Cuisinart DLC 8S DLC-8S Manual - Page 22

SLICING AND SHREDDING T E C H N I Q U E S 20 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 into place. Be sure the slide lock on the sleeve is locked. Cut the food into lengths a little shorter than the feed tube. If you are slicing one or two long, thin vegetables like carrots, push them against the right. If you are slicing a few vegetables that are PICK UP 4 COLOR PHOTOS FROM FILM PICK UP 4 COLOR PHOTOS FROM FILM PICK UP 4 COLOR PHOTOS FROM FILM