On Dec 26, 4:21�pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> "Joseph O'Brien" > wrote:
>
> > As per holiday tradition, my parents delivered to me this Christmas an
> > obscure product that I must have mentioned at some point over the last
> > twelve months. This year, it was a vegetable mill. And it's not just
> > any vegetable mill. It's this one:
>
> >http://www.galasource.com/prodDetail.cfm/66940
> > ...
> > So, O wise Internet, I invoke your spirit and ask: what the heck is
> > this thing, and how do I use it? How do I care for it? How can I make
> > it of near daily value? I'm tempted to take it back for something a
> > little less intimidating, but I do want to give it a chance.
>
> Soak dried beans until soft. �Run though mill to form puree without
> the husks. �Yum homemade bean soup.
>
> You should be able to mash or rice pretty much any plant stuff with
> it. �I can't see the details of the plates but one might be able to
> grind meat as well.

It won't grind raw meat but it will handle braised meat nicely for
making force meat. Many use food mills for preparing their own baby
foods; both vegetables and meats, and both together.