"Julie Bove" > writes:

> wrote:
>> On Mar 21, 4:29 pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>>> We all have some.....don't we? I know I do. Here's a good little
>>> article from the Times about those kitchen tools we buy and never
>>> use.
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/di...ets-for-the-ki...
>>>
>>> Two people talk about NOT using things many people use here on a
>>> regular basis: a pressure cooker, and a Cuisinart.
>>
>> I use a food processor all the time. Why spend several minutes
>> grating a block of cheese, let alone the wear and tear it does on your
>> knuckles, when you can do it in seconds in a food processor? I also
>> have a pressure canner/cooker that I use for canning green beans and
>> tomatoes. The one common kitchen appliance that I rarely use is a
>> mixer. I prefer to mix by hand ( with a spoon of course) so I know
>> everything is thoroughly incorporated. It seems like whenever I've
>> used an electric mixer I've had to go back and stir in the stuff that
>> the beater missed at the bottom of the bowl.
>
> I just buy pre-shedded chese.

I do that for the cojack we use on nachos and in one of our house simple
staple foods that amounts to bean quesadillas. But I can't buy good
gruyere shredded, for example (see "fondue", previous msg).
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