Will the slicer work on potatoes?
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i make potato pancakes - it works great. It's a little messy so I keep a newspaper underneath the bowl
331405
I use it only to slice apples for pie. Probably a big potato would fit on the points and spiral out nicely. The slicing part clings to the outside of the apple (or potato) and peels away all the outside rind or coat. You can chop up the little core that is removed. How hard is that? Since I got this gadget I make a LOT more pies. L.
1128453
I can definitely say it's strong and sharp enough to cut through a potato. The only issue would be that you'd have to use either smaller potatoes in general, or go through the tedium of double-cutting, lining up the cutter with subsequent cuts if the potato is too large. Strength/sharpness have not been an issue at all with this fun little tool!
1878174
They can be sliced, however, "easy" is a term that depends on one's point of view. I will say this; the potatoes are fairly firm, so you will need a reasonably sharp knife to slice them.
261155
The cutting blades are about 3 1\4 inches square, so you can cut a pretty big potato with this unit. Overall it is a very nice heavy duty unit with four blade sizes. Keep in mind these type of slicers work great for potatoes or carrots but not really made to cut sweet potatoes. So I would say nearly all potatoes would fit this cutter just fine. If you had some really gigantic size potatoes you could cut them in half and run them through the slicer.
356014
I know it will slice carrots. Look at the Oxo mandoline site Here is the link: http://www.oxo.com/p-543-chefs-mandoline-slicer.aspx# When you get to that screen scroll down and select the use and care icon. It shows shredded carrots.
2052598
Yeah, slices very thin. We sliced potatoes to around a 1/16" slices and fried them. Worked great I thought
1535246
Of course it will. Use it in the slicing (or wavy slicer) position and you can slice raw sweet potatoes just fine. They're a little bit too hard to use the julienne disc, however.
1509083
Yes and very uniformly, just slice your potato, place on the grid and go. This machine has done everything I ever wanted it to and then some. Enjoy! I did raw potatoes with no problem. It does carrots and they are denser than a potato.
916292
No. It's a straight fry cutter only. There are two sizes of blades included for thick and thin fries. I wouldn't recommend buying this to cut potatoes as it isn't strong enough.
1219545
Yes! but I wpuld only reccopmend if you are going to cut white potatoes or softer vegetables. WILL NOT WORK FOR SWEET POTATOES, YAMS OR TURNIPS
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The peeler will handle potatoes, but I'm not sure it will stand up 2 bushels at one time.
884582
It would work pretty well but you might want to consider a cut resistant glove if you want the best results as the guard that comes with the slicer is a nice feature to keep fingers away from the blade but not that great at holding together things that want to fall apart when slicing like cabbage. I personally recommend a glove to anyone using it as the blades are very sharp and while I haven't hurt myself bad with I did touch the blade once enough to get a slight cut.
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I'm not sure. This slicer is a piece of junk and mine broke before it was a year old.
1722332
Yes this should work because it sits on the slicer platform just like the food you want to slice. You then adjust it to sharpen the blade. This way it will work on most slicers
2025374
Sure, the slicer will work with eggplant, if you use a smaller eggplant. The general idea is that it works well with any firm vegetable...and it should be used with a vegetable that is round..to get the turning action....Deb
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I don't know if the manufacturer offers shredder blades for the potato grater or not. The speed of the grater is not adjustable and may be too high for the shredding process. Before I discovered this grater, I thought about making my own grating blades for another food processor. I thought about cutting blades from a square metal hand grater. This is the 4 sided type with each side having a different pattern. This may be an alternative for you to try since the two blades are small and probably could be cut with a pair of tin snips. Use the original grating blades for a pattern.