"Michael Siemon" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>> "Handy Gandy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I was watch America's Test Kitchen a few days, and they were using a
>> > food
>> > processor to grind meat. Cut into small pieces, freeze the meat, dump
>> > in
>> > the processor.
>> >
>> > I mentioned this to a friend saying " I thought you couldn't do that.
>> > That you needed a grinder specially made for it."
>> >
>> > He told me that they were using a fancy high end processor. Looked like
>> > a
>> > vanilla processor ro me. Is it possible?
>>
>> Yes, I used to do it a long time ago, but the results are not so good.
>> As
>> you have described, first you have to cut up the meat and then freeze it.
>> Not worth all the trouble! Oh and I didn't have a particularly high end
>> processor. Process it just a bit too long and you have mush.
>
> A good, reasonably large, food processor does a good job on a smallish
> (up to 1 pound) quantity of meat. Yes, it should be cut into cubes first
> (say, 3/4" to 1"). And you need to pulse, watching to make sure you do
> not create "mush" (as noted above). This is a quite reasonable way to
> chop chicken or pork for Thai larb, for example. And I've done it for
> hamburgers as well.
>
>
Are you using the plastic blade? I've never been able to "grind" in the
processor. The pieces are "chopped". I haven't, however, used the plastic
blade, and I've only tried to do this with beef. Chopped meat is nice and
slightly different for some dishes, like sloppy joes.

Kent