"Nancy2" wrote in message
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On Oct 25, 3:24 pm, "Peter" wrote:
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...=30&item_id=59...

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 :-)

What does the book that came with it say about pasta? I've never done
dough or pasta in a FP, only by hand or in my KitchenAid.

N.

It does not say anything about pasta at all, that was a prayer :-) It has
a bread dough attachment but the things I've read online are sort of hit and
miss. Some like, some don't but don't say why. I've never made bread.
Have you ever ground meat in yours?