Food Processor - What you really use it for?

aeb_2

I hope you enjoy your Kenwood.

I have one and use it daily but I'm a creature of habit so never got round to using most of the attachments. After about 2 years with them filling a drawer I sold the individual attachments on *bay and altogether got back more than the original cost of the mixer.

I do use mine for pastry with good results for me, however, I can't compete with MIL.

camelot1001

Fantastic! I love it when you wish you had bought something years ago, I use my FP a lot, mostly for grating cheese and slicing veg for soup but it really comes into its own with pastry - I hate having to put my hand in the mix when the water goes in!!

I have just bought 2 cast iron casserole dishes and wonder how I managed without them!

Happy Processing.

Justamum

I used to have a food processor, but it broke a few years ago and I've never been able to afford a new one. Things changed a while ago when my DH inherited some money, so when our kitchen is changed I'm going to buy myself a new one. Which model did you buy?

2childmum

I have a kenwood of some description but whenever i try and grate stuff a load of it gets left on top of the disc ungrated rather than going through. Does anyone have any tips?

suki1964

I treated myself to a fp last year and I use it nearly every time I cook.

Mine comes with three graduated bowls which means I don't think twice about using it for the smallest amount of prep

That and my stick blender are my most used gadgets. The kenwood chef sits in a cupboard never used

Justamum

suki1964 wrote: »

I treated myself to a fp last year and I use it nearly every time I cook.

Mine comes with three graduated bowls which means I don't think twice about using it for the smallest amount of prep

That and my stick blender are my most used gadgets. The kenwood chef sits in a cupboard never used

Which one have you got?

Gigervamp

I've got an old Kenwood fp that was my dads. He died 10 years ago, so gawd knows how old it is! I've been looking for a new one though, as I've noticed it smells a bit smokey when I use it now.
Also, I want one where the blades etc fit inside the base of the processor. With the one I have atm, all the bits are kept in a box and I can never get them in the box well enough to close the lid, so it clutters up my cupboard.

It is great for chopping and slicing large quantities though.

suki1964

Justamum wrote: »

Which one have you got?

It's the middle sized magi mix. It was very heavily discounted when I bought it, and not really my first choice of colour. But it sits nice and small in the corner of my work top so I use it constantly

Today I used it to slice a few pound of onions, made 3 batches of pastry, grated a block of cheese and made a pound of butter

fiftyeighter_2

2child mum. I know what you meen. My ones great but when I grate cheese lumps always get stuck at the top It's a nuisance but still quicker than grating it all by hand. Useful tips anyone to counteract that problem?

suki1964

fiftyeighter wrote: »

2child mum. I know what you meen. My ones great but when I grate cheese lumps always get stuck at the top It's a nuisance but still quicker than grating it all by hand. Useful tips anyone to counteract that problem?

Press the feeder tube down more firmly