Vince went to the pallet store the other day and I think he must think if he brings something for me, I won’t say anything about the other stuff he buys. I have no idea what he buys; don’t care so long as he puts it somewhere and I don’t have to step over it to get to the shower or to the fridge or wherever else he seems to leave them.
So, he bought me a 4 in 1 chopper. He said “I didn’t know if you already had one.” I didn’t say it but yes, I do because he already bought one at the pallet store! I had never used the first one but yesterday I had a lot of onions to chop for the soup. I was apprehensive that it would work but it actually worked quite nicely.
I wish I’d started using this thing earlier.
justquiltin says
I have one I got from Aldi’s I think several years ago and I too was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. Last time I used it I was making some applesauce and it’s great for chopping apples too.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Oh . . I haven’t thought about apples. Thanks!
Deb Praus says
I have a different version that I have been using for years! I make alot of Pico de Gallo and Cowboy Caviar. Saves so much time. The larger dice I use for potatoes. It is used more often than my knives. ?
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I’m pretty happy that so many of y’all use it and love it. I always felt like it was kinda worthless but now I’m looking forward to using it more. Using it for peppers would be such a time saver.
Sibyl says
I have one that I’ve been using for 4 years now–I paid a bit for it–as the other ones seemed to be flimsy–but I can chop up 20 pounds of onions in no time flat–mine has the choice of 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 inch sizes. I usually use the 1/4 inch size as my daughter likes the flavor of onions, or bell pepper, but doesn’t like biting down into it. So this way, by the time i’ve cooked it in a dish, she doesn’t feel it. I freeze onions by the quart bagful, also bell peppers. Nice to have on hand. No tears this way either.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I think this one was $30 at Amazon but $7 at the pallet store. Not the best I’m sure but I was impressed. It has 1/4″ and 1/2″ grids. I used a rather large onion, cut it in half and expected it not to cut through it but it did great. You’re right – to tears! It made easy work out of cutting onions and I think if I cut the ends off, peeled and halved the onions, Vince would do all the “chopping” with that thing.
Sibyl says
Because I do 10-20 or more pounds at a time. I will peel and cut the ends off of all of them, put them in a lidded container and put them in the fridge over night. Next day I cut them in half, then each half I cut into thick slices maybe 4 slices per each half of the onion. I chop til my hearts content–putting them on trays with parchment paper–will flash freeze them, then put them in bags to gain easy access to–keeping a bag in the kitchen freezer to grab a handful as necessary. It’s a sitting down type of job also. 😀
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I’ll probably freeze dry them, then vacuum seal them in half gallon jars, take out what I need and re-seal them. But I’ll wait til I can grow a bunch of them and then do it.
patti says
i’m gearing up to can french fries so have been re-reading your posts about it. i haven’t used my big canner for so long i wanted to wait til i had a new sealing ring before starting. i’d seen this type of gadget before and wondered if it would work for slicing potatoes for french fries. i haven’t yet seen a recipe specific to fries, just potatoes, but am still in the beginning stages. thursday will be the day i do it, fingers crossed.
Sibyl says
Patti in my opinion this would not work well for french fries. Would do fine for smallish cubes or such, The top pushes the vegetable down onto the grid of chopping blades so to speak, and the length of potatoes would not work for that. Again just an opinion.
patti says
TY sibyl, i do have a mandolin that i think might work, just have to pull it out and check owner’s manual. this looked like it might be easier tho. appreciate your help.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
If you check Amazon for “French fry cutter”, they do have them. Some are a bit pricey but depending on how many fries you’re wanting to make, may be worth it.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
To tell you the truth, the first 25 or so jars I of fries I canned, I cut like French fries but getting them placed in the jars and packed in there took forever so I asked Vince he cared if our “fries” were cubes/chunks and he said he didn’t care. It’s so much easier to pack the jars with the chunks so that’s what I’ve been doing.
It will go fine . . it’s not hard at all.
Kat in Tamale Land says
I love mine and use it when I have lots of chopping to do. CAUTION: be very careful how you handle it when washing the blades… I cut my finger really badly on it, then I forgot to warn my sister to be careful and she sliced her finger also! Ugh… those blades are super-sharp!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I figured they were but I’ll try to be careful. Thanks for the warning.