@amandaburnett
Oh my goodness. I just donated my mandolin because it was not a good one and I was looking into a small food processor. As of now I slice and dice by hand but when I did use the mandolin I used a grating glove...which I also use for grating. I have had nicks but no ER visits. What did they do for the finger and how big a piece did you chop off? That must literally have been a bloody mess.
Wow...order out for a week lol...not so funny though.

FL Mary