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 :-)

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.

"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?

Peter wrote:

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.

This is secondhand, but according to Julia Child, a meat grinder works
better because you do not end up with chopped gristle in the meat.
Instead, the gristle stays in the screen of the grinder, where
you can manually remove it from time to time.

Steve

"Peter" wrote in message
...
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

Nancy2 wrote:

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.

Bob has a Cuisinart food processor as well. Just this last week we
wanted to attempt a small batch of pasta dough to run through a
little, manual Atlas Mercato pasta maker that I brought into the
marriage, but have never used. It was an unsual experiment, to say the
least. We have the big KitchenAid mixer (two, actually) that we have
always done dough in, but thought for this smaller quantity we would
try the Cuisinart.

Not sure if it was the flour or the processor or technique, but we
could never get the dough right. We even tried different blades. The
thickness of the pasta strips were inconsistent, and had small holes
and tears as we worked it. Just need to stick with our fail-safe
KitchenAid next time.

--Lin

"Steve Pope" wrote in message
...
Peter wrote:

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.

This is secondhand, but according to Julia Child, a meat grinder works
better because you do not end up with chopped gristle in the meat.
Instead, the gristle stays in the screen of the grinder, where
you can manually remove it from time to time.

Steve

That makes sense. I would probably take care to properly cut out any
gristle and such first though.

"Dee Dee" wrote in message
...

"Peter" wrote in message
...
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.

On Oct 25, 4:24?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.


A food processor is far better than mystery meat... but you really
ought to buy a meat grinder.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" wrote in message
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On Oct 25, 4:24?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.


A food processor is far better than mystery meat... but you really
ought to buy a meat grinder.

Sheldon


Sheldon, I'll probably give this a go and if it does not satisfy my needs I
may end up doing so. Suggestions for brand names and models? I don't want
to sacrifice an early retirement on one but I would want one that lasts for
life.

Peter wrote:

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.


I have ground meat once with my Cuisinart Custom 11. The attachment
comes with two grinding plates - coarse and finer. I used boneless
chuck, cut into strips, and had no problems using the coarser plate. A
second grind would have been beneficial, though.

Dora

I have ground meat once with my Cuisinart Custom 11. The attachment
comes with two grinding plates - coarse and finer. I used boneless
chuck, cut into strips, and had no problems using the coarser plate. A
second grind would have been beneficial, though.

Dora

Scratch what I said, Peter. I got mixed up - I haven't ground meat
using the Cuisinart but have ground it using my Kitchenaid mixer with a
grinder attachment. My apologies. I'm tired.

Dora

On Oct 25, 6:45?pm, "Peter" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote in message

ups.com...





On Oct 25, 4:24?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.

A food processor is far better than mystery meat... but you really
ought to buy a meat grinder.

Sheldon

Sheldon, I'll probably give this a go and if it does not satisfy my needs I
may end up doing so. Suggestions for brand names and models? I don't want
to sacrifice an early retirement on one but I would want one that lasts for
life.

You can spend a lot more but I bought this Waring as a step up from my
slightly smaller Moulinex and it works great:
http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/...t-grinder.aspx


I think if you shop around you can find it for less, I paid $160 two
years ago... he
http://www.homeclick.com/web/catalog...115252&cid=CC5

Sheldon

"Peter" wrote in message
...
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.

Try this
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._10214,00.html

Here is the episode number, but I just don't remember how to use it.
Episode EA1B11 The benefit of being able to read the episode is that I
believe he elaborates further on using the food processor for chopping meat.
Maybe someone else can help with finding the episode?
Janet

On Oct 25, 8:14?pm, "limey" wrote:
I have ground meat once with my Cuisinart Custom 11. The attachment
comes with two grinding plates - coarse and finer. I used boneless
chuck, cut into strips, and had no problems using the coarser plate. A
second grind would have been beneficial, though.

Dora

Scratch what I said, Peter. I got mixed up - I haven't ground meat
using the Cuisinart but have ground it using my Kitchenaid mixer with a
grinder attachment. My apologies. I'm tired.

Good thing you don't do circumcisions. hehe