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Recommendations for a food processor

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2:03 pm
November 3, 2009


Shells

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Looking for a food processor and all the choices are mind boggling.  What do you use, what do you like or dislike about it.

3:22 pm
November 3, 2009


Maud

Virginia

Mighty Chicken

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I bought a Cuisinart food processor at a yard sale several years as I didn't want to pay full price for something I might not like.  I paid $10 for it.  Knowing what I know now, I'd willingly pay 10 times that much should mine break down.

It's the ideal object for making pesto.  I make lots of pesto in the summer and freeze it in ice cube trays, then dump the ice cube trays into a large ziploc bag.  The blender is useless for this, and doing it the old fashioned way with a mortar and pestle is a good way to go mad when you make pesto in the amounts that I do.

The food processor makes heavenly, flaky pie crust dough.   It takes the tedium out of making cheese pennies and cheese straws.   Salsa is a breeze to make with the food processor as is mayonnaise.  You can make smooth ham spread, chicken or turkey spread, and peanut butter.

The main drawback is that it's kind of a nuisance to wash but it's a nuisance I can tolerate.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~Ambrose Bierce

3:41 pm
November 3, 2009


beeyourself

Guest

I had the Cuisinart…and got rid of it for a KitchenAid.  I haven't regretted my switch.  Make sure that you get one large enough…the smaller ones generally aren't large enough…even for one person.  While you might not need the largest out there, don't buy the smallest.

3:58 pm
November 3, 2009


Jayne

Guest

Kitchen Aid here too.  Made in America

2:32 am
November 4, 2009


Shells

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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posts 1184

You know, I think I asked this before … sorry for the repeat question (its my mind you know … I am getting old !)

9:48 pm
November 4, 2009


Maud

Virginia

Mighty Chicken

posts 178

It happens to the best of us, Shells.    Hug  

Don't feel bad, honey.  If I had a nickle for everytime I forgot that I'd asked something, I'd have a huge pile of nickles!

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ~Ambrose Bierce

10:31 pm
November 4, 2009


Jayne

Guest

Shells said:

You know, I think I asked this before … sorry for the repeat question (its my mind you know … I am getting old !)


We should all be so old…

6:25 pm
November 5, 2009


okbarb

Super Chicken

posts 537

I think Shelly is one of the babies!

There are only two ways to live your life: one is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

8:46 pm
November 5, 2009


Shells

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Superstar

posts 1184

Yeah …. um, I don't think I am as young as you think I am ….. immature, sure …. young, not so much.

10:24 pm
November 5, 2009


Jayne

Guest

okbarb said:

I think Shelly is one of the babies!


I think she is too!



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