Giusi wrote:
> "bugbear" > ha scritto nel messaggio news:gvCdndQLDNJlrYXVnZ2dnUVZ8qugnZ2d@plusnet...
>> Following my recent epiphany with coarse mince,
>> can anyone offer informed opinion on the performance
>> differences, either in use or result, between
>> the disc style mincers (e.g. spong)
>>
>> http://i7.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/eb/f2/2de3_1.JPG
>>
>> and the bladed mincers (e.g. porkert)?
>>
>> http://www.alacook.co.uk/cat--Meat-M...t_minc_01.html
>>
>> BugBear
>
> Unless you go into business you'll never need anything more than what you call a Sprong (in the USA it was a Gem) and the product is much better than whirling blades. The blades engender stringiness. The hand mincer is useful for loads of other things, too.

Sorry; I wasn't explicit in that second link.

*some* hand mincers have cutting blades (not disks)

http://www.alacook.co.uk/item--Porke...--MINCER5.html

It was the performance and behaviour of the
two kinds of hand mincers I was enquiring after.

BugBear

bugbear wrote:

> Giusi wrote:
> > "bugbear" > ha scritto nel
> messaggio news:gvCdndQLDNJlrYXVnZ2dnUVZ8qugnZ2d@plusnet...
> >> Following my recent epiphany with coarse mince,
> >> can anyone offer informed opinion on the performance
> >> differences, either in use or result, between
> >> the disc style mincers (e.g. spong)
> >>
> >> http://i7.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/eb/f2/2de3_1.JPG
> >>
> >> and the bladed mincers (e.g. porkert)?
> >>
> >> http://www.alacook.co.uk/cat--Meat-M...t_minc_01.html
> >>
> >> BugBear
> >
> > Unless you go into business you'll never need anything more than what
> you call a Sprong (in the USA it was a Gem) and the product is much
> better than whirling blades. The blades engender stringiness. The hand
> mincer is useful for loads of other things, too.
>
> Sorry; I wasn't explicit in that second link.
>
> *some* hand mincers have cutting blades (not disks)
>
> http://www.alacook.co.uk/item--Porke...--MINCER5.html
>
> It was the performance and behaviour of the
> two kinds of hand mincers I was enquiring after.

So why have you posted to 2 other news groups that you didn't post to
before?

Dave

Dave wrote:
> bugbear wrote:
>
>> Giusi wrote:
>> > "bugbear" > ha scritto nel
>> messaggio news:gvCdndQLDNJlrYXVnZ2dnUVZ8qugnZ2d@plusnet...
>> >> Following my recent epiphany with coarse mince,
>> >> can anyone offer informed opinion on the performance
>> >> differences, either in use or result, between
>> >> the disc style mincers (e.g. spong)
>> >>
>> >> http://i7.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/eb/f2/2de3_1.JPG
>> >>
>> >> and the bladed mincers (e.g. porkert)?
>> >>
>> >> http://www.alacook.co.uk/cat--Meat-M...t_minc_01.html
>> >>
>> >> BugBear
>> >
>> > Unless you go into business you'll never need anything more than
>> what you call a Sprong (in the USA it was a Gem) and the product is
>> much better than whirling blades. The blades engender stringiness.
>> The hand mincer is useful for loads of other things, too.
>>
>> Sorry; I wasn't explicit in that second link.
>>
>> *some* hand mincers have cutting blades (not disks)
>>
>> http://www.alacook.co.uk/item--Porke...--MINCER5.html
>>
>> It was the performance and behaviour of the
>> two kinds of hand mincers I was enquiring after.
>
> So why have you posted to 2 other news groups that you didn't post to
> before?

In the hope of getting informed reponses.

Are you saying rec.food.equipment ISN'T a relevant group
to my question, or that my question isn't on topic
in that group?

BugBear