If You Use a Mandoline, You Need These $14 Gloves |
A mandoline can make food prep easier, more beautiful, and very stylish. But, there's no way to put this delicately: It's easy to lose a fingertip while using one. After we ran a review of the best mandolines, many of our readers responded with horror stories about slicing off part of their fingers while hurriedly swiping a vegetable across the tool's sharp wide blade. A quick google search on the topic led me down a gory path of bloody, mangled fingers and more terrifying tales of innocent cooking projects that ended in trips to the emergency room. Although mandoline-slicer technology has improved since the tool first made its way into home kitchens, the safety features are still lacking. Mandolines almost always come with handguards, but they can be cumbersome, clunky, and difficult to attach to the food, thereby tempting cooks to go without them and risk safety. My dad is the latest known mandoline victim in my circle; he recently took off a good chunk of his thumb slicing butternut squash and had to wear a bandage for weeks. The day after the accident, his friend dropped a cutting glove on the front stoop—now he doesn't use his mandoline without it. And neither should you. Click through to read more about why every mandoline user needs a pair of cut-resistant gloves, or shop our favorite pair (plus our top-tested mandolines and cutting board) directly below. —Emily Johnson |
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