"Peter" wrote in message
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Received a cuisinart food processor for a wedding gift, a 7 cup model
(came with a second mini food processor as well).

http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/pro...id=59&cat_id=7

I've only had it 3 days but so far made a nice cheese dip and used to it
fine chop cabbage for chinese dumplings :-)

Is it worth my time in effort to grind my own meat with it? I was
thinking a coarser grind would be nicer compared to the usual store bought
ground meats for many dishes. Does anyone here do this regularly and can
comment or offer advice? I don't envision buying a proper meat grinder
anytime soon.

How well does it work for bread kneading? Better to do by hand? Same for
for pasta. I *love* home made pasta and I do not have a pasta maker. I
usualy do it by hand every couple weeks and roll it out myself. Is it
possible to use this machine to mix my pasta for me or am I hoping for too
much? Rolling is the easy part IMHO, mixing is the annoying part :-)




They say that grinding meat, the meat will be mushy. I've tried it, too; it
is mushy.

Bread kneading -- very good - Quite good.
There are many cookbooks written which include in the bread recipes: By
Hand, By Mixer, By Food Processor.

Dee Dee