Swissmar Borner V-1001 V-Slicer Plus Mandoline 6 Piece Set
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: BornerBrand: Borner
Model: V-1001
Product features:
- Set includes tough ABS plastic frame, food safety holder, 3 blade inserts, and storage caddy with locking clip
- Includes 7mm blade, 3.5mm blade, and thick/thin reversible slicing blade; slice different thicknesses, julienne, or shred
- Made in Germany, surgical-grade stainless-steel blades are incredibly sharp and snap in and out of base with 1 easy movement
- Ambidextrous Food Safety holder provides complete protection; prongs hold food while guard protects hands
- Protective storage caddy safely holds all components while not in use; easy to clean; rinse under running water after use
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Swissmar Borner V-1001 V-Slicer Plus Mandoline 6 Piece Set
Customer Review: V-slicer Changed Our Lives -- Seriously!
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy it Now. Right NOW. I'm not kidding.
This kitchen tool replaces at least a half dozen separate cooking/prep gadgets you've got but does even more, better, and way way faster. I mean, I'd actually choose it over my dishwasher and while that may be extreme, I believe that anybody who tried both, like me, would prefer the V-slicer to those $100 and up stainless steel mandolins (except aesthetically, of course).
Rather than a disadvantage, switching from one slicing unit or attachment to another is easier than adjusting and readjusting your mandolin for different thicknesses and or foods (once you get the hang of sliding them in and out, which was so simple it took me a while). Plus there's less rinsing off in between. Plus you and your v-slicing husband or wife or lover can work it so you both V-slice at the same time!
I have two additional Borner pieces apart from the package I'm reviewing, not that you need them, but they're fun to have and all together take up only a bit more space than a quart-sized milk carton. And you'll make excuses to use them all!
I don't dare put mine in the dishwasher because my husband and I snack a LOT as do our dogs and we almost always want it again before the cycle's through!
First thing you'll do is probably start making real French Fries, because in five minutes at most a whole bag of Idahos is ready to dump into the deep fryer and they'll be delicious. Then you'll do it again. And again. But eventually you'll be out of potatoes and have to use the V-Slicer for something else, at which point, your health and looks take a radical turn toward the better.
Who knew uncooked but long-in-the-tooth leftover holiday sweet potatoes taste like heaven raw if you grate them? Oh my God, I had nothing to bring to a dinner party, the liquor store was closed, no leftover Christmas presents or wrapping paper but I rooted around the kitchen and found these sweet potatoes and:
macintosh apples
really really too dried coconut from a health food store bin.
walnuts, ginger, olive oil, a fresh lemon, Mongolian fire sauce which we'd never used before (tastes like chile oil), Olive oil (I didn't have coconut oil)and xylitol, aka birch sugar, which tastes just like sugar and is safe in any quantity for pregnant women and children under two, even.
The process took under ten minutes, maybe under five and hot damn, the other guests at dinner couldn't get enough, asked what was in it, treating me like some kind of Julia Child.
Which my husband thought was funny, as he'd have eaten frosted wheat that night as he has on many other nights, if we hadn't been invited out.
Except no more frosted wheat! A lot less take-out! WAY WAY less meat! And our can opener can practically retire! In fact, we're at least fifty percent raw food and the dogs may be 90 per cent (granted, maybe a third of their 90 percent is meat, but it's raw meat, since we did a bit of research on raw food diets for pets).
Not only the dogs meals but our meals cost less partly because prepared foods are pricey, partly because we find we like different foods, partly because there's less waste as you don't leave stuff that's so much fun and so quick to 'slice' in the refrigerator to go bad.
Granted, we ate lots of junk before as I rarely took time to cook but even if you still eat sit down dinners you'll almost certainly get healther, feel better and look younger (I think -- hard to tell as nobody's going to tell you different and nobody thinks they look their actual age). However:
My wonderful huge pit-bull mix Tony's huge plaque build up which the vet was going to remove under anesthesia, GONE, and God knows we didn't brush his teeth! And wait, there's more!
Elvis, our other mutt who looked like Wily Coyote with a hangover, was mistaken on the street for some kind of fancy pedigreed Belgian herder dog by two different unrelated people!
He had been chronically underweight before, now he's got this great big massive chest which I wish would happen to me, but so far all I've grown is more hair, lots more -- on my head. And it's not fine anymore. Which is weird as I'm 46 and it was thin, not think before. Although I'd still rather have boobs. But at least they probably look younger than they did, presuming the rest of my body does, as I strongly suspect, but cannot prove scientifically.
You be the judge: Click HERE for a photo-gallery)
Just KIDDING!
But no kidding about the V-slicer. No matter how many kitchen gadgets you've bought and don't use, THIS KITCHEN GADGET IS IT!!!
I mean, I take mine with me, when I travel out of town now and can't wait to go to Europe with it. Stick the V-slicer, a few bucks worth of bounty from the local market, a bottle of olive oil (and/or wine) in your backpack and you've got a delicious meal to take hiking that won't slow you down coming back!
This may sound absurd, but when I do go, I'll probably hit Germany now, largely because that's where the Borner company which makes the V-slicer is made and they probably have other models and attachments they don't sell on export which I could get on a factory tour. Provided the factory's not too out of the way and the line's not too long, like it was at the Vatican.
Description of Swissmar Borner V-1001 V-Slicer Plus Mandoline 6 Piece Set
It all started in 1956 when Alfred Börner, a toolmaker by profession, started the business manufacturing an onion cutter. This cutter was made of wood with four razor-sharp blades bent in such a way to make cutting onions into cubes easy work. This one invention sparked many more, and product demand increased worldwide. Börner has become a well established company over the last 50 years, producing state of the art kitchen tools in Germany. They manufacture the finest quality vegetable slicers and mandolins on the market today and are leaders in design and technology. From the V-Slicer® Plus to the Combi-Chef? and Veg' Art Prep Tool, Börner products help add creativity to any gourmet meal. For specific food preparation styles, the Design Line Series was created in the late 1990?s. Beginning with the Thin Julienne Slicer to the latest V-Wave Waffle Slicer, the addition of these various individual slicers makes creating a culinary masterpiece an easy and enjoyable task. You too can prepare foods like a professional, with safe and simple to use Börner products. The V-Slicer Plus Mandoline is made of durable ABS plastic with German surgical grade stainless steel blades. 7mm and 3.5mm blades will julienne or shred cuts; slicing insert will cut thick or thin slices. The ambidextrous Food Safety Holder has a serrated edge to safely push food off slicer, requires very little pressure. Steel pins grip most sizes and shapes of produce to create even slices every time. The caddy with safety clip offers easy storage. Easy to clean; rinse under hot or cold running water immediately after use.An inexpensive alternative to a professional stainless-steel mandoline, this device makes it possible to quickly, uniformly, and safely slice and julienne vegetables and fruits. It also shreds cabbage and neatly dices potatoes, tomatoes, and onions. For safety, a holder firmly grips food with stainless-steel prongs so fingers are protected from the German surgical-steel blades, and the three inserts accompanying the device lock in position. The inserts act as a guide for slicing against the V-frame's knife that reverses to create slices either 1/4-inch or 1/16-inch thick and two julienne inserts for creating 1/8-inch or 3/8-inch strips. For storage, the V-frame, all three inserts, and the safety holder fit into a caddy that can stand upright on the counter, lie flat in a drawer, or hang on the wall. Made of rugged plastic, the device measures 15 inches long and 6 inches wide when assembled for storage. --Fred Brack
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