Spong Mincer

Lindylou54

We are moving soon so having a sort out and I have just come across a Spong Mincer. I have had a look on ebay and its not worth much, but thought I might keep it as it might come in handy. What could I use if for besides mincing meat? Any suggestions?

Topher

I'm not really sure, clamped to a shelf mine was a bookend for a while. Do you know to clean it by mincing a piece of bread at the end of meat mincing? I seem to remember an old recipe of my grandmothers using the mincer to process Seville oranges for Marmalade. I would think making stuffings and other roughly processed foods would be good. Food processors and blenders are sometimes a little too thorough.

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lynzpower

at a car boot sale, in the box for 50p :beer:

Now I know they are useful , but what for! Im not about to start buying steak and mincing it, we just dont have the budget for that, but any other ideas - very much welcomed!

Otherwise, it might end up going to the charity shop

susank

My lot dont like brown turkey meat! - I love it so I mince it and make patties with it with chives and parsley and potatoes etc and they dont know that I have used the brown meat. Its great for that kind of thing. Or mince up left over roast and mix with gravy and top with beans and mash for a shepherds pie with a difference.

pipkin71

Hi lynzpower.

I mince up leftover roast to make burgers, meatballs, bolognese, chicken pasta bake [particularly, like susank said, the dark meat of the chicken, otherwise it gets wasted].

50p's one of those bargains where you can try it, and if you don't like it, you haven't lost much money.

I would love to find a sausage maker at a car boot, because I would love to make my own sausages, but the cheapest I've found so far is £70:eek:

lynzpower

OOOh, thanks for these ideas.

I have to say pork joints in our house usually end up going to the dog- so maybe she'll get getting less than usual in the future

If I wanted to make burgers ( I make HM burgers just using normal minced beef in a griddle pan ) but using already cooked meat- how would they bond together? any tips?

pipkin71

pureed tomatoes help mine bond together - enough so they are moist. Just leave them to soak in the tomato juice for a bit first in the fridge, then shape.

Spong25

:rotfl:When your not Using your Sponge Mincer for meat mince you can make fruit mince for baking (Fruit mince Pies).

Set up your mincer on the bench with a bowl under it,
chuck into the hoper some dried fruit e.g; raisins, currents, cranberries (depending what you have).
turn handle till all the fruit is minced.

Quarter an apple and core. place the apple quarter's in the mincer and mince one at a time. The apple will push the remaining dry fruit stuck in mincing chamber out.

wash the mincer and place in the oven to dry.

you will now have a bowl of fruit mince, add mixid citrus peel, brown sugar, spices, and alcohol e.g. Brandy, (to taste).

And use it as filling in your baking, reading in 5 minutes