Spiralizer

[Magic Microbe]

Who has one? What do you use it for other than zucchini? I just got one for Christmas and haven't used it yet.

[JBM]

I got one last year, but I'm a lazy cook. I've used it on a sweet potato. I've eaten sweet potato and zucchini mixed in with pasta and chicken sausage and frozen spinach and sauce.

[merigayle]

Zucchini, cucumber, sweet potato. Is it the crank one or the other one the you twist the vegetable in?

[Magic Microbe]

Zucchini, cucumber, sweet potato. Is it the crank one or the other one the you twist the vegetable in?

No idea. I haven't even tried to use it.

[merigayle]

Does it look like this:



or this:

[Magic Microbe]

Neither. It's a giant box.

[merigayle]

Link?

[Magic Microbe]

Link?

Its this one.
I hadn't even gotten it out to see it in action. It is still folded up. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AW3B5MM/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_1_w

[merigayle]

That is pretty much the same thing, but different brand, than the one in the first picture. I have the one you have, older model. What is good with that one is you can put a variety of shapes in it, vs the other one which is good for thin and long, though i prefer using the one in the second picture. I have both. Butternut squash, beets, sweet potatoes, all good for that one. Carrots too, did i mention carrots above? I do not eat a lot of spiralized veggies except in the summer when we have so many from the CSA but I do like them. A nice spiralized cucumber salad is always a nice snack. Especially with sesame seeds on it, specifically garlic gomasio sesame seeds. Beets are messy.

[BonitaApplebum]

Yeah, I can definitely see making an asian style cucumber salad, that sounds good.

[diablita]

I have that one, MM.  I really like it. I mostly use it for zucchini because I love zucchini so much. 

[Magic Microbe]

I have that one, MM.  I really like it. I mostly use it for zucchini because I love zucchini so much. 

I do like zucchini. Which is funny because I despised it as a child.

[Natasha]

I got the second one for Christmas. Last night I made Thom  Kha Gai with sweet potato shreds in place of the noodles, and no chicken. I think it's really healthy, except for maybe the coconut milk. But shredding the sweet potato with the spiro slicer is a real pain.

[merigayle]

See, I prefer the bottom one!

[Natasha]

It took forever and was so messy!

[onawhim]

See, I prefer the bottom one!

same.  I have tried all the kinds.

[radial]

I have both.  The second one proved virtually useless.  The first one does a great job.  But the real question to ponder is whether you are going to spiralize enough veggies to make either one more than just a novelty purchase. 

[Ice Cream]

I got the second one for Christmas. Last night I made Thom  Kha Gai with sweet potato shreds in place of the noodles, and no chicken. I think it's really healthy, except for maybe the coconut milk. But shredding the sweet potato with the spiro slicer is a real pain.

I was always wondering how difficult that would be.

[ihop]

I have the first one - or one like it.  It is a pain the butt to clean - there are so many little parts, seams, tight areas that food gets caught in.

But I used it again last night for zucchini noodles which were served with tomato sauce.

[Chasing Amy]

But the real question to ponder is whether you are going to spiralize enough veggies to make either one more than just a novelty purchase. 

That's kind of what I was thinking. The spiralizer in the first picture Meri posted is BIG! It would take up precious real estate in a small kitchen for a device that only performs one function - to make veggies look "pretty."