photo by cygnoir

As you can imagine, the knife tops the list of dangerous instruments in the kitchen. I have nicked my nails with this controversial instrument.  I always try to be careful when handling them. Not always lucky though but, I still have all digitalis in my hands. I was surprised to find out the hard way that a simple hand grater could be a menace to my fingers. Whenever I cook pasta and warm up bread I like to grate cheese on top of the dish. This makes everything look so pretty. I can’t by any means buy the already grated or shredded cheeses (you know those that make life simple and convenient). I have to buy the block and do it myself (more flavor!). As I like demonstrating to my boyfriend my “culinary” skills, I grate the cheese in front of him. I’ve had some incidents when I accidentally grate my skin. Not good times, I must say.

Not happy with this, I decided to buy a mandoline slicer (this took a lot of convincing). When I saw how sharp that thing was I started having second thoughts on my purchase. I gave it a chance. It makes the crinkles for potato chips! I’m proud to say I’m injury free. Of course, it takes me half hour to clean the thing (most of the time is thinking how to get the blades out). If you have a chance, buy one of these things. It is well worth it, especially if you enjoy french fries (always double fry them, believe me you’ll notice the difference).  I bought the OXO V-blade mandoline slicer.  They make great kitchen utensils and even cookware sets.