Comments on: Apple first aid http://verybigblog.com/2002/11/30/apple-first-aid/ Helping Clog Up The Internet Since 2002 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The Fingerless One http://verybigblog.com/2002/11/30/apple-first-aid/#comment-678 The Fingerless One Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:22:06 +0000 http://verybigblog.com/?p=532#comment-678 Mandolins are the work of the Dark One. They seduce you by doing the work they were designed for exceptionally well and very fast. But unless you always (and I mean always!) approach your cooking with Spock-like concentration and inner calm, you will gradually shave your fingers down to their stumps. Non Vulcans should consign these to the trash can where they belong. There was a very funny sequence in a TV program by one of the UK's celebrity chefs who actually knows how to cook (Rick Stein). In the first section he explained how useful these devices were and how you must always take great care with them. Then there was a shot showing him unintentionally adding his fingetips to the julienned carrots sauced with ripe expletives. The final shot was of the mandolin rattling inside a metal dustbin. A good knife and knowing how to keep it's edge, allied with practice is the true and (I'm afraid) only way. This is written by me from bitter experience. James Mandolins are the work of the Dark One. They seduce you by doing the work they were designed for exceptionally well and very fast. But unless you always (and I mean always!) approach your cooking with Spock-like concentration and inner calm, you will gradually shave your fingers down to their stumps. Non Vulcans should consign these to the trash can where they belong.

There was a very funny sequence in a TV program by one of the UK’s celebrity chefs who actually knows how to cook (Rick Stein). In the first section he explained how useful these devices were and how you must always take great care with them. Then there was a shot showing him unintentionally adding his fingetips to the julienned carrots sauced with ripe expletives. The final shot was of the mandolin rattling inside a metal dustbin. A good knife and knowing how to keep it’s edge, allied with practice is the true and (I’m afraid) only way.

This is written by me from bitter experience.

James

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