Why Is My Food Chopper Not Cutting Apples Properly?

[lockhartkitchen]

Tonight I had an embarassing moment. I cut up granny smith apples into small pieces, and like I always do, with the peel on, I was going to chop the two apples. I couldn't for the like of it, get the apples to chop up. They kept getting stuck in my chopper. I have had my chopper since I got my kit 6 years ago. Should I be looking at getting another chopper? Secrets to cutting the apples with the skins on? I wanted to make the candy apple tartlets for September, but not if I'm going to have cutting issues.

 

[Sheila]

Okay, this is just freaky! I was reading your post about apples and thinking how the food chopper has a 5 year warranty, so it may just be that the blades are starting to dull when I was distracted by my toddler telling my husband that he needed to eat 5 apples! ??? I wasn't reading out loud. She can't read & even if she could, she was across the room on the back side of the laptop. Why the heck would she start talking about 5 apples while I'm thinking about apples & a 5 year warranty? (((insert Twilight Zone theme here)))

 

[raebates]

Every once in a while I get a bunch of apples that seem to stick to everything--knives, chopper, etc. Could have just been the apples.

 

[esavvymom]

Have you had trouble chopping anything else? Try an onion or some celery or something.

 

[BeckyC5830]

I'm thinking it's the apples too. We are just entering the harvest season for apples and some of the apples that are on our grocery shelves seem to be soft and meely - even granny smith's. If your apple doesn't feel heavy in your hand it's probably isn't real fresh.