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> On Feb 16, 6:30 pm, Puester > wrote:
>> mm wrote:
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>>> I am constantly concern about cross contamination and wants the meat
>>> that's stuck got rinsed off and out of the sink first. Then worked on
>>> washing of the grease. May be I needed to strategize the washign
>>> process. Oh, boy so many things to remember. I guess I'll get used
>>> to it in time. Right now, it is like when I first started doing any
>>> cooking, an ordeal to even think of what to buy and what to cook.
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>> Oiling is Your Friend.
>
> This was the top secret I was missing? And the fingernail brush.
> Thanks.
>
>> Scrub the parts clean in hot, soapy water with a new fingernail brush
>> and save the brush for cleaning the grinder. Rinse well, dry
>> thoroughly, then coat lightly with cooking oil.
>>
>> Before you grind something again, re-coat with oil to make removal of
>> the meat scraps easier.
>>
>> gloria p
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Use peanut oil or light mineral oil. Vegetable oil will oxidize and
turn into sticky varnish.

Bob