How do I chop a vegetable? I can't figure out how to fit the second piece on a all. Are there directions somehere?
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You take the vegetable and press it into the bottom of the safety piece. This will allow for the metal prongs to poke into your vegetable. Then, holding the safety guard with the vegetable attached, you slide the vegetable across the blade in a downward motion. There should have been instructions included in your box! I hope this helps.
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Thanks so much for posting this. The butter knife trick worked like a charm. I didn't have a lot of luck working the two halves back and forth, but did find that inserting a thin flat screwdriver blade and using that to pry the two pieces apart made it easy (after the butter knives were installed). Thanks again!
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It's flimsy and hard to use, to be honest. I've had some success with onions, and only if i cut up the onions in like 8 wedges, first. For carrots and harder vegetables the mechanism for the blades gets like stuck. Here's what was irritating to me.....It's not stable. It doesn't have any stability as you're trying to turn the handle to chop the vegetables. It's clumsy, and awkward, and to me it's not worth the aggravation.
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Oneida has a pdf on their site. Guessing that I can't post a link here but if you replace the (dot) you might recreate the link - oneida com/media/Documents/mandolin_instructions.pdf . The printed instruction included in the box are a joke and a cautious person is not going to want to see if they can "figure out" how to install and remove the rows of super sharp and pointy blades.
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You will need the flat blender blade. Put that blade on, and feed your fruits and veggies through :) I usually cut the harder veggies down to a smaller size. I hope this helps!
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Right now, I'm only using my chopper to chop uncooked vegetables for salads and stews, and it does a grand job for the veggies I chop; I get them "chopped" into pea-sized pieces after 6 - 8 pulls. I do not know what "capsicum" is, however, if it is a type of pepper, it should chop very nicely if cut into chunks to pack into the chopper, although I do not "over fill" my chopper cup. However, it does not do cherry tomatoes very well at all (and I haven't tried larger tomatoes), and it is not as thorough on baby carrots, as it will leave some unchopped or partially chopped calling for me to get out a sharp knife for a little hand-work. It is fabulous for cauliflower, broccoli, "matchstick" carrots, onion - - I usually do cut the veggies into big chunks to load them into the chopper which works better than maybe dropping in a whole onion or very large chunks. I like my potatoes nicely "diced", not "chopped", so I do them by hand; I get bags of baby potatoes and do not peel them, so it is very easy to cut into 4ths or 8ths. Good Luck!!!
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I used can chickpeas and bottled [rinsed] roasted red peppers, garlic minsed, lemon juice...just a little at a time, do not overfill bowl or all chickpeas will not chop. Good Luck!
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I found that if you cut the vegetables up a bit smaller it seems to work better. I've had good results with just two tomatoes. Keep experimenting to see what works for you.
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Just chopped onions yesterday. Whether the onion is chopped or pulverized depends upon how long you operate the chopper. I watched as the onion was chopped and stopped when the desired fineness was achieved. Worked great.
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I put everything together. The only thing you have to make sure of is the time needed to steam each veggie. You might want to steam some separately and then put everything together. Enjoy !
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I take a knife and cut the celery on a cutting board. Using the Nicer Dicer is ridiculous. I tried many times and it does not work the way the guy on tv showed us. Sometimes I make a mistake in purchasing an item. This was one of them.
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I have not found this problem..might I suggest you use a very small amount of corn starch.just a wee pinch will help. I love my Kitchen aid chopper..worth the extra dollars..I have both chopped and pureed fruit and vegetables
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This video that someone uploaded that might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MABcre_kIG8 (shows celery being chopped)
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Cut in half if too big I quarter them.I am dissapointed with chopper cutting blades are not very sharp.you really have to put a lot of pressure on handle.sometimes hit it with your fist .
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No but it is pretty simple to figure out just try the 3 different blades it comes with and decide which cut you would like for each vegetable. Hope this helped you.
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Cut pepper in small enough pieces to fit in chopper. Then just quickly switch on/off...don't let it run til the peppers are mushy. Hope this helps.
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Not real good, you could wrap it up with another veggie, or tie it in a knot, when I do items like kale and other leafy items I either roll them up or tie them in knots with themselves to give it bulk, or wrap it around some other veggie like a carrot or something with more substance.