On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:44:17 -0600, Pennyaline
> wrote:

>On 8/13/2010 04:12, Kent wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Are there food processors which allow you to control the thickness of
>>> a slice? What brand names might you suggest?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>> Unless something has changed recently, you have to buy a slicing blade for
>> each thickness that you want to slice. That's in addition to the thickness
>> of the blade that came with the machine. For my Cuisinart processor I have
>> a 2 mm, 4 mm and an 8 mm blade. I think the 4 mm blade came with the
>> machine. This can run into money. When you buy your processor choose
>> carefully, a product you'll be happy with for a along time. My Cuisinart is
>> over twenty years old. Another important thing to consider when choosing a
>> processor is that you want a product where you can get replacement parts.
>> With heavy use parts can self destruct and need replacing. I've always been
>> able to find replacement parts locally for Cuisinart.
>>
>> I'd look very hard at the Cuisinart before going to a Kitchenaid, or other
>> brand.
>
>I had a more than thirty year old food processor that was handed down to
>me by my mother (I don't remember the make, but it was one of the first
>affordable ones on the market and even at that we kids had to pool our
>money to buy it for Ma) finally went belly up three years ago.

Possibly Moulinex la machine. I think that was big back then. I have
a toshiba from about that time period that I keep because it spins
slow enough to make salsa perfectly. It's not much good for anything
that requires a heavy workload.

>I shopped
>and compared carefully for its replacement and finally decided on a
>12-cup Kitchenaid. Price-wise, ease of use-wise and replacement
>parts-wise, the Kitchenaid and Cuisinart were comparable, but the KA
>edged out Cuisinart in performance. It also beat it in appearance and
>color choices, but that's a strictly personal thing

I chose the KA too about 10 years ago. I like it a lot.

Lou