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Trouble Chopping? Disability or Arthritis? Try This!
I have a disability that affects my ability to use my hands. Chopping food is exhausting and painful, so I had stopped making a lot of my favorite foods, or had switched to pre-chopped versions. Until I found this.
I bought it with the thought that I could return it to Amazon in 30 days if it didn't work out. But, from the first time I used it, I knew I'd never be returning it.
This little baby has been a dream for making salads and salsas and soups, and it's easy to clean with the little brush they include. You do need to push it down with a bit of pressure, but neither fine motor skills nor repetition are involved. I have gone from almost never chopping vegetables to chopping them almost every day.
Every vegetable I've put in has cut perfectly. I have cut tomatoes, celery, carrots, bell peppers, onions, and cucumbers. The only trick is to know whether to put the skin up or down. In most cases, especially tomatoes, it should be up. But in some cases, like celery, the skin (ribs) should be down.
One caution: do NOT use it to cut cheese! I tried it once and immediately regretted it. But chopping vegetables is dreamy. As in, I never dreamed I'd be able to chop vegetables every day again.
December 2016 · Unknown · verified purchase