The New Cuisinart "Elite" Food Processors

On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:55:12 -0800, sf arranged
random neurons and said:


Double ditto - I'd also like to get a new KA stand mixer, but the one
I have works fine. It's just underpowered.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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Doug wrote:


That's correct except for the "clear" part: Prior to the processing,
the lobster chunks were cooked with vegetables and some liquid. The
lobster parts are pulled from the pot with tongs and put into the
processor, which makes them into sludge. The sludge is added back to
the pot and simmered with cream for 30 minutes, then the liquid is
extracted by pressing hard through a fine strainer.



Yes, it works for crabs (and crayfish); I've done it before. (In fact
I posted about it here in Message-ID:
)

It is indeed loud. One thing to note is that if you've got one of the
older food processors, there's no gasket between the bowl and the top
section, so you need to wrap a collar of paper towels around that seam
or you'll splatter goo all over the kitchen.

Bob
 
Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:


Only if what you put into the blender is mostly liquid and you don't
have too small an amount. You also have to mash the contents down
again and again, so a blender is vastly inferior for many cooking
tasks. How could you not know that? People who REALLY cook know
elementary things like that. The fact that you were so ignorant
implies that you don't cook at all, so maybe you should stick to
talking about things you actually do practice, like SPAM-opening and
pederasty.

Bob
 
Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:


Not according to Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, both of whom are
better cooks than you are.

It would be better if you just skipped this thread, Pussy. People are
talking about cooking, and since you don't know a goddamned thing
about how to cook, it's all going way over your misshapen head.

Bob
 
In article ,
Brooklyn1 wrote:

Sure it is. One loaf can be mixed and kneaded in no time.

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On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:31:19 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
wrote:

Sniffle!



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On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:02:35 -0800, sf arranged
random neurons and said:


We could always do a kind of "Strangers on a Train" RFC-style. I'll
sneak over and grab your Cuisinart, then you sneak over here and grab
my KA *and* my Cuisinart, we'll each swear we were burgled, thereby
needing new stuff, and the Salvation Army will wind up with two
Cuisinarts and a KA!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd...with apologies to Mr. Hitchcock

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:14:59 -0800 (PST), Bryan
wrote:

Ah okay. Haven't heard of that one.

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Jean asked:


Easy enough: The big concern I had was that if you want to use the small
work bowl, you have to nest it inside the larger work bowls. Well, wouldn't
the large work bowls get gunk in them from that? As it turns out, the medium
and small bowls have lips which completely cover the larger bowls when
they're nested, so the larger bowls don't get stuff in them. The blades lift
right out and are dishwasher-safe, as are the bowls and the lid. (Naturally,
we ran all of it through the dishwasher before we used it for the first
time.)

Bob
 
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:04:10 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:


I wondered how that worked. Considering the 14 cup model is the same
price as the next one down, there's no reason not to get it. Have you
used the dough speed yet?



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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:18:51 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
arranged random neurons and said:

Two thumbs up on that one, Nancy. I'd made toast cups out of a buncha
bread slices by using my biscuit cutter - perfect size for the
mini-muffin pan - which leaves a whole lot of bread waste. I spread
'em out on a cookie sheet until they're good and dry, then run 'em
through the FP. My granddaughter asked why I had all those bread
slices just sitting out, then watched as I ran them through the FP.
She then asked why I didn't just buy bread crumbs at the market. I
guess the "waste not, want not" part of my explanation flew right over
her head.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:14:09 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
wrote:


Dried those are not fresh bread crumbs.

Anyway nothing beats a meat grinder for any kind of crumbs, always
uniform.
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:43:01 -0600, Omelet
wrote:


I make a whole bunch of crumbs at once, like at least a two quart
container. And there's nothing much to clean, simply a quick rinse...
I think there's more to clean with a processor. I have a blender,
but it makes lousy crumbs, blenders don't do well with dry
ingredients. And I care that they're uniform, I want crumbs, not half
dust. And I don't DRAG out the grinder, it's not like I need to call
AAA to bring a tow truck.
 
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:09:53 -0800 (PST), Bryan
wrote:


Oh, my goodness they've come a long way. I like all the accessories!
It used to be a mini-chopper only. I got one packaged up with my 11
cup Cuisinart (and promptly gave it away) back when they first came
out. Maybe I'll get one now.

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:01:40 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:


I have a mini-chopper that I use quite a bit. If you don't own a food
processor, it will give you a hint of how useful a bigger one will be
for you. To be honest, mine have different functions. The little one
does things like chop garlic and parsley and the big one makes pizza
dough and shreds cheese. Even if you decide you want a larger model,
you'll still use the little one.... unless you get a model that
bundles all the sizes, like Bob T's.

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sf wrote:
Yeah. Fortuitously, or so I thought, Sur la Table announced a
sale on the little Cuisinarts yesterday. I went to look, and they
only chop and grind, so that won't do. I did look at mandolines
when I was there. I don't know whether they would like to do
beans though.

Later, I was at the Indian buffet. I was glad to see they had a
poriyal--this time a mixed vegetable one. I talked with the staff
about it and was told they do the veggies by hand. Wow! These
beans are sliced 1/8th-1/4th inch thick. This version also
featured carrots in equally small dice, as well as finely grated
coconut and tiny white lentils (about the size of short-grain
rice). I guess the precision should have clued me into the fact
that they weren't using a food processor. But even though I like
to chop, I don't know that I want to do this. We shall see how
bad it is with a long knife and a bunch of parallel beans.

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On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:07:23 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:


No kidding? I was at Sur la Table yesterday too. I didn't notice a
Cuisinart sale... but I saw the knives. Did you notice the new shape
of chef's knife that's on sale? It looks like a weapon. The sales
person I talked to didn't know when the sale would end (most likely
end of the month), so I may go back and buy one if I'm not under a
tight time constraint.

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