My first mandoline was given to me by a Korean man who was helping me try to learn to cook their food. He warned me that it was VERY dangerous, and to be careful
The first time I used it, I sliced off the tip of a finger.
Since then, I’ve bought one with a good guard - but still haven’t used it :-)
Cut the tip off my finger too. I was cutting cucumbers for pickles without the guard and the cake broke and my finger hit the blade. Thats why I have kevlar glove.
About that $5 mandolin I previously mentioned buying....use it only for shredding cabbage or lettuce...and thin slicing pickles or cukes length wise. The problem for me was having a lot thick ends left over from using the guard, which required knife work to finish. Not worth the extra effort when careful cleaning is added to the equation. Every one of my knives is straight razor sharp and I can cut thinner than the mandolin. Especially the cheap Aldi one which thin blades flexed too much.
I was watching the Olympics and using a mandolin. (I know very stupid.)
Sliced a side of my thumb off. ER sewed it backed up . Part of my thumb nail never grew back.
They say live and learn. I DID!
Do you have a Kimchi recipe?
Unemployed but I’m a food hoarder so have 2 full freezers and been in the process of using up stuff. (Spend about 20-30 bucks month on food) Have a bag of shredded frozen cabbage I need to use.