Eating lunch, I realized that my lazy microwaved cheese on toast probably qualifies for this thread.
(Important instruction: you have to dry the bread out by toasting it super slowly for this to work).
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I think it’s simply a reminder that kitchens can be dangerous. Regardless of videos, people are always going to cut their hands open on bagels and avocados, but also washing glassware and catching falling knives. I consider myself pretty safe and dexterous and damned near put myself in the hospital with a mandolin wound to my thumb. Burns, shocks, toxins, sharps, power tools (like blenders and garbage disposals) are everyday hazards right under our noses. One little lapse of attention and I lop off a fingertip.
Then, there are the less common risks. Pressure cooker explosions, mishaps during hypothetical cryogenic ice cream experiments, RF scars from misguided DIY microwave repairs, lobster pinches, pets underfoot, and so on.
No shock there, mandolins are probably more dangerous than making an avocado bagel.
I bought myself some cut-resistant gloves purely for when I use the mandoline. Even when I use the handguard/pusher/whateveryoucall it, I don a glove on my vegetable-holding hand. Mandolines are trecherous.
… coconut crabs …
Not for people like Me! You see, I’m better than you and … @#$%&! dammit, my other thumb tip’s on the floor. Go get the mop, I’ll see which Urgent Care is open.
I’ve since bought a pair, too. Never one to leave well enough alone, I tested one up near the cuff with a large and sturdy pair of scissors, think Korean BBQ shears. They did a lot better than I expected, barely a nick, and I’m totally confident it will fully protect for normal household mandolin use. If I ever regain the nerve to use it again.
A stringed musical instrument?? 
It can be either, but typically “mandoline” in US English and “mandolin” in UK English, as far as the internet tells me. I always spelled it “mandoline” for the slicer, but I’m a USian.
I pronounce it mandoLEEN when I’m talking about the kitchen tool, not the stringed musical instrument. There seems to be some support for this on the internet.
I put mandoline earlier, decided it didn’t look right, and went with mandolin.
Violince.
I would just say “mandoline slicer”. But “mondolin” is an acceptable alt spelling, just that I would clarify it by adding “slicer”.
That’s the problem with modern music. Too much sax and violins.
I don’t have any stats, but a neighborhood friend works in the ER, and he says cuts from slicing bagels are very common, and he thinks it’s one of the top reasons anyone goes to the emergency room.
what’s interesting to me is that we’re told to keep olive oil away from heat, bur cooking show like Diners et al show bottles practically on top of the stove 
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Feb 8, 2024 — In a cocktail shaker, combine 3 ounces gin, 1 ounce vodka, and 1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc or dry vermouth.
I use olive oil when I cook eggs, it adds a buttery taste
and wouldn’t most restaurants have a bagel slicer?
That’s Janice, but she’s on vacation right now.
Is it a sin to buy pre-sliced bagels?
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What is a bagel slicer? We always just used a bread knife at the cafe I worked at (which served tons of bagels.)