Hi, I'm wondering if this gadget would slice strawberries, too. Or are they too firm?
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I've used it a few times for strawberries -- as long as you don't push too hard/fast it should be fine.
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I think it would just fine, if the strawberries are nice and ripe. I think I has issues with the mushrooms because they were firm and spongy, if that makes sense!!
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That gadget does WONDERS on slicing strawberries. I love my egg slicer. Works great on eggs also. I love my egg salad mix, so easy to do two cuts on egg and it is ready for mayo and onions. I even got more so I could give them to my kids.
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Wish I could help, but I don't eat strawberries. This has firm wire stretched across so I think it would, but again, not sure.
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The peeler doesn't have a serrated edge specifically for soft fruits, but it is able to peel firmer soft fruits such as a firm tomato
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I use it on strawberries all the time. I love this slicer. It is easier to clean than the old school slicers that have wire. They break and rust- this just needs a quick rinse and you're done.
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I just flew through 2 lbs of strawberries. Although when I first got it I thought, hmmm, waste of money, not very substantial, blades kind of flimsy, and then kind of babied it, even removing caps (the green leaves at the top) as I did my first strawberries. This time I got aggressive with it, removed no caps, plunged it into the strawberry, twist of the wrist, done.
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The thin slicer disc slices pretty thinly. I suppose you could although Ive never done it.
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I've only picked hard fruit with it, but doubt it would work well with figs. Something that cuts the stem would be preferable, as they don't have the "shoulders" that other fruits have to pull against. The action of this picker is compression,then yanking, which would yield jam with soft figs.
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I cannot think of a fruit large enough to work. I suppose they would cut soft fruit with the density of play dough or less.
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The julienne blades work very well with harder vegetables. I prefer it to a v-slicer as it seems to not jam up.
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It slices very thin -is perfect for making crisps. It will slice soft fruit and veg beautifully as the blade is very sharp.
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I'm pretty sure it would slice olives without a problem. I think it could handle pickles but not 100% positive.
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Hi Terri. Though I have not tried it with strawberries, I believe it definitely would as I use it to strain coffee grounds and it works just fine with that.
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You know I haven't tried it but I have thought of it, there have been huge apples and smaller apples I have used in the slicer as long as you line up the core it still works the same ... It can do the same with other fruits big n small as well !! Go for it
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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 think the grater is going to be okay, but the material isn't substantial enough to make the slicer useful - it buckles a bit when I've tried to slice carrots on the diagonal. Which can actually make it dangerous if you should slip.
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Yes, my eight year old granddaughter has used it. The strawberries were large and she's pretty good at helping me. I don't consider it dangerous. The pointed tips are pretty blunt.
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I have only used it minimally for that....find it does okay with blueberries and softer fruit like that but would not use it for tougher fruits. Its blades are better suited to liquids and soft things like peanut butter. I should mention that I smushed up the blueberries first. The little plastic spinner is really for liquids and such.
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I haven't tried it on eggs, but I doubt very much that it would work. Large strawberries (>1.5 inches across and >1 inch thick) are too big for it. I use a paring knife to slice them.I would also surmise that the blades would stick to the egg as they are pressed through the egg. This would result in more of a mashed egg then sliced.