Slicing Magic



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Launa

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This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
posted, so here goes.

When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced
it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?

Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
fool you, they too, will slice.

Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of strawberries,
you will have strawberry spit all over the counter,
backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do this IN THE SINK
not on the counter. Actually, the slices are so prefect that
the clean-up was worth it.

What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
mushrooms, olives?

What else???
 
"LaUna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
> posted, so here
goes.
>
> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and
> sliced it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty
> wonderful, huh?
>
> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
> fool you, they too, will slice.
>
> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of
> strawberries, you will have strawberry spit all over the
> counter, backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do
> this IN THE SINK not on the counter. Actually, the
> slices are so prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>
> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
> mushrooms,
olives?
>
> What else???

Weird, I was in a store last week and saw this cleverly
disguised contraption and had to ask what it was - an egg
slicer. I might have thought more than twice about buying
it if I'd known all the other stuff it could have sliced.

Thanks for the tip.

Elaine
 
"LaUna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
> posted, so here
goes.
>
> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced
> it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?
>
> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
> fool you, they too, will slice.
>
> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of strawberries,
> you will have strawberry spit all over the counter,
> backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do this IN THE
> SINK not on the counter. Actually, the slices are so
> prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>
> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
> mushrooms,
olives?
>
> What else???
>

That's funny. Just this past weekend I decided not to buy an
egg slicer while I was in a kitchen gadget store because I
didn't think I'd use it. Now I think I'll grab one next time
that I am there.

Jessica
 
I use a mandoline when I have a lot of stuff to slice,
typically cucumber salad or maybe cole slaw for a party.
But, if there isn't that much, I really enjoy slicing with a
nice, sharp knife.

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"LaUna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
> posted, so here
goes.
>
> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced
> it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?
>
> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
> fool you, they too, will slice.
>
> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of strawberries,
> you will have strawberry spit all over the counter,
> backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do this IN THE
> SINK not on the counter. Actually, the slices are so
> prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>
> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
> mushrooms,
olives?
>
> What else???
 
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:58:09 -0600, LaUna
<[email protected]> wrote:

>This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
>posted, so here goes.
>
>When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
>stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and
>sliced it
...
>What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
>mushrooms, olives?

"Maybe even eggs"? It's *already* and egg slicer. I would
assume you could do eggs with it.

-sw
 
I actually bought a mushroom slicer - same overall concept
as an egg slicer, only the cup where the egg would sit is
mushroom shaped. In retrospect, I kind of wish I'd gotten
an egg slicer, because you can't really do eggs in the
mushroom slicer.

Live and learn, I guess. Then go buy an egg slicer :) -jen
Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright
 
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:58:09 -0600, LaUna
<[email protected]> arranged random neurons, so they looked
like this:

>This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
>posted, so here goes.
>
>When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
>stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced
>it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?

<snippidy>

OMG! I could just *scream*! I have used an egg slicer
forEVER and only used it for <head slapping> slicing eggs! I
am an idiot! Whyinhell did I never think of using this for
mushrooms? What a great idea! Thank you for passing this on!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"
 
Terry Pulliam Burd <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> OMG! I could just *scream*! I have used an egg slicer
> forEVER and only used it for <head slapping> slicing eggs!
> I am an idiot! Whyinhell did I never think of using this
> for mushrooms? What a great idea! Thank you for passing
> this on!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
>
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
> had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
> been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
> good dinner." Anonymous.
>
> To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"
>
>

You need a sturdy steel egg slicer...Mushrooms will
eventually destroy a plastic slicer.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on
nothing but food and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.
 
LaUna wrote:

> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
> posted, so here goes.
>
> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and sliced
> it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty wonderful, huh?
>
> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
> fool you, they too, will slice.
>
> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of strawberries,
> you will have strawberry spit all over the counter,
> backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do this IN THE
> SINK not on the counter. Actually, the slices are so
> prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>
> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
> mushrooms, olives?
>
> What else???

Actually, I'm planning to use my egg slicer to slice cooked
beets for pickled beets. Edrena.
 
The Joneses <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> LaUna wrote:
>
>> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
>> posted, so here goes.
>>
>> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
>> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and
>> sliced it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty
>> wonderful, huh?
>>
>> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
>> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
>> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant ones
>> fool you, they too, will slice.
>>
>> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of
>> strawberries, you will have strawberry spit all over the
>> counter, backsplash, window and your clothes. So, do this
>> IN THE SINK not on the counter. Actually, the slices are
>> so prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
>>
>> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
>> mushrooms, olives?
>>
>> What else???
>
> Actually, I'm planning to use my egg slicer to slice
> cooked beets for pickled beets. Edrena.

That works great. I've done that several times. Grapes,
however, will squish and just make a mess.

I also have a "butter slicer" that takes a standard 1/4 lb.
"stick" of butter. I use that for slicing bananas.

Wayne
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Wayne Boatwright <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Joneses <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > LaUna wrote:
> >
> >> This may be old to some of you but I've never seen it
> >> posted, so here goes.
> >>
> >> When I was watching the Good Eats man, Alton Brown?, he
> >> stuck a mushroom in an old-fashioned egg slicer and
> >> sliced it just as pretty as you pleased. Pretty
> >> wonderful, huh?
> >>
> >> Wait, that's not all. For no extra charge, you get (my
> >> idea), sliced strawberries!! I sliced two pints of
> >> strawberries in no time at all. Don't let the giant
> >> ones fool you, they too, will slice.
> >>
> >> Warning!! After you have sliced two pints of
> >> strawberries, you will have strawberry spit all over
> >> the counter, backsplash, window and your clothes. So,
> >> do this IN THE SINK not on the counter. Actually, the
> >> slices are so prefect that the clean-up was worth it.
> >>
> >> What next? Grapes? Bananas? Maybe even eggs? Certainly
> >> mushrooms, olives?
> >>
> >> What else???
> >
> > Actually, I'm planning to use my egg slicer to slice
> > cooked beets for pickled beets. Edrena.
>
> That works great. I've done that several times. Grapes,
> however, will squish and just make a mess.
>
> I also have a "butter slicer" that takes a standard 1/4
> lb. "stick" of butter. I use that for slicing bananas.
>
> Wayne

Why do you want to slice grapes? :-o They are already
bite sized...

K the curious?

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In rec.food.cooking, Katra <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why do you want to slice grapes? :-o They are already bite
> sized...

When I make a fruit salad, I always slice the grapes in half
to release the juice. Indeed, I find fruit salad with
unsliced grapes to be amateurish. YMMV.

--
...I'm an air-conditioned gypsy...

- The Who
 
"Terry Pulliam Burd" wrote in message > >This may be old to
some of you but I've never seen it posted, so here goes.
> >

> OMG! I could just *scream*! I have used an egg slicer
> forEVER and only used it for <head slapping> slicing eggs!
> I am an idiot! Whyinhell did I never think of using this
> for mushrooms? What a great idea! Thank you for passing
> this on!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

That's OK, Terry - I just hit myself "upside the head", too.
My egg slicer is probably an antique. Now that I can branch
out - I wonder how it would work on small, firm tomatoes?
(Reminder to me: go and find a small, firm tomato.) Or maybe
they'd squish.

Dora
 
"limey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" wrote in message > >This may be old
> to some of you
but
> I've never seen it posted, so here goes.
> > >
>
> > OMG! I could just *scream*! I have used an egg slicer
> > forEVER and only used it for <head slapping> slicing
> > eggs! I am an idiot! Whyinhell did I never think of
> > using this for mushrooms? What a great idea! Thank you
> > for passing this on!
> >
> > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
>
> That's OK, Terry - I just hit myself "upside the head",
> too. My egg
slicer
> is probably an antique. Now that I can branch out - I
> wonder how it would work on small, firm tomatoes?
> (Reminder to me: go and find a small, firm tomato.) Or
> maybe they'd squish.
>
> Dora
>
>

My guess is that they'd squish. Anyone care to wager?

kili
 
"kilikini" wrote in message >

"limey" wrote in message
> > >
> > "Terry Pulliam Burd" wrote in message
> > >
> > > OMG! I could just *scream*! I have used an egg slicer
> > > forEVER and only used it for <head slapping> slicing
> > > eggs! I am an idiot! Whyinhell did I never think of
> > > using this for mushrooms? What a great idea! Thank you
> > > for passing this on!
> > >
> > > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
> >
> > That's OK, Terry - I just hit myself "upside the head",
> > too. My egg
> slicer
> > is probably an antique. Now that I can branch out - I
> > wonder how it
would
> > work on small, firm tomatoes? (Reminder to me: go and
> > find a small,
firm
> > tomato.) Or maybe they'd squish.
> >
> > Dora
> >
> >
>
> My guess is that they'd squish. Anyone care to wager?
>
> kili

Not I - I know how to quit while I'm ahead. I don't want my
nickel going down the drain!

Dora

Dora
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> In rec.food.cooking, Katra
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Why do you want to slice grapes? :-o They are already
> > bite sized...
>
> When I make a fruit salad, I always slice the grapes in
> half to release the juice. Indeed, I find fruit salad with
> unsliced grapes to be amateurish. YMMV.
>
>
I do the same thing with grape tomatoes when I add them
to a salad.
--
Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
hopes they are.
 
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