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Cooking How-To » Peach or Apple Cobbler with dumpling

This is a old recipe. Apple or Peach Colbber with dunplings in the cobbler with a crust on top. If anyone has a idea of how this is made I woulld love to have your imput on it.

Tools of the Trade » Good mandolin slicer?

I'm looking for a good mandolin that won't cost a fortune. I've looked at a bunch of them on Amazon and read all the reviews. It seems that all of them have reviews that rave as well as reviews that pan each one. Does anyone have one they love?

My most recent one (now defunct) was a "V" slicer, and I found that food got stuck in the "V", especially hard vegetables like raw potatoes and sweet potatoes. So, I think I would like a slant blade rather than a "V" blade.

I'd LOVE to have one with a dial (or something) that allows for variable thicknesses. Any suggestions?