On Oct 25, 3:38 pm, "Peter" > wrote:
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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).
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> >>http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/pro...=30&item_id=59...
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> >> 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 :-)
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> >> 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.
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> >> 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 :-)
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> > 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.
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> > N.
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> 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.
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Only cooked meat, like leftover ham or turkey for ham salad or turkey
croquettes, but I've done those with my KitchenAid mixer's grinding
attachment.

I'd think using the FP might make something more like a meat paste,
but maybe your FP has slower speeds. I've got kind of an old Hamilton
Beach one that has one speed.

N.