Anyway, I made potatoes au gratin with said mandolin. And....ta da:
Beautiful potato...chips!
Of course, you could always use a knife...or force your husband to use a knife, but this was a fun adventure in gadget-land for me;)
I used this recipe but I'm not completely sold on it. Of course I didn't follow the directions to a T, so maybe I'll try it again and use a deeper pyrex container.
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