?
Wouldn't the gloves make it difficult to play? In fact I can't think of many instruments you could play with gloves on.
You definitely wouldn’t develop proper callouses.
The gloves damage the blade.
Good blades are expensive. Incompetent linecooks are not.
I have never personally got cut by one but I know the day is coming. It's coming for all of us.
>I have never personally got cut by one but I know the day is coming. It's coming for all of us.
please god no
aren’t mandolines like $5
Just sharpen your fucking knives.
so... there was nothing inside you that said "hey, my fingers are getting pretty close to this blade here. I should act accordingly."? You just kept going, thinking inside your partially deflated head "Good thing I'm not wearing gloves! What's about to happen could damage this blade!"
Post literally says he never got cut, retard.
>Although it has been months and it has fully healed, I’m still too scared to use my mandoline, after taking a big chunk off the index fingertip of my dominant hand.
The guy you were replying to isn't op, dipshit.
Different anon but I think their intention was the blade would only get damaged by the glove in a situation where a gloveless finger would have been cut.
As an accidental finger peeler (;_;) this is good to know, thanks bro.
You sure are a special boy. Is that you in the picture?
My mother jumped hard on the ceramic knife fad some years ago and got a peeler just like those but ceramic. She went back to the old steel one after the first try.
says the guy who cut his entire finger off using a mandoline instead of just not doing that.
>good blades are expensive
you've put a price on your body so low that a kitchen gadget takes priority it
I use the guard. Thankfully never cut myself while actually slicing. But the first time I used it a piece of onion was inside the blade area after I finished cutting it. I pulled it out and my finger literally just brushed against the blade and it sliced my finger wide open. Been careful ever since.
That's how it goes
No shame in admitting I've cut my fingers on a Mandolin before. Go to Home Depot and get some cutproof gloves. You'll thank me later.
Caught off a chunk of my knuckle last week. Surprised how quickly it took for my body to fill in the hole with enough new tissue cells considering I bled out enough to satisfy a blood test.
pop some sugar on there next time
It's been about 8 years for me and i flashed back when i read this. it never goes away anon
Use a cutting glove or knuckle-guarding technique. Have you no knife skills?
Used them plenty of time but only got minor cuts and scrapes. The biggest thing is probably to just slow down when you get to the end of what you're cutting or when you need to shift your grip in any way.
I will never even get close to a mandoline.
I never hear "those ultra thin sliced vegetables really made my dish" it's always just "I sliced my fingers of dude".
Yes, well, you often hear the bad stories about mandoline but if you heard the same kind of story that happen mostly in restaurant kitchens, you wouldn't even cook anything.
>be me
>just chatting with my kitchen bros
>pick up slicer blade out of dry dishes
>thumb into blade
>so sharp i don't even notice it
lol
lmao
cooking is fucking nuts bro
Use a glove man. As a bonus you can cut fast as fuck since you don't have to worry about cutting yourself.
Just leave a 1/4" left of whatever you're cutting and you'll never get cut. It's not a hard concept.
>just waste food dude
Problem?
just get a slice protector
can you slice vegtables with a deli slicer?
Absolutely.
Don't try to even out the heels on your shoes with it, though.
How fucking retarded do you have to be to cut yourself on these things? They literally exist so the most autistic FAS halfbrained drooling fucktard prep wagie can slice vegetables quickly without hurting themselves. I'm pretty sure I've seen picrel use one competently jfc op
Some foods aren’t really suited to mandolines, but there isn’t really any good alternative for thin slices. My worst mandoline cut was from trying to thinly slice a cooked leftover steak for a steak sandwich. It’s not like I have a deli slicer lying around.
Ever heard of knives?
Go slice a potato as thinly as you can with a knife and show us a photo, anon.
Then tell us how long it took.
I'm still not the OP, retard.
>I'd rather end up in the hospital's ER than take my time cutting potatoes
Got it.
That's pretty dumb to say, a knife can cut just as well as a mandoline, arguably even better because you can slice instead of just the chopping motion you have to use with a mandoline.
Not that anon, but I did this for you and it took a few seconds.
Whole thing took about 40 seconds. All the slices I fucked up (2 that are too thick + the end and about 10-15 that aren't through the whole potato) are in the top left.
That’s fine for small quantities, but not for bulk. It’s like opting to use a broom instead of a vacuum cleaner.
Most people at home are only going to be working in small quantities though anon.
erm what is doing meal prep type shit in large batches??
>you slice 5 potatoes instead of 1
That's still a small batch.
ok fatty
I know it can be done. I just have a feeling the retard I was actually talking to can't do it.
The great thing about mandolines is that you can make almost any damn idiot slice a shitload of very thin and very consistent slices with minimal training. Hence my earlier comment about how blades are expensive but linecooks are cheap. If he cuts himself you just drag in a new guy from the street and slap a hairnet on him.
It’s basically not possible to slice a steak paper thin with a chef’s knife.
You can. It just has to be frozen.
Just keep some fresh clay in the kitchen to pack the wound with for future reference
This thing looks fucking stupid, just use a knife.
I don't blame you. I cut middle three fingers with a potato peeler while making spears as a kid. Still have the scar 20 years later. I wouldn't say I'm fearful of using one but I think I can go the rest of my life without using a potato peeler. It is just a dumb kitchen gadget. use something else, who cares.
I use a ceramic one which seems to miraculously avoid cutting flesh.
>use hand guard
>cut the remaining stubby piece yourself
these are two foolproof ways not to lose chunks of various body parts to your satanic mandoline
If you want to make chips you can use a peeler to slice the potato.