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Benriner Cook Help Turning Slicer The Benriner "Cook Help" serves as an amazing kitchen tool for both the professional and the household cook. The tool only requires a simple cranking motion and it churns out vegetables in a very fine, continuous, and string-like form with very little waste. Ideal for creating elegant garnishes. Safe and easy to clean. Includes three Stainless Steel blades- a flat-edged blade; a medium-toothed blade; a coarse-toothed blade. Features: Finely cut vegetable into strings, curly strands. Stainless Steel Blades Safe and high quality construction. Made in Japan
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not disappointed with Cooks Helper,
By Marly (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Benriner Cook Help Spiral Slicer
Reviews on this product are showing up at opposite extremes...people loving something that someone finds awful. I just received my Benriner turning vegetable slicer Cookhelp today...I expected to be disappointed, given the negative reviews here. I opened the box carefully because I was sure I'd try it and return it..BUT I'm keeping it...I like it.
YES, it's plastic and lightweight and expensive...All that has been said about the price is true...You'd expect by seeing the photo and for the price that, at least, it should be made from metal..This isn't cheap-fall-apart plastic...The siding on my house is some form of plastic and has held up for 20 years. And now decking and house pillars are made from plastic.. So, plastic products aren't necessarily crummy. I think this is a well made product, although basic and utterly simplistic. I figured out pretty quickly that this gadget holds more steady if you place it in the sink with a plate or cutting board under it to catch the curls...simply because you need leverage to push downward. It didn't slide or slip and didn't feel unruly in my hands. I didn't have much firm raw product in my house to work with when this arrived...Just apples, cucumbers and carrots. Three blades are included...They are small and sharp but very easy to change and the whole appliance is simple to wash. Mostly just a quick rinse. What holds the blade in place is a screw.....and easy enough to figure out how to change a blade without reading the instruction sheet...There is an arrow on each blade...The more finely tooth'd blade isn't good for much. I would suspect a really hard vegetable like a beet might be okay to try with this blade. I had no problem with the widest tooth'd blade cutting the carrot and apple. I had to cut the apple in a small piece....but the results were excellent...Curls of apple...only one chunk of apple didn't produce much food. The cucumber got mushy on the smaller tooth'd blade but improved it's ability to hold up when I used the largest tooth'd blade. The firmer the vegetable, the more you can assume the smallest tooth'd blade won't turn it to mush. And the higher the water content of the vegetable, the more you need to assume you'd require the widest tooth'd blade. The thing about this product is that this is made in Japan...The Japanese are very mindful in their food prep. Watch them roll sushi..It's a mind-meditative thing and that made me realize that you can actually have fun with this if you're not particularly in a major hurry. If I were feeding a large crowd or had a catering business, this little gadget would be ridiculous...I'd be involved for hours trying to create enough swirly fruit or veggies to produce enough food. But for home use, and one or two people...to decorate a salad....or make a nice mound of raw beets, carrots and zucchini, I'm happy with the smallness and lightweight properties of this gadget. REALLY, that's all this is....a gadget. It's not a food processor by any measure...It's not going to do what a Cuisinart would do....It's a slow but efficient way to try new ways to eat raw foods...And yes, there is always a leftover chunk of unprocessed food....I just eat it...I was going to eat it anyway in a curly fashion... so no big deal. I like the concept of raw foods. My local health food store sells a sqiggly vegetable salad that looks like it might be made on a gadget like this (although obviously commercial) and they charge $9.00 a pound~! So, for the price of doing this myself, I'm saving money and having some fun! So, I'm giving this product 5 stars. I like it a lot and don't have unreasonable expectations of how much food it can process at one time...I'm enjoying it in the way the Japanese probably designed it....simple, efficient, non-electric and totally unlike the American way of thinking...which might be conceptually larger than an Asian's mindful way of preparing food.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Raw Foodist's Dream!,
This review is from: Benriner Cook Help Spiral Slicer
I love the "angel hair pasta" and cucumber slices that I can make with this equipment jewel. It's easy to use, easy to clean, and turns out a big pile of edibles in a short amount of time. It's sturdy and well-made. Since I don't slice hard veggies with it, I'm sure I won't have to replace the blades any time soon.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Small, lightweight junk,
By Skyjules (Texas) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Benriner Cook Help Spiral Slicer
I was surprised this was so light weight. You have to cut your veggies less than 3" to fit into the space. Then you have to put pressure on the center of the turning handle with one hand while you turn with the other in order to create even, unbroken strips. And while you are using 2 hands to do this - this lightweight piece of junk feels like it is about to topple over. Way too cheaply made for the cost!
I would return this total piece of junk but I'd have to pay for shipping back to Kitron and 20% restocking fee (not shipped to Amazon, shipped to Kitron). Adding into that the cost of shipping to me, I decided to cut my losses and keep it. Sheesh, do I feel like an idiot for buying it.
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