Which Food Processor?

Sheldon said:

Yeah, but... than it's out of commission until you run the dishwasher.
I honestly can't think of anything a food processor can slice quicker
and with less effort than I can with a knife..

No it isn't. I have two bowls 🙂
And trust me, hummus is a whole lot easier to make in mass quantities in
a FP than some other way.
I use my FP as a blender, mixer for many things and it chops just fine
for many, many uses. Sure I use my knife for most day to day needs, but
that FP is HANDY!!!!!
Goomba

Goomba38 said:

Sheldon said:

Yeah, but... than it's out of commission until you run the dishwasher.
I honestly can't think of anything a food processor can slice quicker
and with less effort than I can with a knife..

No it isn't. I have two bowls 🙂
And trust me, hummus is a whole lot easier to make in mass quantities in
a FP than some other way.
I use my FP as a blender

I don't do hummus but I imagine a blender will do just fine. I know a
food processor does a lot of things (a jack of all trades) but when I
had one I found it did nothing well (a master of none), certainly
nothing couldn't be done much better with other tools that are
specifically dedicated to the task. A food processor reminds me of one
of those deluxe Swiss army knives, a neato thing to have with all it's
bells and whistles but really isn't a knife... may as will call it a
Swiss army plastic tooth pic.

Sheldon

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:24:00 GMT, Debra Fritz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
turn rocks into gravel.

I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!

I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
60 seconds.

Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.

Debra

I just got a new KitchenAid food processor, cause I couldn't see
lugging around my old Cuisinart, and the little Prep Cuisinart...they
take up too much space on my counters when I am traveling. Most
apartments these days don't have much counter space.

Well..I invested in the newer Pro-line model, which is a huge one, and
the workbowl, and the little prep bowl, which on this model is about
as big as some regular food processor bowls. It is a heavy model,
and about a 1000 watts of power. Expensive, but I am already in love
with it. It does have a smaller footprint on the countertop..even
though it is larger and heavier than my Cuisinart.

I have made pizzza dough several times in it already, and even though
Peter Reinhardt says that for most food processors, the dough has to
be divided into two portions to mix, this processor handles it with
ease and can do the whole batch at once.

I love the convenience of the smaller bowls, and being able to use
several bowls in sucession. I find I am using this food processor a
lot more than my older Cuisinarts, which I left up in the cabin in
Idyllwild...

Cleanup seems to be a breeze as well. A short soak/wash takes care of
anything.

Christine

Christine Dabney said:

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:24:00 GMT, Debra Fritz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
turn rocks into gravel.

I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!

I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
60 seconds.

Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.

Debra

I just got a new KitchenAid food processor, cause I couldn't see
lugging around my old Cuisinart, and the little Prep Cuisinart...they
take up too much space on my counters when I am traveling. Most
apartments these days don't have much counter space.

Well..I invested in the newer Pro-line model, which is a huge one, and
the workbowl, and the little prep bowl, which on this model is about
as big as some regular food processor bowls. It is a heavy model,
and about a 1000 watts of power.

Wattage is power consumed, NOT power produced... consumer protection
agencies should really step in and stop appliance manufacturers from
bamboozling the public by mislabeling with implications that higher
wattage means more usable power, NOT! If you buy a hundred watt
incandescent bulb but use it with a heavy lampshade you really don't
benefit by the potential lumens, you simply produce a lot of heat but
little useable light, and the same with small electrical appliances.
With small appliances most of that wattage is consumed to produce heat.
Your machine doesn't consume much wattage unless it's under load, then
as load increases wattage consumption rises rapidly as more and more
heat is produced, not useable power. High wattage ratings for small
electric motor appliances simply means it's an inefficient appliance,
consumes lots of electrical energy but produces relatively little
useable power. Looking at wattage ratings for small appliances is
tantamont to looking at miles per gallon with automobiles, but not
adressing shaft horsepower... a powerful engine may produce lots of
horsepower but with an ineficient transmission don't place a load on
it, then much will be spent in producing heat... with most small
applincesm most of those watts are used to heat your home, running a
food processor is a very expensive way to heat your home. You can
usually identify poor quality motorized electrical appliances, they
generally have built-in overload protection, either a reset button or
no button but either way you need to wait for the *overheated* machine
to cool down before it will restart... the overload protection is there
to protect the manufacturer, not the consumer... it's kinda like big
brother watching you, prevents your using the machine just before it's
about to burn up... these reset things generally last just long enough
for the warranty to run out. Real commercial motorized electrical
appliances will have their power rating listed on the unit tag in
Horsepower, not watts. Try to remember, your food processor and stand
mixer are not broilers. Just like heavily shaded light bulbs produce
"illusion", so do folks by displaying lots of the latest and greatest
kitchen appliances, creates the illusion they can cook, NOT! No one
needs a $300 1000W machine to dice an onion... and your new food
processeor can't even do that, can't dice anything... it's simply an
insinkerator without the kitchen sink... in fact your $300 would likely
have been much better spent if you treated yourself to a new kitchen
sink.

Sheldon

Damsel said:

Sheldon said:

Home cooks who use
food processors really can't use a knife very well, there is no other
explanation, none... okay, maybe a lot of yoose are handicapped.

I am not good with a knife. There. I said it. 🙂

A food processor can do a better job at some things than I can do on my
own. Why not take advantage of the technology that's available?
Especially it it'll cut down on the wear and tear to my shoulder, elbow and
wrist. It's a [censored] when your warrantee runs out. <G>

I totally agree, gadgets are great for helping out the handicapped. I
only wish folks would say they're handicapped and to what extent when
asking for help with choosing kitchen gadgets, then they can expect to
recieve more appropriate suggestions... but why would a perfectly
normally funtioning person choose to handicap themself, that's
precisely what a food processor does, it's a crutch, you even concur...
and if you're normal and use one than in effect what you're doing is
mocking the handicapped. Would you send your kids outside to play with
grandpa's old pair of crutches, or grandma's old wheelchair, or to ride
around Walmart in the handicap scooter like it's go kart city, or play
with your deseased war hero brother-in-law's prosthetic arm... hey,
your kid can play Peter Pan, he can be Captain Hook... well by using a
food processor when you're normal you are teaching them it's okay to
make fun of other's misfortune. As far as I'm concerned a food
processor is in the same catagory to a cook as a hemorrhoid cushion is
to those addicted to Newsgroups. Hey, if you can't cook preparing
dinner is a PIA! hehe

Sheldon Logic

"Sheryl Rosen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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tammym at [email hidden] wrote on 7/8/05 4:26 PM:

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I have a Cuisinart which was a gift, I didn't pick it out. It is not

easy

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to clean, but will be when Jack (Kay's husband) files away the

so-called

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safety mechanism for me (which he also did for Kay.)

Don't do that, Tammy. It's there for a reason. And if you do get hurt
using it because you defeated the safety mechanism...perish the thought,

it

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will be no one's fault but your own.

I don't see the big deal in keeping it clean, but each to their own, I
guess. Maybe you should just sell it on Ebay as "slightly used" and just
get rid of it.

But please don't defeat the safety mechanism.

I've heard this before, but frankly, if it's good enough for Kay Hartman,
it's good enough for me. I'm pretty experienced in the kitchen and I
suspect I can manage to keep my parts intact :-)

TammyM

"Hal Laurent" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"tammym" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a Cuisinart which was a gift, I didn't pick it out. It is not

easy

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to clean, but will be when Jack (Kay's husband) files away the

so-called

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safety mechanism for me (which he also did for Kay.)

I'd love to hear details on doing this. The safety mechanism on my
semi-ancient Cuisinart is a real pain-in-the-butt.

When I get Jack to neuter mine for me, I'll letcha know how it's done.

TammyM

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Sheldon Logic

BWAH-HAH-HAHAHAHAHA!

ObProcessorPreferences: I really like the Cuisinart mini. I use my three
Cuisinarts quite regularly. All are easy to use and even easier to
clean. One is over 30 years old and still going strong.

The Ranger
---
[Our] butchers used to say the only thing on an animal they couldn't
recycle was the squeal of a pig and the moo of a cow.
strider, afb, 10/Jul/2005

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:24:00 GMT, Debra Fritz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!

I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
60 seconds.

Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.

Good idea! <jotting "baby bottle brush" on market list>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On 10 Jul 2005 21:09:04 -0700, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Before foodtv hardly anyone used a food
processor, but sponsors have been known to push a lot of totally
unnecessary dreck on the pinheads who are mostly what're addicted to
foodtv.

<snip>

I bought my first food processor in the early 80's well before FoodTV
graced the airwaves. It was a La Machine and it lasted for about 20
years. Actually, it was still working OK (even if the motor lugged a
bit) when it was replaced with a Cuisinart. I used that old La
Machine quite a bit through the 80's and 90's. I remember that Bon
Appetit in those days had a monthly feature on using FPs.

TammyM
Sacramento, California

(TammyM) said:

On 10 Jul 2005 21:09:04 -0700, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

Before foodtv hardly anyone used a food
processor, but sponsors have been known to push a lot of totally
unnecessary dreck on the pinheads who are mostly what're addicted to
foodtv.

<snip>

I bought my first food processor in the early 80's well before FoodTV
graced the airwaves. It was a La Machine and it lasted for about 20
years. Actually, it was still working OK (even if the motor lugged a
bit) when it was replaced with a Cuisinart. I used that old La
Machine quite a bit through the 80's and 90's. I remember that Bon
Appetit in those days had a monthly feature on using FPs.

TammyM
Sacramento, California

I bought my first food processor back in 1976, when I saw some of the
first Cuisinarts being demonstrated in a kitchen store in the DC
suburbs. I was fascinated.

I was just about ready to plonk down money for one of those, when I
saw Julia Child using a food processor in one of her series, Julia
Child and Company.

They were being used quite a bit around the DC area, if I remember. A
few cookbooks even came out about them, one in particular by James
Beard and Carl Jerome. I got a few other food processor cookbooks,
which I still have (all in storage now) and all were published well
before the advent of FoodTV.

I got my second food processor back before FoodTV got started as well,
back in 1988-89. I got one of the 2nd generation Cuisinarts, which I
still have. Still works fine.

Christine

Sheldon said:

Damsel said:

A food processor can do a better job at some things than I can do on my
own. Why not take advantage of the technology that's available?
Especially it it'll cut down on the wear and tear to my shoulder, elbow and
wrist. It's a [censored] when your warrantee runs out. <G>

I totally agree, gadgets are great for helping out the handicapped. I
only wish folks would say they're handicapped and to what extent when
asking for help with choosing kitchen gadgets, then they can expect to
recieve more appropriate suggestions...

I asked for advice pertaining to quality and ease of cleaning. My physical
limitations really aren't germane to those factor.

Quoted message said:

but why would a perfectly
normally funtioning person choose to handicap themself, that's
precisely what a food processor does, it's a crutch, you even concur...
and if you're normal and use one than in effect what you're doing is
mocking the handicapped. Would you send your kids outside to play with
grandpa's old pair of crutches, or grandma's old wheelchair, or to ride
around Walmart in the handicap scooter like it's go kart city, or play
with your deseased war hero brother-in-law's prosthetic arm... hey,
your kid can play Peter Pan, he can be Captain Hook... well by using a
food processor when you're normal you are teaching them it's okay to
make fun of other's misfortune.

Crash is wondering if you'd be able to send him some of whatever you've
been smoking. It's been years and years since he's tried any of the really
good stuff.

Carol

"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

Damsel said:

A food processor can do a better job at some things than I can do on my
own. Why not take advantage of the technology that's available?
Especially it it'll cut down on the wear and tear to my shoulder, elbow
and
wrist. It's a [censored] when your warrantee runs out. <G>

I totally agree, gadgets are great for helping out the handicapped. I
only wish folks would say they're handicapped and to what extent when
asking for help with choosing kitchen gadgets, then they can expect to
recieve more appropriate suggestions...

I asked for advice pertaining to quality and ease of cleaning. My
physical
limitations really aren't germane to those factor.

Quoted message said:

but why would a perfectly
normally funtioning person choose to handicap themself, that's
precisely what a food processor does, it's a crutch, you even concur...
and if you're normal and use one than in effect what you're doing is
mocking the handicapped. Would you send your kids outside to play with
grandpa's old pair of crutches, or grandma's old wheelchair, or to ride
around Walmart in the handicap scooter like it's go kart city, or play
with your deseased war hero brother-in-law's prosthetic arm... hey,
your kid can play Peter Pan, he can be Captain Hook... well by using a
food processor when you're normal you are teaching them it's okay to
make fun of other's misfortune.

Crash is wondering if you'd be able to send him some of whatever you've
been smoking. It's been years and years since he's tried any of the
really
good stuff.

Carol

Hard to believe that sheldoon could outdo himself in stupidity.

--
Peter Aitken

"Terry Pulliam Burd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:55:25 -0500, Damsel <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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When Crash found out that food processors can "knead" pizza dough (recipe
below), an FP became a sure thing for my birthday. <EG> Does anyone have
experience shredding cabbage for cole slaw in one of these babies? I've
always shredded mine by hand, but I don't get consistent results.

<snip>

Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
turn rocks into gravel.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Agreed! I've had two Cuisinart's (they did not last my lifetime) and finally
got the KitchenAid FP. Vive la difference! I will agree with the slight
ridge inside the outter edge. I just made bread dough yesterday in it
(again) and I always have to get it completely rinsed out soonest.
Dee

"Debra Fritz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
turn rocks into gravel.

I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!

I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
60 seconds.

Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.

Debra

That's exactly what I do. I have several little brushes and one of them
fits perfectly. However, with bread dough, I've found the best thing to do
is keep rinsing it in COLD water, never hot, and most of it will come
floating away; then take the little brush to it.
The only thing I don't like about washing any FP is that I always let it sit
in my dish rack (not dishwasher rack) and it takes up all the space. I have
no room for another rack and my dishwasher is always full. Worse than
washing out an FP is drying one!
Dee Dee
Dee

"Christine Dabney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:24:00 GMT, Debra Fritz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

Carol, if no one has weighed in about the KitchenAir Professional,
lemme tell ya: It has two work bowls, plus a small prep bowl and all
sorts of disks, blades and other accessories. Does a wonderful job on
everything. My only complaint would be cleaning the top. It has a
slight ridge inside the outter ridge that makes it hard to clean, say,
grated cheese and such. Otherwise, I swear it's powerful enough to
turn rocks into gravel.

I've got the 12 Cup KitchenAid. 3 work bowls, 6 or 7 different blades
and an egg whipper gizmo. The thing really can turn rocks into gravel!

I used it today to make almond paste, and it had the job done in about
60 seconds.

Cleaning the top is easier if you use a baby bottle brush. Takes about
30 seconds with hot, soapy water and comes perfectly clean.

Debra

I just got a new KitchenAid food processor, cause I couldn't see
lugging around my old Cuisinart, and the little Prep Cuisinart...they
take up too much space on my counters when I am traveling. Most
apartments these days don't have much counter space.

Well..I invested in the newer Pro-line model, which is a huge one, and
the workbowl, and the little prep bowl, which on this model is about
as big as some regular food processor bowls. It is a heavy model,
and about a 1000 watts of power. Expensive, but I am already in love
with it. It does have a smaller footprint on the countertop..even
though it is larger and heavier than my Cuisinart.

I have made pizzza dough several times in it already, and even though
Peter Reinhardt says that for most food processors, the dough has to
be divided into two portions to mix, this processor handles it with
ease and can do the whole batch at once.

Christine

I have model 670, holds 11 cups, but yesterday making bread with 3-3/4 cups
flour and 1-1/2 cups of water, it seemed as if that was the limit. I was
either wishing for more capacity or thinking I should cut down the volume.
I believe 670 refers to the watts of power.
Dee Dee

"Goomba38" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

Yeah, but... than it's out of commission until you run the dishwasher.
I honestly can't think of anything a food processor can slice quicker
and with less effort than I can with a knife..

No it isn't. I have two bowls 🙂
And trust me, hummus is a whole lot easier to make in mass quantities in a
FP than some other way.
I use my FP as a blender, mixer for many things and it chops just fine for
many, many uses. Sure I use my knife for most day to day needs, but that
FP is HANDY!!!!!
Goomba

Used mine twice yesterday - mixing bread dough (instead of the mixer) and
made olive spread for the bread (bruschetta) with garlic, kalamata olives,
capers, olive oil, fresh basil. Fast, fast fast with the KA, and the
consistency I wanted. I couldn't get that with a knife, I don't think,
perhaps with some kind of a crusher and a lot of elbow grease. I guess I
could go into the mindfulness mode for both these preps, but yesterday
wasn't the day for it.
Dee