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Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

Posted by happytime_ca (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 14:36

My DIL is looking for a spiral slicer to make Vegetable "pasta" I have been looking at various ones and reviews are all over the place. Does anyone have one that they can recommend. Thanks


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

I would just use a regular vegetable peeler if you are using it for vegetable "pasta". Those spiral slicers are gimmicky, aren't well-made, and often end up in a junk drawer after a few uses - that's my experience anyway.


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

I inherited one from my mother. It's from the 1940's. It is flimsy but it does the job for small quantities. I used it for making potato and carrot spirals for roasting or frying but I can't imagine how it would work for making veggie pasta. What kind of veggies would you use? How would you cook it?


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

I'm considering the one at the link--mainly because I'm gonna try fermenting some odd vegetables and this would increase the surface area greatly.

Does anyone have any experience with it?

Here is a link that might be useful: paderno slicer


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

arley;that is the one that she has been looking at. But the reviews are so varied. My DIL is a vegetarian and making vegetable pasta with zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, is what she is looking for.


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

On Arley's link there are more 4 star reviews than 1, 2, and 3 combined. And more than three times as many 5 star reviews as 4 star. Personally I think those are excellent stats.


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RE: Can anyone recommend a "spiral slicer"?

Thanks all for the input.
foodonastump, that is how I usually look at reviews it just seemed on this item the bad reviews were SO bad. But you are right there are more good reviews.


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