Pack the feed tube for desired results:
For long slices or shreds, cut the food into feed
tube widths and pack the pieces horizontally.
For small, round slices or short shreds from
carrots, zucchini and other long vegetables, cut
them into feed tube heights and pack them
tightly upright.
Food should fit snugly, but not so tight that it
prevents the pusher from moving.
When slicing or shredding food, always use the
pusher.
Never put your fingers or a spatula into
the feed tube
.
Never push down hard on the pusher. Use light
pressure for soft fruits and vegetables like
bananas, mushrooms, strawberries and tomatoes,
and for all cheese. Use medium pressure for
most food – apples, celery, citrus fruit, potatoes
and zucchini. Use firm pressure for really hard
vegetables like carrots and yams.
PRACTICING SLICING AND
SHREDDING
1. Insert a slicing or shredding disc, put the cover
with large feed tube on the work bowl and
insert the prepared food in the feed tube.
2. Prepare the pusher assembly. Lock the small
pusher in place and unlock the slide lock on
the sleeve, so the pusher can move up and
down freely.
3. Slide the pusher assembly over the feed tube
and push the sleeve down to lock it into place.
Apply pressure to the pusher while pressing
down the OFF/PULSE lever. Release the lever
as soon as the food is sliced or shredded.
4. You can load the feed tube repeatedly without
removing the work bowl cover. Simply grasp
the pusher assembly with your fingers on the
wide locking tab at the back of the sleeve.
Press firmly on the tab and lift up. The pusher
assembly will come off easily, leaving the cover
and feed tube in place. Your other hand is free
to reload the feed tube.
REMOVING SLICED OR
SHREDDED FOOD
Before you do anything, wait for the disc to
stop spinning:
When it does, remove the cover first. Hold the
pusher assembly with your fingers away from
the locking tabs on back and turn it clockwise.
Lift, and the pusher assembly and cover will
come off together.
Remove the slicing or shredding disc before
removing the work bowl. Place two fingers under
each side of the disc and lift it straight up.
Then turn the bowl clockwise to unlock it from
the base, and lift it straight up to remove it.
You can place the disc on top of the inverted work
bowl cover, to minimize drips and spills.
SLICING AND SHREDDING
TECHNIQUES
Small, round fruits and vegetables:
For large berries, radishes and mushrooms, trim
the ends flat with a knife. Insert the food through
the feed tube, standing each piece on a flat end.
You can fill the tube to about 1 inch from the
top. The bottom layer gives you perfect slices
for garnish.
If you want all the slices to be perfect, it’s best to
process one layer at a time.
Long fruits and vegetables:
Trim foods like bananas, celery and zucchini by
cutting them into pieces a little shorter than the
feed tube. Cut both ends flat. (Use a ruler as a
guide, or the pusher assembly with the pusher
pulled out as far as it will go.)
Fill the feed tube with the pieces, standing them
vertically and adding enough pieces so they are
solidly packed and cannot tilt sideways as they
are sliced or shredded.
Small amounts of food:
Use the small feed tube and the small pusher.
Remove the small pusher from the pusher
assembly. Slide the pusher assembly over the
feed tube and press the sleeve down to lock it
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