Do the manual food choppers work?

MaineWifey

Like this one from pampered chef?

http://www.pamperedchef.com/ordering/prod_details.tpc?prodId=240&catId=90&parentCatId=90&outletSubCat=

I want it mostly to make my own salsa. 

JoBell123

I have a Cuisinart one that I loooove.  I mostly use it to chop onions.

noyomoco

I used to have a cheapy one in a similar style - it definitely didn't work very well! But, that was probably because it was some unknown brand. I have a food chopper from WS:  http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/vegetable-chop-and-measure/?pkey=e%7Cchop%7C6%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C4&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-Feature_Recipe_Rule%7CTop_Wide_Agrarian%20-%20copy-_-. 

It is fine, but I think it actually takes more time than chopping by hand. I use it for onions, mostly.  And, the perfect little cubes appeal to my OCD side

vjcjenn1

I have the PC one and it does work really well, but I mainly do onions, never tried a tomato

Dovey1122

i also have the PC one. I love it. It's great for doing a quick onion. I've even chopped potatoes and harder veggies. I've had it for over a year and it still works well

Akhollywood85

We have one and it is great.  It is a KitchenAid one though, not PC.  I do have to admit that DH put a tomato in one time and it came out a gigantic mess.  It didn't chop cleanly, the skin made it a challenge.  It was just a watery mess too. 

However, you could hand cut the tomatoes and I'm sure everything else would chop fine in the food chopper.

UDscoobychick

I have one that sort of looks like the PC one, and I use it mainly for chopping nuts for desserts.  Works well for that!  It doesn't get them super uniform, so I don't use it for chopping veggies.

thehomecook

My only complaint about them is how difficult they are to clean.

dorothyinAus

thehomecook:

My only complaint about them is how difficult they are to clean.

That's my problem with mine.

But I love it for chopping onions, celery and carrots for a mirepoix.  I use it for firm vegetables, and skins seem to give it a problem, but it's great for chopping onions fine.

CKinLA

It minces garlic amazingly well, but everything else just makes a mess... The blade doesn't cut cleanly thru skins, like onions and tomatoes. I prefer to use a mandolin to get it started and then hand chop the rest do the way.