Mandoline or Knife?

Katra said:

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

OT: I looked at the picture, and thought I'd back up the URL to see if
I could find the starting page for your site. I ended up with just a
directory of JPG's, and no html, but I saw some beautiful art work
there. Do you do those yourself? They are fantastic! The first one
I saw was the sunrise. What are they - massaged digital photos,
graphic-art type stuff or what?

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

gman said:

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:01:07 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>In article <[email hidden]>,
>Katra <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>>I looked and looked and could NOT find a picture of my rotary
>>grater/slicer... but I like it better for speed cutting or course
>>grating (or fine grating since it has 6 different barrels) pretty much
>>any veggie!
>
>(snip)
>
>>Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for "rotary
>>slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4 pages of each. :-P
>
>Sounds like a Mouli grater. Did you put that (Mouli) into the search?

Sounds like a food mill, though never actually used one, just saw it
online.

Two very different tools. Food mills don't grate, they process food by
pressing it through various sized holes... graters process food by
teasing/shredding/tearing/abrading.... rotary graters employ variously
configured barrels from course to fine and some slice at various
thicknesses. Mouli is the name of a company, they make food mills and
other kitchen gadgetry, they make a rotary grater too. There are tons
of hits for <rotary grater>, from many manufacturers, OXO seems to be
popular, even found pictures of a Mouli rotary grater... someone
doesn't know how to search, or didn't really.

Sheldon

I did a lot of searching Sheldong sweetie... ;-)

And I did not find anything REMOTELY like this!

Most "rotary graters" turned up little bitty cheap assed hand tools made
with a plastic barrel that did not clamp to the counter.

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

It ain't no Mouli grater! Mouli graters don't clamp to the counter and
are way too tiny to do any real work. I can do whole carrots, onions,
spuds, cabbage quarters, etc. in this thing. A lousy Mouli is only good
for cheese as far as I can tell!

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?
This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally leave it out as
it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do most of my cooking
before I go to work for swing shifts. About the only thing it won't
slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have to be minced by hand. So
does garlic and fresh ginger root...

Thinking about switching to night shifts. ;-)

Maybe.

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for "rotary
>>> slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4 pages of
>>> each. :-P

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?
This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally leave it out
as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do most of my cooking
before I go to work for swing shifts. About the only thing it won't
slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have to be minced by hand. So
does garlic and fresh ginger root...

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

Best regards,
Bob

zxcvbob said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for "rotary
>>>> slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4 pages of
>>>> each. :-P

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?
This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally leave it out
as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do most of my cooking
before I go to work for swing shifts. About the only thing it won't
slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have to be minced by hand. So
does garlic and fresh ginger root...

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

Plainly and BOLDLY says "Health Craft".

Sheldon

zxcvbob provided:

Quoted message said:

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

The manufacturer of that grater apparently no longer makes the tripod stand,
their web site shows only a model with a single big suction cup. But the
item on eBay WITH the tripod stand looks just like the one my mother had
(except I'm pretty sure hers didn't have the "Health Craft" logo on it). I
believe it was given to her as a wedding present in 1948. (Now I'm curious
as to how old the item on eBay is.)

Bob

Katra, the brand you have may no longer be in production. I know of two that
are curently made, the first is King Cutter:

http://tinyurl.com/9vwza

The second is Saladmaster

http://tinyurl.com/bdd7o

HTH

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Katra wrote on 12 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them
anymore? This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally
leave it out as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do
most of my cooking before I go to work for swing shifts. About the
only thing it won't slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have
to be minced by hand. So does garlic and fresh ginger root...

Thinking about switching to night shifts. ;-)

Maybe.

http://www.healthcraft.com/ modernized version.

--
It's not a question of where he grips it!
It's a simple question of weight ratios!

A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Katra said:

Most "rotary graters" turned up little bitty cheap assed hand tools made
with a plastic barrel that did not clamp to the counter.

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

Quoted message said:

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?

Looks like the Kitchen-Aid Food Processor attachment for a KA mixer. I
used to have it. Now they call it a slicer shredder. The second link
shows how it attaches to the front of a KA stand mixer.
http://store.yahoo.com/buyitnow64/kiaidroslsha.html
http://www.goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?id=123&pid=4958&step=4
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 6/6/05 Sam I Am!
June 25, 1945: Me and Carly Simon. I wonder if she makes jam.
(It's not too early to shop -- good chocolate and cheap gin.
Or is it cheap chocolate and good gin? I never
remember. No jam--coal to Newcastle and all that. "-)

Wayne Boatwright said:

Katra, the brand you have may no longer be in production. I know of two that
are curently made, the first is King Cutter:

http://tinyurl.com/9vwza

We had one of these in one of the restaurants I bought back a couple
decades ago. It had been a mama-papa operation with everything made from
scratch, and usually by hand. We mechanized these processes to suit our
increased business with essentially the same thing mounted on our Hobart
mixers, but still did everything from scratch.

The units are heavy-duty, tough and durable.

Quoted message said:

The second is Saladmaster

http://tinyurl.com/bdd7o

This is more designed for home use and not as substantially built. For
lighter-duty use.

Pastorio

In article <[email hidden]>,

Gabby said:

"Katra" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

Well, I don't know what it's called but it took me back in time to Mom's
pickle making days. Our neighbour owned one of these and Mom put it to good
use each time she made her bread and butter pickles.

Gabby

It is a cool tool! :-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

(AlleyGator) said:

Katra said:

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

OT: I looked at the picture, and thought I'd back up the URL to see if
I could find the starting page for your site. I ended up with just a
directory of JPG's, and no html, but I saw some beautiful art work
there. Do you do those yourself? They are fantastic! The first one
I saw was the sunrise. What are they - massaged digital photos,
graphic-art type stuff or what?

Why thank you! :-)

I take it the one you are commenting on was "Dawn Miracle"?

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/DawnMiracle.jpg

That was a digital photo that I took at dawn on the way home from work
one day, then tweaked it using photoshop filters and multiple overlays.

The next one in line was "Dragon dreams" and the background started out
as an orchid, heavily filtered then I overlayed the dragon and faded it
in, then gave it it's final effects with a starscape filter and
photoshops lens flare filter.

Digital art is one of my many hobbies. <lol>

Most of the artwork I do is from digital photos with photoshop CS-8.0
and a couple of added aftermarket filter sets.
It's a lot of fun and I am on a binaries art list on usenet as well.

I have quite a bit more but cannot put it all there. That index is used
primarily for my ebay inventory, and I only rent 10 megs as Century
charges $1.00 per month per MEG and won't compromise and sell me a large
block. As you know, that's assinine for webspace so I'm looking to
purchase a larger block from another server, then put up a gallery.

Thank you for looking! You just made my day! :-)

--
K.

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Quoted message said:

,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katraatcenturyteldotnet>,,<

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&include=0&userid=katra

In article <[email hidden]>,

zxcvbob said:

Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

Wow. I did not know that kitchenaid had a food processor attachment!
I'll have to check that out and send one to my sister for her birthday.
I bought them a kitchenaid as a wedding gift!

Since I just cook for two people, it'd be silly to get one for mine. :-)

Thanks for the update!
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

Katra said:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

gman wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:01:07 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <[email hidden]>, Katra
>> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> I looked and looked and could NOT find a picture of my rotary
>>> grater/slicer... but I like it better for speed cutting or course
>>> grating (or fine grating since it has 6 different barrels)
>>> pretty much any veggie!
>> (snip)
>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for
>>> "rotary slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4
>>> pages of each. :-P
>>
>> Sounds like a Mouli grater. Did you put that (Mouli) into the
>> search?
>
> Sounds like a food mill, though never actually used one, just saw
> it online.

Two very different tools. Food mills don't grate, they process food
by pressing it through various sized holes... graters process food
by teasing/shredding/tearing/abrading.... rotary graters employ
variously configured barrels from course to fine and some slice at
various thicknesses. Mouli is the name of a company, they make
food mills and other kitchen gadgetry, they make a rotary grater
too. There are tons of hits for <rotary grater>, from many
manufacturers, OXO seems to be popular, even found pictures of a
Mouli rotary grater... someone doesn't know how to search, or
didn't really.

Sheldon

I did a lot of searching Sheldong sweetie... ;-)

And I did not find anything REMOTELY like this!

Most "rotary graters" turned up little bitty cheap assed hand tools
made
with a plastic barrel that did not clamp to the counter.

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

It ain't no Mouli grater! Mouli graters don't clamp to the counter
and
are way too tiny to do any real work. I can do whole carrots, onions,
spuds, cabbage quarters, etc. in this thing. A lousy Mouli is only
good
for cheese as far as I can tell!

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?

You wouldn't be talking about a food mill?

Debbie

In article <[email hidden]>,

zxcvbob said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for "rotary
>>>> slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4 pages of
>>>> each. :-P

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?
This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally leave it out
as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do most of my cooking
before I go to work for swing shifts. About the only thing it won't
slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have to be minced by hand. So
does garlic and fresh ginger root...

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

Best regards,
Bob

Hah! Found it, thanks!
But still only on ebay... <lol>

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387071748

It's a King Cutter Saladmaster!
Doing a search for rotary food slicers worked rather than graters.
This DOES have a slicing barrel.

Cheers! :-)
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

zxcvbob said:

Quoted message said:

>>>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for "rotary
>>>>> slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4 pages of
>>>>> each. :-P
>
> http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg
>
>
> So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?
> This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally leave it out
> as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do most of my cooking
> before I go to work for swing shifts. About the only thing it won't
> slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have to be minced by hand. So
> does garlic and fresh ginger root...
>

I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one -- maybe
on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid mixer looks
just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and attaches to the
power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always thought they would
be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or sauerkraut, etc. because you
wouldn't have to keep emptying the bowl like with a Cuisinart.

Bob

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

Plainly and BOLDLY says "Health Craft".

Sheldon

I looked at their website:

http://www.healthcraft.com/

Looks like they still make theirs, but it does not clamp to the counter.
It attaches by suction.

Not sure I'd like that as well! :-)
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

Monsur Fromage du Pollet said:

Quoted message said:

Katra wrote on 12 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them
anymore? >>>

http://www.healthcraft.com/ modernized version.

That looks more like a modern version of what I called a food mill. It
clamped to the table.. certainly wasn't as pretty as this one, or the
picture that Katra posted. However in the short video clip it had the same
action as mine. Mine was very old, and very heavy (If my memory isn't
playing tricks on me I am thinking it was made of cast iron). Not made by
Health Craft. Gave it away years ago when I knew I wouldn't be doing the
pickling, preserve things as much as I used to.

Debbie

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob' virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

zxcvbob provided:

Quoted message said:

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a clamp:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track down
the manufacturer. HTH :-)

The manufacturer of that grater apparently no longer makes the tripod stand,
their web site shows only a model with a single big suction cup. But the
item on eBay WITH the tripod stand looks just like the one my mother had
(except I'm pretty sure hers didn't have the "Health Craft" logo on it). I
believe it was given to her as a wedding present in 1948. (Now I'm curious
as to how old the item on eBay is.)

Bob

Are there any websites on Vintage food slicers? ;-)

I do have some vintage stuff. one is a twim bladed pastry cutter that
belonged to my Great Grandmother. It's well over 100 years old now and
still in excellent condition! Many of my kitchen knives are also over 40
years old and belonged to my parents. 'course dad is still here (thank
the gods).

It's amazing just how long kitchen items last if you take good care of
them! I consider most cooking purchases to be a lifetime investment, so
don't mind paying a little extra for something good as long as it's not
overpriced "hype". I don't like paying for a name if it does not mean
anything!

I'll make exceptions for "griswold" tho'. <lol>

In article <[email hidden]>,

Monsur Fromage du Pollet said:

Katra wrote on 12 Jun 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them
anymore? This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally
leave it out as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do
most of my cooking before I go to work for swing shifts. About the
only thing it won't slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have
to be minced by hand. So does garlic and fresh ginger root...

Thinking about switching to night shifts. ;-)

Maybe.

http://www.healthcraft.com/ modernized version.

Yes, I saw that. Thanks! :-)

It's a 5 barrel food slicer as opposed to a rotary grater.
I was doing the wrong searches!

Cheers!
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

In article <[email hidden]>,

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Katra said:

Most "rotary graters" turned up little bitty cheap assed hand tools made
with a plastic barrel that did not clamp to the counter.

I finally have a pic uploaded to webspace:

http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg

Quoted message said:

So, what is it officially called now and do they make them anymore?

Looks like the Kitchen-Aid Food Processor attachment for a KA mixer. I
used to have it. Now they call it a slicer shredder. The second link
shows how it attaches to the front of a KA stand mixer.
http://store.yahoo.com/buyitnow64/kiaidroslsha.html
http://www.goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?id=123&pid=4958&step=4

Mmm... I bookmarked that for a birthday gift for my sister, thanks!
I don't do enough food prep to justify another kitchen aid attachment.
;-)

Cheers!
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

On Sun 12 Jun 2005 08:50:15a, Katra wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

zxcvbob said:

>>>>>> Anyone know what this device might be called? I googled for
>>>>>> "rotary slicer" and "rotary grater" but gave up after about 4
>>>>>> pages of each. :-P
>>
>> http://home.centurytel.net/Katraslink/RotaryGrater.jpg
>>
>>
>> So, what is it officially called now and do they make them
>> anymore? This tool is very old and I love the thing! I generally
>> leave it out as it's a huge time saver in the mornings when I do
>> most of my cooking before I go to work for swing shifts. About the
>> only thing it won't slice is meat and any fresh herbs still have
>> to be minced by hand. So does garlic and fresh ginger root...
>>
>
>
> I've seen those before, but I don't know where you'd find one --
> maybe on eBay. The food processor attachment for a KitchenAid
> mixer looks just like that (with a plastic housing, I think) and
> attaches to the power take-off on the front of the mixer. I always
> thought they would be great for making a *lot* of coleslaw or
> sauerkraut, etc. because you wouldn't have to keep emptying the
> bowl like with a Cuisinart.
>
> Bob

I found one on eBay, with little suction cup feet rather than a
clamp: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4387008156

It looks new, maybe you can gleen enough info from the ad to track
down the manufacturer. HTH :-)

Plainly and BOLDLY says "Health Craft".

Sheldon

I looked at their website:

http://www.healthcraft.com/

Looks like they still make theirs, but it does not clamp to the counter.
It attaches by suction.

Not sure I'd like that as well! :-)

As I posted in the original thread, King Cutter still makes theirs, and
makes both clamp-on and suction feet models. King Cutter and Saladmaster
are not related companies, but have a similar appliance.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974