"David Harmon" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:04:30 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> > wrote,
>>I also watch my electric bill closely I use my food processor when I
>>need to slice a lot of veggies to uniform size quickly. e.g. squash
>>casserole. Otherwise, it just sits in the pantry, mostly unused. It
>>certainly doesn't hold a predominant spot on my kitchen counter.
>
> If you made a point of using the food processor for everything it was
> capable of doing, every day, as an experiment, how much would it add to
> your electric bill in a month? I'm guessing probably a dime.


It's not about the electric bill. I was replying to Kalmia's comment about
having a father who watched the electric bill. I did, too. And I do, too.
Don't you pay attention to yours? <G>

Sorry, but I don't have any need to use the food processor every day. I
don't have vegetables fresh out of the garden every day. I don't have
blocks of cheese to grate or shred. My FP is a very basic model. As
previously stated, I use it to uniformly slice yellow squash for squash
casserole. I also use it to slice potatoes when making scalloped potatoes.
But I rarely use it for anything else. I don't make squash casserole or
scalloped potatoes more than twice a year. I have no need to have the FP
sitting on the counter every day. Just takes up space. I'm simply not a
collector of small kitchen appliances.

Jill