The Mandoline (cooking version)

[lindsay]

I bought a new mandolin for slicing stuff recently, and had occasion to christen it today to slice some charcuterie (salami) to go into a pasta dish I was knocking up for lunch. Needless to say, I also sliced off a bit of finger, and it bled like hell and even now a couple of hours later it's stinging like bu88ery, with a dressing of cotton wool, bandage and loads of tape making my little finger look like something that's been bandaged by a buffoon.

I knew I would do this at some point, I watched Clarkson do it on his program too, but I bought it anyway as I like smoked meats. Now I'm thinking I probably shouldn't buy that table saw I fancy...

Just sharing, not looking for sympathy (not that I'd expect it - Her Indoors said "I told you so" more than once, after expressing concern about the blood on the floor of the kitchen being a mess that I need to wipe up once I've finished being stupid!

 

[munch]

Mandolin's the devils kitchen tool.

 

[Nod]

Sympathy can (almost) always be found between a crude term for stools and an STD in the dictionary!

Mrs Nod keeps hiding our mandoline at the back of the cupboard and I can't watch people using them on TV without the safety holder thingy! I have a very sharp knife which slices thinner than the mandoline and in the loft, we have (I think we still have it!) a proper meat slicer that was used when Mrs Nod used to do a lot of catering and it was far cheaper to buy unsliced meat for buffets.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Now I'm thinking I probably shouldn't buy that table saw I fancy...

My brother lost 2 fingers and a section of bone from his left thumb thanks to being careless (he was sleepy after a night looking after their grandson) AFTER he had finished cutting a piece on his table saw, back in the spring. It's still painful, taking a long time to heal.

You probably don't want a table saw.

And here's a picture of my own from early October - no need for fancy equipment, just a freshly honed paring knife.

 

[Nod]

Oops!

Having done very similar to what Toni did about 45 years ago, I'm quite careful with sharp implements. Half tempted by a mail glove for my left hand but I'm not sure it would grip onions and the like well enough.

 

[F1.2]

My unit has a finger guard , Like this



Just noticed the black handle is not on the top part were the 2 round pins are , I do have it and it is now glued on.

 

[Nod]

Dug ours out to have a look and it's a V-Slicer which has a finger guard. TBH, if there's enough stuff to need slicing that the mandoline's worth getting out of the cupboard, I'll use the food processor's disk!

 

[lindsay]

Mine does have a finger guard, but it doesn't really work with a long thin sausage-shaped smoked meat. The slicer works really well though on sausage-shaped things, including fingers.

 

[F1.2]

Cut the sausage into 4 pieces then slice with the finger guard in place.

 

[Nod]

Sorry for the laugh, Lindsay - it's with you rather than at, I promise!

 

[Steep]

I bought a new mandolin for slicing stuff recently, and had occasion to christen it today to slice some charcuterie (salami) to go into a pasta dish I was knocking up for lunch. Needless to say, I also sliced off a bit of finger, and it bled like hell and even now a couple of hours later it's stinging like bu88ery, with a dressing of cotton wool, bandage and loads of tape making my little finger look like something that's been bandaged by a buffoon.

I knew I would do this at some point, I watched Clarkson do it on his program too, but I bought it anyway as I like smoked meats. Now I'm thinking I probably shouldn't buy that table saw I fancy...

Just sharing, not looking for sympathy (not that I'd expect it - Her Indoors said "I told you so" more than once, after expressing concern about the blood on the floor of the kitchen being a mess that I need to wipe up once I've finished being stupid!

I have one, it came with a couple of different holders to keep your hands out of the way. You can also buy quite cheaply protective gloves, the kind that stop a knife cutting you if you hold the blade.

 

[Steep]

My brother lost 2 fingers and a section of bone from his left thumb thanks to being careless (he was sleepy after a night looking after their grandson) AFTER he had finished cutting a piece on his table saw, back in the spring. It's still painful, taking a long time to heal.

You probably don't want a table saw.

And here's a picture of my own from early October - no need for fancy equipment, just a freshly honed paring knife.

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don't know if you know but you can stick the finger tip back on using butterfly plasters. My long deceased mother was forever cutting her finger tips off by sticking her hands in a washing basin with knives in it. She would just fish the bit out, rinse it off and stick it back on with a plaster.

 

[ancient_mariner]

don't know if you know but you can stick the finger tip back on using butterfly plasters. My long deceased mother was forever cutting her finger tips off by sticking her hands in a washing basin with knives in it. She would just fish the bit out, rinse it off and stick it back on with a plaster.

We did it for my wife, wo snipped off the end of her finger with secateurs, but in this case I just binned it, wrapped the thumb because I was at the start of making dinner, and kept cooking.