Grater/Slicer

When a friend of mine saw the silver grater that I used to shred squash for the dehydrator she wanted to know if it was an attachment for a KitchenAid Mixer. When I went into further details about the little utensil, she mentioned that a story about my tool would be a good post, so this is a little about that.

The name on the side of the box called it a Salad Master or Salad Maker by Foodco. The only way I know this is because back in 2017, when I did the original post about this handy-dandy machine I happened to take a picture of the box and that is what you see now. The original post was titled Carrot Chips. The slicer/grater does not have any markings on it at all. It has a suction cup base and that little flipper on the bottom holds the unit in place with that suction cup as long as there is a little moisture on the glass cutting board that I use.

I use this utensil a lot in the kitchen since the cone shaped barrels can be changed out from grating to slicing. There were once five or six barrels. The finest shredder would practically pulp any vegetable I would push through. Over the years I threw out all but the thickest slicer and the coarsest  grater barrels since they were the only ones that worked well for me.

I believe this Salad Master was made in the 1960’s from the looks of the box. I came to own the super salad maker by way of a garage sale more than ten years ago and it came in the original box. For me it has become a well used piece of kitchen equipment with its ease of operation, quick clean up and swift changes from slicer to grater. Oh and the price tag was the very best part because this little beauty was a whole whopping $.50.

With all the use, the pedestal stand has started to loosen and the unit kind of squeaks and squawks  as I turn the handle. I think that it simply adds character to the meal making around my house.

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