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Chopped salad - is there a kitchen gadget?

Mom2Dogs — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:17:02 GMT

My favorite restaurant has a chopped salad....really fine chopped lettuce....and I am sure it is not chopped with a knife. Is there a kitchen gadget that can chop lettuce into small pieces? Thanks!

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BarbiHollywood — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:19:48 GMT

@@Mom2Dogs wrote:
My favorite restaurant has a chopped salad....really fine chopped lettuce....and I am sure it is not chopped with a knife. Is there a kitchen gadget that can chop lettuce into small pieces? Thanks!

@Mom2Dogs Hi! Yes, there is. Pampered Chef sells this. Looks like scissors, you use it like scissors to chop your salad. Look online or see if someone near you is a Pampered Chef consultant. It might be worth your while to host a PC party - you can get lots of free stuff. Check it out.

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:22:25 GMT

@BarbiHollywood, thank you. I will check it out.

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Sunshine Kate — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:23:48 GMT

I have:

Kitchen scissors (2 different kinds) that I use to chop salads.

An Ulu knife

An OXO knife and bowl set. It's the kind of knife used at Subway sandwich shops. It has two blades on it and is almost like an Ulu knife with two blades.

I use whichever one I grab first to make chopped salads which I Iove.

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Karie2022 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:39:49 GMT

I have a mezzaluna knife, but honestly a regular knife would do fine...I’ve been eating a ton of chopped salads...Subway makes delicious ones👍🏻

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GiantsLover — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:50:19 GMT

We purchased large kitchen scissors which do great when cutting all salad ingredients in the salad bowl.

You decide how large or small you wish the salad ingredients to be.

Fast and easy with very little pressure on the wrists and hands, so I highly recommend that quick and cheap but very excellent salad cutting method.

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homedecor1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:08:02 GMT

Chopped salad is my specialty -- everyone always asks me. to make it for every occassion!

I just use sharp chefs knife. Works perfectly!

I've tried those "salad chopping scissors" not great luck☹️

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Sooner — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 03:20:25 GMT

So what are you all referring to as chopped salad?

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homedecor1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:33:55 GMT

@Sooner

My version of a chopped salad -- everything chopped in bite size pieces.

1 head lettuce - chopped not "torn" into bite size pieces

1/2 head romaine

chopped tomatoes (seeds removed)

red onion (if you like)

chopped cucumbers (seeds removed)

meats: deli slices for me 1/4" slices

chopped:

ham

genoa salami

provolone cheese

1 can sliced olives (large olives chopped)or jar of kalamri (sp) or italian olives

Dress with italian balsamic vingerette or italian dressing of your choice.

Variations: In addition to above ingredients

add can of solid white albacore tuna chopped

add chopped hard boiled eggs

add chopped artichokes

add chopped peppers

add italian style croutons

& anything else you like in your salad

(then we call it "chopped garbage salad"😊)

our family & friends love it!

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Sooner — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 06:00:01 GMT

@homedecor1 Thank you for the beautiful picture and the explanation! I must really be a dinosaur because it just looks like salad to me! I use my knife and however I chop or slice things that day, I never thought whether I am chopping or dicing or slicing! LOL!!!

I have a lot of big knives and who knows how I'll mangle it from day to day! I am GOOD with a big knife! I love to make that really thin sliced cabbage for cole slaw! That's fun!

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:41:08 GMT

@Sooner...it's a salad (with all the ingredients you like on a salad) but chopped into tiny pieces......which for me makes it taste better!

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Mothertrucker — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:38:35 GMT

There is a cool gadget I saw on Facebook once- Called the "Chopped Salad Bowl" or something like that..looked kind of like a colander with slots - you fill it with the ingredients, you insert the knife, slice, then turn, slice again and VOILA!! It looked fun and easy and I remember thinking howeasy it seemed!

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novamc1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:30:45 GMT

I've owned this one for years since it was first advertised on QVC or another channel.

. I don't use it often, but mine is very well made and really works to chop up a bowl of miscellaneous salad ingredients.

Available from Amazon. $13.99. (I probably paid a lot more.) Has hugely favorable ratings from users.

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Here's just one of the hundreds of reviews..

<<One of the greatest inventions of the 21st century. It'll chop your salad to the perfect size. And side benefit: you'll live longer since you can use less dressing (this does a great job mixing the dressing as you chop) and with smaller bites your chances of choking go down if you like to inhale and not chew things. Plus you can use it to cut chicken or anything else. Trust me. It's great. I bought a few and keep one at work. It really is a simple yet amazing invention. And much less expensive than the version from Pampered Chef.>>

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:42:29 GMT

@novamc1. Wow, that gadget is really interesting. I can't make heads or tails of it. I'll have to do some research. Thanks for posting.

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wagirl — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:48:14 GMT

@Mom2Dogs---believe it or not---Subway will turn many of their sandwiches into chopped salads--not with the bread, of course-- and they use a Mezzeluna---was amazed at how well it did. I do this alot as I am eating a restricted carbs diet.

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novamc1 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:11:29 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ

I agree the photo leaves a person wondering what that gadget really looks like.

Basically, the scooper part shown at the bottom can be used to scoop up ingredients in the bowl, and then two very heavy-duty knife-like blades press down to chop the salad.

The name on the blade of mine says "Silvermark Stainless Steel" and one blade has a patent number.

Here is another photo of the Silvermark Toss & Chop tool:

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ceekay — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:14:27 GMT

The ones on QVC are the same as the Trudeau ones on Amazon. The QVC item number (and there is a video) is K45888. I do not own them but have them in a wish list just in case I change my mind sometime!

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:16:47 GMT

@novamc1 wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ

I agree the photo leaves a person wondering what that gadget really looks like.

Basically, the scooper part shown at the bottom can be used to scoop up ingredients in the bowl, and then two very heavy-duty knife-like blades press down to chop the salad.

The name on the blade of mine says "Silvermark Stainless Steel" and one blade has a patent number.

Here is another photo of the Silvermark Toss & Chop tool:

@novamc1. Ok, thanks, got you now.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:44:39 GMT

Not (probably) really the answer, but I have found that with a nice bundled head of romaine hearts, cut short-wise down the stem (chiffonade, in a way), then chopping those the other way with a little rocking motion (santuko or chef's knife), I get great and really tasty pieces. They do seem better this way! Nicely chilled in an earthenware bowl - yum! A dash of sweet white vinegar - yum.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:11:19 GMT

I use my food processor to slice/chop the veggies and my chef knife to chop the romain. Never tried to chop the romain with the processor. But I might just try it.