— I think I can do stuff with it that I can’t do with my mandoline.—
I bought my wife one of these:
http://www.oxo.com/p-896-steel-chefs-mandoline-slicer.aspx
It was about one week before she got her hand in it. Hand still looking pretty rough. It looks like road rash. Poor baby.
Most amazon orders 35 bucks or more ship free. I forgot to click free shipping..d'oh.
I've never cut myself on the mandoline. I know someone who cut the entire tip of their index finger off on one..yowsa, they now have a shortened trigger finger.
Like all bad kitties, I don't use that safety holder thing with my mandoline. I use the flat of my palm. I use it a lot for julienning stuff (the mandoline, not my palm).
I, too, am a kitchen gadget junkie. I have an electric mandoline, too, but like so many gadgets, it's a pain in the rear to clean all the parts after use.
Here's what sold me on the zoodle thingy: zoodles and meatballs