Do You LOVE Your Onion Chopper?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this gadget my husband bought in an effort to outsource his chopping talents in the kitchen. He bought it from Williams-Sonoma for my birthday last year. It is ABSOLUTELY UTTERLY 100% brilliant and so useful. I use it every single time I cook. It made Thanksgiving a breeze. I just chopped everything in advance (onion, garlic, shallot, apples, celery, mushrooms) and it only took 15 minutes for all of it.

It works like a salad spinner. In fact part of it is for spinning fresh herbs clean. The chopping/mincing function is so easy to use. Depending on how many tugs you give the cord, you can go from coarse chop (2-3 tugs) to finely minced (dozen tugs). I regularly chop red onions, shallots, garlic and mushrooms.

I cut the onion into manageable quarters and then spin to whatever fineness I want. I rinse the bowl and tackle the next. If I need to keep chopping, I just rinse and repeat. So easy to use and clean. The only thing is not to submerge the top in water or you'll get water stuck there for a while.

I have also chopped chicken chunks for enchilladas and chicken salad.

Rösle Multi Chopper
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/rosle-multi-chopp...

Since you brought up the "goggle" thing - check this out.
I love this blog and she talks about onion goggles - yes. They make those.
Hillarious. Just to lighten the mood:)
http://lifejustkeepsgettingweirder.blogspot.com/2010/06/o...

I'm a Pampered Chef Consultant so I'm putting my vote in for our Food Chopper. You won't end up with a pile of mush - promise. You can easily control the size of the chopped onion by hitting the plunger a few more times to get a fine dice. We also have a pump action Manual Food Processor - it also does a great job on onions. Neither will cause you to have teary eyes. If you'd like my website address, just send me a personal message and I'll be happy to give it to you. PS - there's actually a special this month where you get a free Food Chopper if you Host a catalog show (as in online) and collect $150 in orders before January 10th.

The best one I have found is the v slicer.http://www.amazon.com/Swissmar-Borner-V-1001-V-Slicer-Man... I also do a lot of onion chopping. The slap chop and others like it can make the onions taste bitter. Since they cut unevenly the onions cook unevenly and the bitter taste is basically burnt onion where the smaller pieces burn. I asked a friend of mine who is studying to be a chef what to use. She insists that you MUST slice and chop by hand. But after I reminded her that a. I am not a chef and b. it's not gonna happen, she said a amndolin was a good choice. I picked the v slicer version. I have been pretty please with it. It has two different sizes for chopping. My only complaint is that I always have to chop up the last bit of onion by hand. Even with the shield they provide, I can't seem to safely get the last portion through (and I just can't waste it).

Pampered Chef just came out with a new chopper. I think they call it table top food processor or something like that. Works so much better than the one you beat to death. I did garlic down to paste, which I could never do with the old one. Do it a little you get course, a lot you will end up with a paste just like a food processor. Thing is you have a lot more control since it goes slower.

Kind of pricey, around 50 dollars but I think worth it. Oh easy to clean too.