Food Processor

I can tell you get the biggest and best one you can afford.

11 cups is the minimum I would go and you want something heavy duty enough to make dough in too. Trust me on that one.

The Kitchen Aid 11 and 14 cup models are great. They can be had for 250-350 or so and are worth every dime. I have had my current model going on 5 years now and use it almost once a week.

spo, don't even think about using a food processor for mayonnaise or aioli. Get yourself a hand blender. It takes seconds to make either mayo or aioli and cleanup is a snap. Use your food processor for other purposes.

A handblender is superior for making emulsions. Listen to Board-o.

Dough? I’ve never tried a food processor to make dough but I do use a Kitchen-Aid stand mixer and it is unparalleled, IMO.

I’ll need to give my hand mixer a try the next time I make mayonnaise. In the past I’ve always used a whisk.

Food processors are a waste (and a waste of counter space). If you have a blender and a wand-mixer (hand blender), you already have everything you need.

For dough, a mixer with a dough hook is ideal. KitchenAid is my choice.

A combination of whisk and hand blender is good when you need to bring a broken ganache back to life.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
spo, don't even think about using a food processor for mayonnaise or aioli. Get yourself a hand blender. It takes seconds to make either mayo or aioli and cleanup is a snap. Use your food processor for other purposes.

You mean you use the whisk attachment or just the blade part?

Well,I agree on getting good products. I have a Kitchenaid mixer(newlly repaced from katrina)and cusinart appliance and a black and decker stainless food processor. Just got it and it was $50.00 at Target. I will see how it goes. I had a white one and it lasted almost 2 yrs. The pastic lid broke, so the safety device won't allow it to work. But, this model seems more sturdy. When this one breaks I'l get a kitchenaid.

ArieS, like this KitchenAid Immersion Blender

Nice. I had one, not a kitchenaid, but it helps incorporate graves and with soups. I like this gadget. Thanks Een!

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Originally posted by Een:
ArieS, like this KitchenAid Immersion Blender

Mine isn't a KitchenAid either but it's the first link that came up and I'm lazy.

You are funny. I need to lay down. Got sick last night and had to stay home from work. But, you probably know lots about wine. I'm just a regular wine enthusiast who loves to cook.

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Originally posted by Een:
Mine isn't a KitchenAid either but it's the first link that came up and I'm lazy.

Feel better. And I know much more about food than wine but at least I'm learning from a smart group.

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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At what point are you going to stop bringing up the fact that your stuff was ruined in Katrina?

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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Who's katrina?

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
Nice. I had one, not a kitchenaid, but it helps incorporate graves and with soups.

Why would you want to incorporate anything into a Graves?

- Jeff

Until I get over it! If you were in my shoes, you would know how I feel. And I am so serious about that. It's not just stuff, it is starting a whole new life. Try that and see if you like it!

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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At what point are you going to stop bringing up the fact that your stuff was ruined in Katrina?

Sorry misspelled word. Gravies. I make mistakes and can admit to it!

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Originally posted by OffNotes:

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
Nice. I had one, not a kitchenaid, but it helps incorporate graves and with soups.

Why would you want to incorporate anything into a Graves?

- Jeff

Katrina was a hurricane that you will never want to meet in your entire lifetime!

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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Who's katrina?

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Originally posted by mwagner7700:

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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At what point are you going to stop bringing up the fact that your stuff was ruined in Katrina?

Some people never get over things. My wife has an uncle that never fails to bring Vietnam into any conversation. It's just sad, and at some point, you just have to put it behind you or you'll never move on. He hasn't, and people have tried to avoid him for the past 30 years.
Don't be Uncle Don, Lorrie.

I see your point, but my ordeal happened less than 2 years ago. And I am just rebuilding my life. So it is a very sensitive issue for me.

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Originally posted by mwagner7700:

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Originally posted by Lorrie:
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At what point are you going to stop bringing up the fact that your stuff was ruined in Katrina?

Some people never get over things. My wife has an uncle that never fails to bring Vietnam into any conversation. It's just sad, and at some point, you just have to put it behind you or you'll never move on. He hasn't, and people have tried to avoid him for the past 30 years.
Don't be Uncle Don, Lorrie.

Everyone goes through a grieving process for things at a different pace. A good friend of mine lost her fiance to liver disease when he was 26. This was four years ago. Six months after people were hounding her to "move on", find someone and she just wasn't ready. I'm happy to say she met someone in her own time and they were married last month. She's still not "over" G.'s death but she is moving on with her life and is happy.

I've never had my home destroyed and had to start my entire life over so I'm not going to tell someone when they need to move on or get over something.

Ah, people making a big deal out of it. I can see how it can take time to recover if your legs got crushed by a bus full of looters, but if you got your bones and teeth intact, it's not too bad and fresh start can be fun and is not something too many people get to experience.

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Originally posted by Een:
she met someone in her own time and they were married last month. She's still not "over" G.'s death but she is moving on with her life

Gee, I bet her husband is thrilled!

Ha! I just mean that she still gets sad around his birthday (he died on his birthday). She's never going to be completely forget about him but she is very much in love with her husband and happy.

God, the way I wrote it, it came out horribly!

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Originally posted by Een:
(he died on his birthday).

Clean and classy exit.

Right, more questions spo?

Yeah ArieS, wow, this thread really went places I had not even imagined. But seriously, thanks for the input everyone.