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[wolf]

I recently discovered that I own a mandolin.

momwolf bought a lot of kitchen stuff and then never used it. This bad boy was new in box, still wrapped in shipping plastic.

It is a very sharp mandolin. It even has a special insert for storage so you don't accidentally slice you hand off when you go to grab it out of the cabinet. I sacrificed the sponge to it while cleaning it. Unintentionally. The sacrifice was unintentional, I meant to clean it.

So, having this fine implement of vegetative destruction at my beck and call, I had to do something. Yams were on sale on my last trip to the market, so I have a few lying about. I peeled them, and then sliced them with the Mandolin of Fingertip Severing(TM). This thing is really sharp. It is so damn sharp I didn't need to apply much pressure on the downward stroke to get sweet potato chips out of it. In fact, I think a couple of slices happened just because I was THINKING of pushing the yam across the blade.

So, thinly sliced yam pieces, some spray oil, salt, baking tray 425 oven (probably should have pushed it up to 450, they weren't as crispy as I'd like. Watched 'em so they didn't burn, about 15 to 20 minutes.

I may have to learn how to deep fry.