My mandoline finally got me after 8 years of dodging it

Last Tuesday I was slicing up some fennel for a special and got too comfortable with the guard. I figured I had been using the same mandoline since culinary school so I could push it without looking. Three slices later I took a nice chunk out of my thumb right before the dinner rush. Had to have my sous finish the prep while I wrapped it up and got back on the line one-handed. Anyone else have a tool they got cocky with after years of use?

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thead443d ago

Oh man, "got too comfortable with the guard" - that's exactly what happened to my buddy Jake. He used to brag about how he could slice a whole case of tomatoes on his mandoline blindfolded. Last year during prep he was showing off to a new cook and just zipped his fingertip right off without even realizing it at first. Blood went everywhere in the walk-in and he had to finish his shift with a finger condom and a glove over it. Now he calls his mandoline "the finger guillotine" and stores it face down in the drawer so he doesn't have to look at it.