judd@umcp-cs.UUCP (01/26/84)
I am wondering what people who own food processors ACTUALY do with them
once they have them for a year. I am thinking of getting one as I love Arabic
foods. Could any one who has had one for some time tell me if they still use it?
Much thanks,
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Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!juddusadaca@uiucuxc.UUCP (02/07/84)
#R:umcp-cs:-488000:uiucuxc:2500014:000:534 uiucuxc!usadaca Feb 6 09:33:00 1984 i have had a food processor for over 3 years and it has been idle for 2 years! the best food processor is a good quality set of very sharp knives. i can do most everything with the knives that i can with a food processor; clean up is simpler , so is set up. no electricity to add to my already outrageous utility bill. and since i usually have to use a knife somewhere in the preparation anyway, why change from one tool to another?.? but, different strokes for different folks! ever try to de-bone a chicken with a food processor?
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (02/09/84)
Every time someone tells me that a good set of knives is a reasonable
replacement for a food processor, I like to find out what kind of cooking
they do. True, deboning a chicken is MUCH easier with a good knife (even a
bad knife! -ED), but shredding cheese, slicing potatoes, and kneading bread
(especially kneading bread!) are MUCH easier with the food processor. To
tell you the truth, I own BOTH a food processor and a good set of knives,
and I use them as appropriate. If you don't do a lot of cooking where a
food processor saves you more time than it wastes (in added cleaning, etc)
then you don't need one. Otherwise, you can't live without it. Either way,
it isn't the food processor that is the deciding factor, it is your style
of cooking.
chuq
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How do you knead bread dough with a good pair of knives? - Greg Paley
leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/12/84)
#R:umcp-cs:-488000:uiuccsb:7000027:000:810 uiuccsb!leimkuhl Feb 12 18:22:00 1984 There are some things i find just require a food processor. For example, on special occasions i make cheesecake, and i take it very seriously. The best recipe i've found uses half cottage cheese and half cream cheese. To get the perfect consistency, i puree the cottage cheese in a food processor for about five minutes. One could use a blender for this task, but blenders tend to yield a less even mixture, and when processing something thick like cheese it's sometimes hard to get everything out of a blender. For vegetable chopping and cheese grating, i can usually perform the task with a knife or hand grater in less time than it takes to get the processor out and locate the right blade. And cleaning out the fp is a tedious job. In other words, i use the thing but only rarely. Ben Leimkuhler
patel@uicsg.UUCP (02/13/84)
#R:umcp-cs:-488000:uicsg:4400013:000:956 uicsg!patel Feb 13 12:56:00 1984 Re: Food Processors and Arabic Food. I am no expert on Arabic foods but I have been making excellent Humus with my Cusinart. Best part is that you can make fresh Tahini (Sesame seed butter) in the processor and then dump the Garbanzo beans (Chick peas) in it. I don't have a specific recipe for humus, but is quite easy to adjust the ingredients according to taste. I give an Indian touch to the basic Middle Eastern Humus by adding, Hot Green (Jalepano) pepper, fresh ginger, fresh Corriander leaves and some yogurt/sour cream. The other things are standard: lots of lemon juice, fresh garlic and salt. Consitency can be controlled by the processing time and the amount of the liquid you put in. You can make a very smooth paste or coarse. Humus stays a long time in refrigerator because of lot of lemon juice. Use it as dip, sandwich spread or just eat it straight with other foods. -Janak Patel Univ. Of Illinois.
saj@iuvax.UUCP (02/15/84)
#R:umcp-cs:-488000:iuvax:11300005:000:216 iuvax!crisd Jan 31 22:46:00 1984 Having lived with food procesors since their introduction, I feel that no home is complete without one. If you need more cajoling, pick up The Silver Palate Cookbook (highly recomended)and look at a few recipes.
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (02/16/84)
Of course I can use my hands to knead my bread. That is how they did things
before food processors. The problem is that it can take me 30-45 minutes a
loaf, while if I use my FP I can reduce taht to about 5-10 (with much less
work). This, to me, is the difference between home baked break and wonder
bread, since I don't have time (and I'm not willing to put the energy into)
making break the way my grandfather made it. I guess it all depends on your
perception of what your time is worth. For me, the cost of my FP has more
than repaid itself in time save on break baking alone...
chuq
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uicsg!patel Feb 17 12:33:00 1984
"With a pair of good hands, don't need a Cuisinart....etc"
I disagree. I had been making bread by hand for four years then switched
to Cuisinart. There is no way I will go back to hand kneading. Here are
some of the reasons:
1. You cannot evenly mix a bunch of different dry ingredients by hand.
I have always used in my breads Whole wheat flour, wheat germ, soy flour,
dry milk and wheat gluten.
2. I like to add finely chopped nuts and seeds in our bread;
food processor chops the nuts to the desired degree of coarseness.
3. I like to add raisins to our bread but CHOPPED not whole, since I
would like the yeast to use some of the raisin sugars. The yeast will not
utilize raisins easily if left whole.
4. By running the metal blade of the food processor through whole wheat flour
(before adding any liquids) seems to improve the texture of the bread.
The supermarket whole wheat flour is too coarse for a good bread and a
good food processor can make it finer.
So if you like plain white bread you may not need a food processor, but if you
like interesting breads then a food processor is worth it.
-Janak Patel, Coordinated Science Lab, Univ. of Illinois.henrya@tektronix.UUCP (02/23/84)
I'll give a hearty second to the nomination of the Silver Palate Cookbook. Try their beef stew laced with cumin, and their mocha mousse. Delightful! (And I still "process" my food with knife.) Henry Alward Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon