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Have you seen the Dial A Slice Apple Slicer? It’s designed to slice 8 thick apple wedges for healthy snacking or 16 thin slices for preparing apple pies, tarts and cobblers. That’s nice, but why would you want to spend almost $20 for such a novelty item. You can use that little paring knife that you keep in the kitchen drawer to do the same thing. It may take a little longer, but it does a perfectly good job, and you’ve already got it so there is no need to spend any money at all. On the other hand, if the family loves those pies, tarts and cobblers then that “little bit of time saved” can turn out to be a “lot of time saved.”
It may also have another big advantage. If you have been trying to wean the kids away from salty, fat filled snacks while promoting healthier fruits and veggies as an alternative, then this might be a weapon in your aresnal. It’s quick and easy, and cores while it slices. It doesn’t take long to have that wholesome snack food out on a plate and ready to be eaten.
You could, of course, invest in those little packages of apple wedges that are just sitting there, ready for you to pluck from the supermarket shelf, but have you compared the cost of those to whole apples. Yes, they’re expensive.
Suddenly, that $20 might start looking like a wise investment.
The Dial A Slice Apple Slicer, of course, is just one example. There are lots of other “novelty” food preparation tools that might turn out to be extremely useful in your kitchen. So before you turn down the opportunity to purchase, consider the possible benefits to your home and family. If the pros outweigh the cons, then you might find that particular tool to be less of a “novelty” item than you thought.