ok....so, what had happened wuuzzzz (LOL), i was slicing some onion on my mandolin slicer this afternoon. not really rushing but not really paying too much attention either....the inevitable happened. I cut not one but two of my fingers on my right hand, my thumb and my middle finger.
If you can imagine...I am holding the onion in my right hand with the slicer in my left. No, i did not use the guard (despite repeated urgings otherwise). I found that if i did, i ended up throwing a chunk of whatever i was slicing away. So despite being down to the end of my onion i kept on with the back and forth motion, removing quite a chunk off the meaty part of my thumb and skimming the end of my middle finger.
Honestly, I have had (and successfully used) this lovely device for awhile now. It's such a time saver! But as i found out, it only takes once to severely injure yourself and it can happen SO fast.
So...from now on i will ALWAYS use the guard, no matter how much of my onion i have to throw away. At least I will get to keep my fingers.
YIKES!!! but you dont have to throw that onion away. quickly chop it up with a knife, throw it in the freezer and use it when you need some chpd onion to saute. you can do this with swt pepper too!
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