"Michael" > wrote:

>Great thread on food processors. We've never had one and my
>understanding of all the things they can do is a little vague. Although most of my
>cooking has recently been centered around baking, when I do the full meal, slicing
>vegetables slows everything down to a snail's pace. After reading this thread, I
>realize that the food processor could help with baking, too. No more hand-grinding
>the nuts into smaller pieces, and no longer using a rolling pin to make graham
>cracker crumbs.

Exactly. I did some experimenting with cheesecakes this christmas. I
use regular and chocolate biscottis ground up instead of grahams for
expreso, amoretto and anisette mini cheesecakes. The biscotti crust
absolutley made them. No way I would waste time grinding those up.
Especially since the chocolate ones had the glaze on them--that would
have made a mess by hand.

>Although their were some dissenting views, it sounds like KitchenAid
>got a strong consensus. Are there several KitchenAid food processors? If
>yes, is the smallest one good? We've got a small kitchen, with limited
>storage.

Yes there are a hell of a lot.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...od%20processor

That link probably won't work when it gets wrapped, but search Amazon
for "kitchenaid fod processor", or any other kitchn place.

You should decide on size they come in 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 cup
varieties. The 11-cup is the one with the big range of attachments. I
don't really see extras for any of the others around. I think the 3
cup is pretty much just a chopper/puree thing--although my
non-KitchenAid 3cup has a feeder and slicing discs. 5 cup starts with
blades for slicing and a feeder tube on KAs. Only the 11-cup is the
really versatile one. That said I like having a very small one. I live
alone and most of my quantities are small. If you have too much empty
bowl food doesn't dice or puree because it all flys away from the
blade. So you have to consider the size of your normal workload.

>Thanks, Michael

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