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"ilduco" > wrote:

> Any advice on which are good brands to buy and which to avoid for
> electric pasta makers?
> I want to spend less than $500.
> Many thanks.
> Les

$150 will get you an Atlas with a motor attachment, I'll bet. I don't
have the motorized dealie but do have pictures on my website of the
Atlas in action. It's not an extrusion type. (They generally have a
bad rep.) Might check the Sam I Am tab - "Someone's in the Kitchen
with Babi" is the note title.

IME, an extruder is trickier to for success. The "dough" has to be
really really stiff - mixed in a food processor and barely holding
together. I think durum flour makes a difference in the extruder type,
too.
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