Trouble Thickly Slicing Carrots with an Ultimate Mandoline?

[Spatch]

Has anyone had trouble with the straight blade of the ultimate mandoline not cutting very thick even when it is on the thickest setting. Alot of people around here (northern minnesota) are getting their final carrots out of their gardens and canning them. I have had some frustrated customers who are just getting "paper thin" carrots. Any suggestions?

 

[janetupnorth]

Uh, I'm no help there - I've used the Mandolin a lot and never realized it had an adjustment for the straight blade????I'd better get that out tonight!!!! LOL!

 

[KellyTheChef]

I have noticed that the adjustment really doesn't make much of a difference. I think it should adjust more...probably to the thickness that you are wanting!

I really think it's between (1)thin and (2)paper thin...LOL

 

[raebates]

A little more pressure may help, since the "floor" is a bit flexible.

 

[jrstephens]

I really think it's between (1)thin and (2)paper thin...LOL

Me too. I have never thought the "thick" was what I consider thick.

 

[PCSarahjm]

I do agree .....thin and paper thin. I wish they would come out with a thicker slice option for the UM.

 

[raebates]

I thought that's what the v-shaped blade was for. Of course, sometimes I'd like to have something between the slicing blade and the v-shaped blade.

 

[pamperedval]

This might seem silly, but you might want to make sure that they have the food guide properly in its track. I have run into two customers in the past month that didn't have it on right and the blade wasn't popping up for them. So basically what they were getting was shaved pieces from just the pressure of them pushing on it - the blade wasn't engaging at all.

Now that would be thin!