Need a food processor

[pacanis]

It's good knife skill practice. I could dice those potatoes up before you can say "pulse".

I thought the FP would be good for grating cheese, then I broke the disk on the first try. Now, only the DW uses it mostly for baking. I hate cleaning the darn thing too.

I'm lucky if I can get it diced before it starts turning brown
You say knife skill.... I say get something with a motor in it

 

[Jeekinz]

You say knife skill.... I say get something with a motor in it

There's something to please everyone.

lmao

 

[pacanis]

Question Jeeks; You're into sauces and marinades.... do you use your FP to make them?

I'm not only looking into one for those cupcakes, but the chimicchuri sauce recipes I received said to use a FP. How else would you mix spices and oil up into a fine sauce?

 

[Jeekinz]

Question Jeeks; You're into sauces and marinades.... do you use your FP to make them?

I'm not only looking into one for those cupcakes, but the chimicchuri sauce recipes I received said to use a FP. How else would you mix spices and oil up into a fine sauce?

No.

I either mince myself or if I want it finer than that I use my blender and/or chinois.

 

[pacanis]

If I have a blender still, I don't know where it is. That's why I was thinking a FP would make a good mulitasker, taking the place of a blender, mixer, good knife skills....

 

[LPBeier]

It's good knife skill practice. I could dice those potatoes up before you can say "pulse".

I thought the FP would be good for grating cheese, then I broke the disk on the first try. Now, only the DW uses it mostly for baking. I hate cleaning the darn thing too.

Hmm, Jeekinz, yours broke grating cheese too? Mine lasted a little longer than the first try but it seems that good old cheese is "tougher" than we think!

 

[JoeV]

I keep vacillating about getting a FP. If I find one for a good price at a garage sale, maybe I'll get one, but until then I have become more proficient with my knives when it comes to cutting and chopping. Since I have a KA stand mixer, I certainly don't need it for bread dough. I have also started becoming a bit retro, and have made some dough recipes by starting my dough in a bowl with my Danish Dough Whisk, then turning it out on my granite island countertop to knead and finish the dough. I find it theraputic at times, and I often use the time to pray for people who have asked for prayers (old Catholic Slovenian custom).

BTW, why are you cutting potatoes into 1/8" cubes? That's really small for a potato.

Joe

 

[LPBeier]

Joe, I agree about my knife skills and KA stand Mixer being the tools I use most, but especially when I am catering there are times when the blender and food processer come in really handy. I also have a little mini chopper that I use for large amounts of minced onion and/or garlic, even though I could easily do it with a knife as well. It was given to me, never would have bought it!

 

[pacanis]

BTW, why are you cutting potatoes into 1/8" cubes? That's really small for a potato.

Joe

I like the taste and texture it give my one pot hamburger dish/concoction. More the texture than anything I guess. They cook super quick and add potatoes to the dish, but it's not like biting into a fried potato. It's hard to explain. Try it sometime. They're good in scrambled eggs, too.

 

[Andy M.]

Fred, you can always get diced canned potatoes!

 

[Jeekinz]

Fred, you can always get diced canned potatoes!

Get an electric can opener though.

 

[pacanis]

Fred, you can always get diced canned potatoes!

You can?!
Hey, that might not be a bad thing to have sitting in the pantry for those times I am out of potaotes

 

[dave the baker]

Unless you're doing HUGE quanitys of cheese, etc.., there is a device, human powered, on the market called a "Mini-Mouli" that is easy to use, a snap to clean and takes very little space to store. I can grate a large block in just a couple of minutes and potatoes for hash browns just as fast. It also slices (think Potato Au Gratin) and only costs around $20. I use it for smaller batches, when the thought of cleaning the FP gets to me. Check it out on google.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Ok Fred...Time to pull the trigger....let me know how you like it!!

Amazon.com: KitchenAid KFP740WH 9-Cup Food Processor, White: Kitchen & Dining

Enjoy!

 

[pacanis]

Ok Fred...Time to pull the trigger....let me know how you like it!!

Amazon.com: KitchenAid KFP740WH 9-Cup Food Processor, White: Kitchen & Dining

Enjoy!

Ahh, so you are in the 9 cup camp?

 

[Uncle Bob]

Ahh, so you are in the 9 cup camp?

Actually I'm in the Deer Camp.....Hunting for the best bang for my buck....

 

[Andy M.]

I'd recommend a FP in the 9-12 cup range to accommodate standard recipe quantities.

 

[pacanis]

Actually I'm in the Deer Camp.....Hunting for the best bang for my buck....

I'm still looking....
What I have come to find it there's a big jump in prices the bigger capacity I go. A 7 cup at less than a hundred bucks is looking pretty good about now.
And as far as recipes.... I pretty much need to knock recipes down anyway. The only benefit I can see of having a large/typical capacity FP is if I could drop a whole head of lettuce or cabbage in it and shred or chop it up, but if I have to cut it into wedges anyway, what's four more cuts and doing it in two batches?
Still, there are times I wish my pressure cooker was larger....

 

[Uncle Bob]

The 710 Model claimed capacity is 7 Cups...Actual is 7 cups....No dough hook!
The 740 Model claimed capacity is 9 Cups...Actual is 10 Cups... No Not a typo
The 750 Model claimed capacity is 12 Cups..Actual is 11 Cups...+ 1 over the 740

$50/$60 for an extra cup of capacity??

Sooner or later you may want a dough hook....


Good Hunting!!!

 

[pacanis]

Those are some interesting stats, UB.

One thing I read one reviewer say about the 740 is that it takes up the same footprint of the 11 cup model. Same base. Not that that's a problem, since I'll probably have to keep it somewhere anyway. Still, it makes you wonder why not opt for the larger capacity.
And then you look at the $$$ difference.....