Use the Magic Bullet or just put it on a low speed. Also, don't hold the button down. Just press it for about 3 seconds and see if it's the consistency you want it. If not, just continue to blend in short little spurts. Get the right "food processor" and you'll be on easy street. Use a mandolin. Even the "as seen on TV" unit will deliver clean, uniform cuts with a little practice. A good quality mandolin costs less than any electric unit. The control of the mandolin outstrips the "whopper chopper" every time. My Magic Bullet is collecting dust in the cupboard waiting for the next garage sale....
Chop, dice, grate, peel and mash.
To dice something means to chop it up into very small pieces, usually small cubes.
Chop, dice are two possibilities:Chop the onion into small pieces. Dice the meat into small pieces.
It would depend on what you are using the vegetables for; if you are using them in an entree you could chop or dice them, unless they are being used for a garnish then you would shred them. If you are making a salad, then it would be your preference as to how you would cut your vegatables. A recipe would tell you how to prepare your veggies as well.
It can be, yes - as a verb, it means to chop into small pieces, like carrots for a stew. As a noun, it is the plural of die (as in two die is "a pair of dice").
Minced means to chop food such as meat, vegetables or fruit into very small pieces, it is either done with a very sharp knife or more often using a machine with a mincing attachment, diced means to cut meat, vegetables or fruit into small cubes, these cubes can range in size from fine dice (but bigger than minced) to larger dice but no bigger than a mouthful.
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Slice, dice
As long as they are refrigerated, they can last several days. I often chop mine and freeze them in small jars. They last a few months like that.
I like to use a coarse chop in a stew, or a fine dice in an omelet.
Julienne, slice, mince, chop, dice & cube.
Chop Cut Rebuild - 2004 Pair 'o Dice by the Dashboard Lights 7-11 was released on: USA: 22 January 2011