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(PENMART01) wrote in
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> 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.

Perhaps so, for you. I cannot do this more quickly by hand, and with
arthritis in my hands, it's a lot less painful to use the food processor
for large quantites.

>>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.

That may be true for dried breadcrumbs, but I can't envision anything but
mush coming out of a meat grinder if using fresh bread - certainly not
fine crumbs. Next time I use my meat grinder, I'll give it a try.
>
> Naturally a food processor is incapable of grinding meat, or anything
> else.

Agreed that a food processor simply cannot grind meat.

Wayne