"Dee Dee" wrote in message
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"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.

Is it mushy even for a coarse grind? I wouldn't try and replicate a proper
sausage meat grind style, but something a little chunkier. I like chunkier
for chili and stroganoff.

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

Thanks. I may give bread making a try for special occasions.