I bought this today to replace a circa 1979 Cuisinart model I had. My mom had given me her old one. It was a foreign object, but I accepted it, and tried to use it. The old one’s motor is still good, but almost all the plastic parts started breaking, from the accessory blade parts that were plastic, right down to the handle on the bowl, the moment I plugged it in and started trying to use it. Plastic doesn’t last forever.
Normally, I’m not a huge fan of food processors, because my knife skills are reasonably good. I can work all the hand gadgets like graters, knives, and mandolines, without drawing blood, but sometimes, one of these things makes the slicing, dicing, and blending a whole lot faster than doing it the old-fashioned way. Using a knife will always get the job done.
This one has a nested smaller bowl that I can use for stuff like hummus, and the bigger bowl accommodates the makings of coleslaw. It also has half a dozen accessories that can be used for many things, including an adjustable slicing blade. I went for the 1000w motor; I don’t need it crapping out on me when I try to make it puree chunks of celeriac.
For a home thingamajig, it’s worthy of being in my kitchen. 😀
Oooh, shiny, choppy things. I have a Rachael Ray-type knife I favor. My mom had a decent, if not great, Cuisinart, but we managed to misplace the blade. It may be time to go shopping…
So what are you going to christen it with? Salsa, some cozy butternut squash soup or something naughty and sweet?
Ooh. Butternut squash soup sounds really good.
Or carrot cake muffins . . .
Pics or it didn’t happen!
Also I love being a naughty gastronomic influence <3
I need a new food processor. Think our old one finally went to Silicone Heaven with all the calculators.
I need a new food processor myself. Killed my blender trying to make hummus. Yeah, I was doing it wrong… 😛
We blew the gasket on an old, cheap-ass blender we had, just last week, making, of all things, a banana-yogurt smoothie. I still had my old (fairly decent) Kitchen Aid blender in the basement, so it was no big loss.
There are combo appliances you can buy that have blender and food processor capabilities, with panel switches to match, although they tend to have small capacities. Here’s one: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=cuisinart+food+processor+blender&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15754033299631963354&ei=wPw-TYrGLIPLgQfHoKmPCQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEsQ8wIwAg#
It might not be the one for your needs, but it gives you an idea of what’s out there.
I misread Hummus as Humans for a second there…
I could see where that wouldn’t work too well in a blender . . . 🙁
Only in Nikki Gawth diner.
Last kitchen gadget we bought was one of those Kitchen-aid monstrous mixers.
*WANTS*
If only for the dough making capabilities not to mention meringues and frostings.
I still make pie dough by hand, with a pastry cutter, and bread dough by hand. Nothing beats kneading dough on a board, whether it’s white, wheat, or soda bread.
My bread bible is a book titled Beard on Bread. I don’t like all the recipes in it, but most of them are fairly idiot-proof, so it works well for me.
Now I wish I had room in my tiny kitchen for cool gadgets *sigh*
There is only one or two more kitchen gadgets I want. Homemade ice cream maker, and a bread maker. Unfortunately I’m not going to see either due to a small kitchen and no storage space.
I actually bought an ice cream maker last year, but only because I got $40 off the purchase as a result of switching a credit card from one bank to another, so it only cost me $29, with free shipping. It’s the kind that has a churn bowl you have to freeze a day ahead, so at least I don’t have to worry about having ice on hand. Haven’t tried any of the egg-based custard recipes, but it does a really good job for frozen yogurt.
Never wanted a bread maker, since it’s pretty easy to make by hand, although I have to admit certain recipes make a sticky dough that’s not so easy to work with. You probably wouldn’t want to use a bread maker for soda bread, anyway, and Sally Lunn is baked in a tube pan. Plus, monkey bread has to have the dough rolled into little balls, dipped in a cinnamon-y syrup, before being piled into an angel food pan, and Challah has to be braided before it gets baked. I might use a bread baker for white bread or cinnamon raisin bread, but I sure wouldn’t buy one just to do that.
I borrow my grandma’s hand crank ice cream maker sometimes =) This time of year is great for making ice cream we use snow instead of ice!
My mom has a bread maker but I actually find it more of a bother, because you do almost the same amount of work filling it up. Then you have to wait for the beep to add additional ingredients if you want a special type of bread, say a raisin bread. So I go off to do other things and forget about it, lol. 😛
That’s what kids are for! lol 🙂
Bread makers… the most pointless kitchen appliance ever. And yes, I’ve got one too. I think I used it twice and then went back to making bread “the normal way” in the oven instead. It really didn’t save you any time or effort at all, in fact, I’d say it made baking bread downright boring. Oh well, at least I’m one experience wiser now 😀
I’m a sucker for the smell of bread.
@Git We live in the land where bakers, confectioneries and pie shops rub gritty shoulders in sleepy competition. Where chippies and take-aways lure the tried and frozen as well as the tipsy or roaringly drunk into a gentle neon wash, tinged with sacrificial scents of the exotic.
I’m obviously home-sick this morning, need more tea.
And a scone. 😉
With jam.