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A CHILD SLICING SWISS-CHARD LEAVES PREPARATORY TO DRYING THEM ON THE STOVE OR SUN DRIER
Great caution must be exercised in the use of any form of slicer, for it will cut fingers as mercilessly as it does vegetables.
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THE SLICING MACHINE AT WORK
Showing how it cuts potatoes into thin slices and, by putting these slices through again, cuts them into narrow strips, or “shoestrings.”