patel@uicsg.UUCP (02/25/84)
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uicsg!patel Feb 24 13:06:00 1984
"Whether having a Food Processor (FP) eliminates the need for an
electric mixer?"
Absolutely not. FP does not aerate (introduce air bubbles) the food being
processed. Egg beaters/ Hand mixers are specifically designed to aerate
the food. From my experience the following is the application list.
I think for most part the applications are mutually exclusive.
Food Processor: Bread dough, pastry dough, slicing vegetables and fruits,
Chopping, grinding nuts and seeds, making nut butters,
Grating cheese, mayo and mustard spreads, humus, chutneys etc.
Hand Mixer: Egg beating, Egg whites, Whipped cream, cake and pancake batters,
Mashed Potatoes.
Blender: Totally useless except for Milk Shakes.
Fruit and Vegetable Juicer: Carrots, Cukes, Celery, Tomatoes, apple,
pineapple etc. But NOT oranges and grapefruit.
Orange Juicer: Orange and Grapefruit
-Janak Patel, Coordinated Science Lab, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana.mather@uicsl.UUCP (02/28/84)
#R:fortune:-261300:uicsl:3800042:000:720 uicsl!mather Feb 27 10:53:00 1984 A few months ago, I posted a questionaire here about food processors: Who has what in what price range? I will post results soon. I ended up getting a La Machine II and have never regretted it! The egg beating attachment is fantastic and I have made several kinds of cookies with it (my favorite is FPed oatmeal cookies - but stir in raisins by hand!) They make the best special breads (faster, easier, smoother!) Dips are a snap (guacamole and all the other fixins for nachos!!!) Grated cheese was NEVER NEVER NEVER so easy! I recommend one (even if you are old fashioned) because I spend less time fixin food and more time with my guests (or wife). Bruce Mather Le Maitre ...uiucdcs!uicsl!mather
andrew@inmet.UUCP (02/29/84)
#R:fortune:-261300:inmet:3500027:000:268 inmet!andrew Feb 25 10:14:00 1984 Food processors do not whip egg whites well; they don't pump enough air into the whites to allow them to froth (?) properly. The instruction manual for my Robot-Coupe states this explicitly; I believe Consumer Reports made the same observation in one of their tests.
greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) (03/02/84)
Despite the disclaimers in the instructions for most food processors with regard to beating egg whites, they can do it very well. It does, however, require a special technique and the addition of a little vinegar (sounds strange but doesn't affect the taste). The directions for exactly how to do it are in Abby Mandel's book "Cuisinart Classroom". I've tried it and it works. Personally, I still like doing it with a wire whisk in a copper bowl so that I can control the exact degree of stiffness of the beaten whites. - Greg Paley