Vegetable Slicer
Display: Cutting Edge
Culinary Technique: size reduction
Date: c. 1918
Manufacturer: Eagle Engineering Company
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Dimensions: 14" h x 6.5" w x 8.5" d
Watch collection donor Mel Mickevic demonstrate this object with
Dean Christopher
Koetke, School of Culinary Arts, Kendall College,
and Victoria Matranga, exhibition curator.
This cast-iron tool sliced vegetables from 1/32 inch to 1/2 inch thick, according to the manufacturer. The device has no safety bar to keep the worker's hand away from the spinning blade.