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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> wrote:
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>> Julian Vrieslander > said:
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>> > In article >,
>> > Goomba38 > wrote:
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>> > > I love my Cuisinart Pro Custom 11"
>>
>> I've been eyeing them up on eBay. There are some good deals available.
>>
>> > We have one of those. I use it only rarely. The main reason is that
>> > the time it saves (compared with using hand tools to chop/mix/puree/etc
>> > the food) is often less than the time I have to spend cleaning all the
>> > parts afterwards.
>>
>> When Crash found out that food processors can "knead" pizza dough
>> (recipe below), an FP became a sure thing for my birthday. <EG>
>> Does anyone have experience shredding cabbage for cole slaw in one of
>> these babies? I've always shredded mine by hand, but I don't get
>> consistent results.
>
> Alla time. However, I've got a set of blades for my Cuisinart ranging
> in slicing thickness from 1mm to 6mm, plus a couple others that were
> part of the set (julienne?). I use the 1mm or 2mm for slicing
> (shredding) the cabbage for slaw and for Rob's red cabbage. Works great.
> --

I like the coarse grating disk for cole slaw. Also great for making latkes.

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Peter Aitken