I kind of agree with you... all valid points. There is a place and time for
everything, even cake mixes... I'm sure they are a godsend to working Moms.
I'm pretty sure that there are people that would like fresh warm bread with
a meal but wouldn't consider making a cake from scratch and a KA mixer would
be as useless to them as a food processor seems to be for me... (I'd
probably buy one if I could find a place to put it) <grin>
I bought my daughter in law a Kitchen aid mixer, for her wedding shower..
they have been married 2 1/2 years and I don't think the mixer has made it
out of the box yet... but she definitely expressed an interest in my bread
machine when she had my rolls at Easter. I'm hoping that I can gradually
get her to cook...

Using a bread machine to make dough is easier for me because I don't have to
stand by the mixer and watch it, once I've loaded the ingredients and
checked that my dough consistency is right, I can do something else... for
the next hour and a half.

I do use it to bake bread in it once in a while, especially at Christmas
time when I'm pressed for time. but that's just bread... it's nothing
special. Coming home to a hot bowl of homemade soup and a slice of hot
bread sure beats grabbing a bite in a food court at the mall!

You make that food processor sound so interesting, I suppose I could get rid
of my blender that I only use for making smooth sauces and an occasional
chocolate milk shake... or maybe the cookie jar that never is used for
cookies... hmm the wheels are turning.

We eat bread in some form every day, so my machine is used several times a
week...


Rina









"Vox Humana" > wrote in message news:eJsrd.25429

> I just don't see
> any advantage in using the machine to make dough, and then removing it and
> completing the process by hand.

>
> As for the food processor, I use mine for small batches of yeast dough and
> pie pastry, grinding nuts, making bread crumbs, grinding meat, chopping
> large amounts of onions, shredding cheese, making jullian cut vegetables,
> preparing mayonnaise and other emulsions, chopping chocolate, making
> ganache, preparing pasta dough, and many other tasks.