A Slight Of Hand Mandoline

I have lots of slicing and dicing and chopping type tools across the various appliances alone, not to mention the mandolines.  But the one I use the most is the hand held mandoline.  I love love love this thing.  It was inexpensive and it has become indispensable in my kitchen.  It’s cut my salad prep by more than half.  I use it at least twice a week if not daily.  Instead of prepping a salad on a cutting board with a knife and putting it into a large bowl for just the four of us, I can make the individual salads with just the hand held mandoline.  I get the bonus of less dishes to wash later.  I just hold it over the individual bowls and slice away.  Then I can just wipe it clean, rinse it under hot water, and let it dry.  Done.  I don’t even look at my other mandolines anymore unless I need something julienned in a jiffy.  But Scalloped potatoes?  Right into the casserole dish.  Delicata squash puff pastry tartlet?  Five minutes.  Tomato pie?  Six minutes.  It’s endless.