>Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
>folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
>crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The
mixer
>is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).

>Andy

Me three. I'm not sure I've thrown my splash guard away yet - the KA
was a wedding present over 7 years ago. This thread reminds me that I
can, and should.

Love my KA however. And yes, I love my old Cuisinart food processor.
Makes bread dough in a snap. Chops large quantities of things when I
don't feel like it. Not worth it for one or two carrots, or 3 zucchini
- but 6 pounds of sliced zucchini, sure. Also it makes great kibbeh.
And I love it for hummous. Lebanese housewives acquired French FPs a
good five years before we saw them routinely in middle class, middle
America US kitchens. The old fashioned giant mortars used in Lebanese
cuisine are lovely decorative items, and if you're a slow food
aficionado there is much to be said for making sauces, hummous, kibbeh
etc. by hand, but for the rest of us, the FP works well.


Leila