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Not Running => Food => Topic started by: Magic Microbe on January 10, 2017, 02:46:47 PM
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Who has one? What do you use it for other than zucchini? I just got one for Christmas and haven't used it yet.
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I got one last year, but I'm a lazy cook. I've used it on a sweet potato. I've eaten sweet potato and zucchini mixed in with pasta and chicken sausage and frozen spinach and sauce.
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Zucchini, cucumber, sweet potato. Is it the crank one or the other one the you twist the vegetable in?
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Zucchini, cucumber, sweet potato. Is it the crank one or the other one the you twist the vegetable in?
No idea. I haven't even tried to use it.
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Does it look like this:
(https://www.oxo.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1400x1400/8cbb9603cd1c8aa64a161403a3adb86b/s/p/spiralizer.jpg)
or this:
(https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/kitchen-active-spiralizer-spiral-slicer.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&strip=all)
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Neither. It's a giant box.
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Link?
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Link?
Its this one.
I hadn't even gotten it out to see it in action. It is still folded up. :D
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AW3B5MM/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_1_w (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AW3B5MM/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_1_w)
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That is pretty much the same thing, but different brand, than the one in the first picture. I have the one you have, older model. What is good with that one is you can put a variety of shapes in it, vs the other one which is good for thin and long, though i prefer using the one in the second picture. I have both. Butternut squash, beets, sweet potatoes, all good for that one. Carrots too, did i mention carrots above? I do not eat a lot of spiralized veggies except in the summer when we have so many from the CSA but I do like them. A nice spiralized cucumber salad is always a nice snack. Especially with sesame seeds on it, specifically garlic gomasio sesame seeds. Beets are messy.
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Yeah, I can definitely see making an asian style cucumber salad, that sounds good.
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I have that one, MM. I really like it. I mostly use it for zucchini because I love zucchini so much. :heartbeat:
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I have that one, MM. I really like it. I mostly use it for zucchini because I love zucchini so much. :heartbeat:
I do like zucchini. Which is funny because I despised it as a child.
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I got the second one for Christmas. Last night I made Thom Kha Gai with sweet potato shreds in place of the noodles, and no chicken. I think it's really healthy, except for maybe the coconut milk. But shredding the sweet potato with the spiro slicer is a real pain.
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See, I prefer the bottom one!
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It took forever and was so messy!
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See, I prefer the bottom one!
same. I have tried all the kinds.
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I have both. The second one proved virtually useless. The first one does a great job. But the real question to ponder is whether you are going to spiralize enough veggies to make either one more than just a novelty purchase.
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I got the second one for Christmas. Last night I made Thom Kha Gai with sweet potato shreds in place of the noodles, and no chicken. I think it's really healthy, except for maybe the coconut milk. But shredding the sweet potato with the spiro slicer is a real pain.
I was always wondering how difficult that would be.
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I have the first one - or one like it. It is a pain the butt to clean - there are so many little parts, seams, tight areas that food gets caught in.
But I used it again last night for zucchini noodles which were served with tomato sauce.
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But the real question to ponder is whether you are going to spiralize enough veggies to make either one more than just a novelty purchase.
That's kind of what I was thinking. The spiralizer in the first picture Meri posted is BIG! It would take up precious real estate in a small kitchen for a device that only performs one function - to make veggies look "pretty."
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That's kind of what I was thinking. The spiralizer in the first picture Meri posted is BIG! It would take up pressure real estate in a small kitchen for a device that only performs one function - to make veggies look "pretty."
Which is why i like the second one and use it 90% of the time.
I have the first one - or one like it. It is a pain the butt to clean - there are so many little parts, seams, tight areas that food gets caught in.
But I used it again last night for zucchini noodles which were served with tomato sauce.
Which is why i like the second one, you are slightly limited in vegetables you can spiralize, but it is small, easier to clean and takes up little space.
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That's kind of what I was thinking. The spiralizer in the first picture Meri posted is BIG! It would take up precious real estate in a small kitchen for a device that only performs one function - to make veggies look "pretty."
Mine is enormous, approximately the size of a Buick. It's currently parked on top of the fridge, but I think it will soon be garaged in the pantry where all the gizmos go to die.
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Is there a food processor blade that does the same thing?
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Is there a food processor blade that does the same thing?
Not that i know of, a kitchenaid attachment, but it is pricey i would assume.
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That's kind of what I was thinking. The spiralizer in the first picture Meri posted is BIG! It would take up precious real estate in a small kitchen for a device that only performs one function - to make veggies look "pretty."
I've been staying out of this thread because I know people LOVE their spiralized veggies. I bought one, which was a little hand held one sort of like the other one meri posted in her first post. It's not that big-- about the size of a 1-cup measuring cup. I used it twice and have not used it since. I wasn't personally a huge fan of the spiralized veggies and found that pushing the veggies through the spiralizer was a lot of work, messy, and wasted a lot of the vegetable. In the end, you get zucchini. It is the same taste and texture as regular zucchini and the being vaguely pasta shaped did not change my perception magically into pasta. I'm just as happy with sauteed half-moons of zuke with whatever sauce on top.
For me this was a novelty/gadget fail. But far be it from me to tell people they shouldn't bother with it. I'm more irritated at myself for even trying. I was pretty sure this wasn't going to be for me, and I was right. Now I have a little plastic dohickey in my kitchen I will likely NEVER use.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71tgypNPQ%2BL._SL1500_.jpg)
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Is there a food processor blade that does the same thing?
If you don't require them to be curly, yes, I think so. I believe I have a food processor blade that creates julienne sticks. Or you could use a mandoline.
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I looked at the KA attachment but it seems like a lot of money and would be a PITA. I have the bottom one and it works great.
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MM have you tried it yet?
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MM have you tried it yet?
Nope. Maybe this weekend.