On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 22:54:58 -0500, Trent©
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:29:01 GMT, (Curly
Sue) wrote:

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:22:28 -0500, Trent©
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 23:48:13 -0800, Robin wrote:

I've tried two of them, neither chop evenly. The bottom turns to mush
before the ingredients on top are chopped as intended. Is there a brand
that overcomes that problem?

Are you really looking to just chop, Robin? If so...

I use a hand chopper...that I bought on QVC last year...for about $15,
I think. I would never part with it.

Its a rotating chopper. You chop on your own cutting board. 1
hit...big pieces. 20 hits...pulverized. Easy clean-up is one of its
best features. Just open the sides...and rinse it with the faucet.

Its a lot quicker than cleaning out a mini food processor.

Unless you have a dishwasher, then cleaning is not an issue : These
days food processors (and blenders), Cuisinart at least, are easy to
clean. The parts that touch food/get dirty go right into the
dishwasher. Even if you don't have a dishwasher, cleaning is still a
snap. Much better than the "old days" when critical parts that needed
to be washed were connected to the base and couldn't be submerged.

If you want to chop an onion...one onion, Sue...would you put it in
your Cuisinart? Most people wouldn't.

Of course I would... why not? I suppose if I had a 21 cup food
processor it wouldn't be efficient to chop a single onion, but I don't
have a large one. Mine is a 3-cup SmartPower Duet.

But my chopper is great for that...and for times when you don't want
to mix different things that you've chopped...i.e., don't want to
clean the Cuis between veggies or different food stuffs.

15 seconds under the faucet...and the chopper is clean.

OK, so I have to take the lid off of the Cuisinart if I wanted to
rinse it out. But that seems to be the only difference. I suspect
you are thinking of older food processors that were PIA to deal with.

Its not for everybody, of course...but I love mine.

I'm not knocking it. I'm sure it's great and is certainly cheaper
than a food processor.

But the food processor is not the problem you're making it out to be.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!