Hand operated food processor

[Black Dog]

For the record.....I do not sell Pampered Chef!

http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/use_care/detail.jsp?productId=33219

I used one of these the other day to chop of a whole bag of garlic cloves and it was awesome. Its pretty sturdy and compact and requires no power to run so its perfect to throw in your kitchen stuff in the back of your vehicle.

 

[mudbutt]

Not a bad idea... My wife has something similar at home, but uses a pull string like the old talking GI Joe... For camping I have a slap-chop... Cue Vince!

 

[libarata]

I suppose it would be handy, though a good knife should do the same with less space. I am not sure how those slap chopper have developed, but how do they compare to this?

 

[Black Dog]

This was pretty easy. It was basically filled to the top with peeled garlic cloves and I only had to pump it for about a minute before the garlic was nicely diced. That would have taken longer with a knife. The time consuming part was peeling the garlic.

 

[shogun]

Not a bad idea... My wife has something similar at home, but uses a pull string like the old talking GI Joe... For camping I have a slap-chop... Cue Vince!

Tupperware makes two sizes of choppers; called chop and prep, which use a pull string. When I saw one of these work it was a must-have. Two pulls and you have well chopped stuff, more pulls will get it down to mush. The small is great for camping. This is the best product I have bought for kitchen/meal prep.

I used to use a device that had a spring-loaded post on top that you push down and four blades inside a small chamber that move up and down. Junk. It makes a couple chops and then nothing moves, so you keep chopping the same place and the food has big lumps. You had to keep moving the device across a cutting board hoping to jumble the stuff around so it would get cut.

 

[Herbie]

I suppose it would be handy, though a good knife should do the same with less space.

That was my thinking. One of the things I actually love about camping is that I can take the time to do a little hand work with the knife instead of rushing to get food on the table by a certain time. If I have such a large volume of stuff that needs processing, I may do it beforehand at home anyway.

 

[Hilldweller]

Yeah, but if you're on a long boondoggle and you're out of hummus, dang, this could save the day...