Wayne Boatboob writes:

>(PENMART01) wrote:
>> Wayne Boatbaby writes:
>>
>>>(PENMART01) wrote:
>>>> sf > writes:
>>>>>(Curly Sue) wrote:
>>>>>> (PENMART01) wrote:
>>>>>> >(Curly Sue) writes:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >>I tried this today and really enjoyed it. It's pretty and
>>>>>> >>delicious. I added a bit of salt, some zest from the lime, and
>>>>>> >>more cilantro.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>Pete's Chopped Salad
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>1/2 c chopped red pepper
>>>>>> >>1/2 c chopped green pepper
>>>>>> >>1/2 c chopped cucumber
>>>>>> >>1/2 c diced red onion (note: next time I'm cutting to 1/4 c)
>>>>>> >>1-1/2 c diced tomato
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >Just curious... what criteria caused you to dice some and chop
>>>>>> >some?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You caught me- I diced them all!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Jeeze, you're precise (cutting)!
>>>>>Maybe Pete threw everything into the food processor - except
>>>>>the onion.
>>>>
>>>> Why not the onion... hmm, Art Linkletter was correct.
>>>
>>>I don't usually chop onion in the food processor
>>
>> Um, reread the recipe, it says *diced* onion, and food processors
>> cannot dice onions, nor can they dice anything else.
>
>Okay, okay. Yes, it sais *diced* onion, which I would do anyway even it
>it said to chop it in the FP. My own reason still stands.
>>
>>>because it bruises it
>>>too much and releases too many juices, which usually results in too
>>>strong a flavor.
>>
>> Then it would smoosh all veggies rather than slicing them cleanly,
>> which is why typical home food processors are worth shit. There is
>> nothing whatsoever a home food processor can do better or faster then
>> can be done with a chefs knife, a blender, and the best kitchen tool
>> of all, the human hand... folks who rely on food proccesors are no
>> more a cook than a kazoo player is a muscian.
>
>I wholeheartedly agree with the slicing issue; however, there are still
>many things that a FP can expediate, especially if one needs to produce
>large quantities.


There is nothing you can chop/slice quicker with a food processor that I can't
do quicker and better with a knife.... remember, ya still gotta prep the food,
make it fit that teensy hole, and clean up.

>Also, I've never found a better way to make
>large quantities of fine bread crumbs than using the steel blade in the
>FP.

A meat grinder does a far superior job, also FASTER.

Naturally a food processor is incapable of grinding meat, or anything else.


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