Joyce Chen 51-0662 Saladacco Spiral Slicer, White
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Joyce Chen 51-0662 Saladacco Spiral Slicer, White
Customer Review: Perfect for its purpose
Summary: 5 Stars
This is meant as a tool for making raw veggie "noodles" and it is perfect for this! I eat vegan and mostly raw, and this tool has opened up a whole new world for me. I've seen reviews where people have trouble using it. So, before I bought it I looked up some demos online, and then was able to use it just fine on the first try, with a combo of zucchini and daikon radish. For under $25 bucks (at the store where I picked mine up) I can easily create some great raw veggie dishes. It works fast and cleans up fast. It works best with a solid veggie that is straight (or cut to be so), you cut it to be a few inches long to fit in the device and can be up to a few inches in diameter. If you are interested in eating more raw, healthy veggies, in a unique presentation, give this a try!Customer Review: Save your money and avoid this!
Summary: 1 Stars
AA real disappointment, this spiral slicer is cheaply made and fails to perform reliably and adequately. It can be used best on large chunks of such vegetables as carrots, zucchini and cucumber, but forget about smaller or slender pieces, or small vegetables such as radishes, which it just can't seem to process at all. It also produces a great of waste. You also have to be careful that it doesn't come apart in your hands as you turn the crank. While it does (when you can get it to work) produce pretty strands and spirals (it has two different settings), its reliability and limitations make this a poor choice for the consumer. You'd be better off investing in a good-quality mandoline or a food processor (or purchasing an affordable Microplane grater).Customer Review: Saladacco spiral slicer
Summary: 1 Stars
I have to complain about this product. I've had mine about 6 months and purchased it specifically to make zucchini angel hair pasta....which is about the only use for this very cheap plastic item, and unfortuantely I paid in the $30 range. I used it tonight again, and yes there's a rediculous amount of Zucchini I end up using my grater for because of the limitations on the size of the piece this unit will hold. I've tried using this unit about 15 times and it's been a struggle every time, and tonight a piece of plastic in the upper turning unit broke. I plan on dumping this very poorly made item and investing in a substantial, and yes much more expensive, but reliable vegetable spiral unit. I do not recommend this to anyone.Customer Review: More Diverse than you Might Think
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to enhance food preparation for my experimentation with a raw foods diet.
I read the reviews on Amazon before purchasing and I am glad I bought it in spite of some reviews stating it's limitations.
I have found it to be an excellent tool for cutting raw beets (yum), daikon, cucumber, and zucchini.
I plan to try it on yams and carrots as well. Vegetables cut in a different way really do alter the taste.
Zucchini cut on this is a wonderful substitute for pasta, great for someone with celiac, someone watching
carbohydrates or calories. It has two settings, one that makes a continuous wider slice that looks ruffled and one that looks like vermicelli. I recommend this highly.
Customer Review: makes great potato nests
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this at a kitchen boutique and paid $30. Wow, that was not a good move.... It is cheaply made and looks like it will probably fall apart shortly. And what happens when the blades get dull ????
Its 1 redeeming feature is that it will make very thin potato strands which can be deep fried into tasty potato nests.... its an easy and interesting
addition to a plate of fried chicken or barbeque...
We tried to make potato chips and they were a disaster... either way too thin or they came out in a really odd shape...
I would suggest one of the other non plastic models .... and I learned it pays to do your homework on any product and not go for the impulse buy.