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 Bean Frenchers, Green Bean Slicers
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Bean Frenchers and Green Bean Slicers 

These devices have been around for decades; your great grandmother may have used one very similar to this to speed preparation of green and yellow beans for canning.

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Features:

  • Cut down on tedious preparation time.
  • Easily slice fresh green beans in elegantly slender French-cut slices.
  • Simply feed beans into hopper while turning hand crank.
  • Clamp mounts onto edge of table (up to 1-1/4" thick).
  • Heavy-duty construction with stainless steel blades.
This one comes from Gurney's Seed, and is very similar; but in a white finish.
Here's an inexpensive design from Golda's Kitchen. It is the Norpro French bean slicer.

Features:

  • Simultaneously slices and removes strings from string beans
  • Cross blade first tops and tails the beans
  • Spring-loaded funnel grasps bean firmly
  • Made of hard plastic, with stainless-steel blades
  • Hand wash in soapy water

 
And here is one more, that is very similar to the first, just less expensive!
 

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