Question for the hive:
I need to buy a food processor and a blender. A key thing is that I HATE
HATE
chopping. And I want many of the parts to be dishwasher safe.
Any suggestions?
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William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Mar 04, 2014 7:44:48 pm PST #21499 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Strix - Mar 05, 2014 3:18:39 am PST #21500 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think the books I read the most as a kid were the Dragonriders of Pern books. (Truefax: Not only did I use sections of them for Forensics, I would make up little tunes and sing the songs Menolly made up as I washed dishes. NEEERRDD.)
As far as declaring faves for teen and college, there's no way. I have too, too many books I've literally read to pieces. Literally literally.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2014 3:25:20 am PST #21501 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This Kitchenaid food processor comes with a 9-cup bowl and a 4-cup bowl so you can use it for things like chopping a single onion.
-t - Mar 05, 2014 4:07:26 am PST #21502 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's the one I have, I am pretty sure. All the pieces go into the dishwasher (except the base, of course), works great. I've had mine for, hm, must be four years with nary a problem.
For blenders - I really like my Cuisinart with a heater built in for making soups and whatnot. All the pieces except the part with the heater go in the dishwasher, and it comes with a good stiff brush for the part that needs hand washing.
Possibly having a heating element in your blender is not universally desired. I am willing to concede that.
Jesse - Mar 05, 2014 4:09:03 am PST #21503 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For blending, I almost never use my blender-blender now that I have a stick blender. So convenient! Right in the soup pot! (I pretty much only blend soup.)
-t - Mar 05, 2014 4:13:09 am PST #21504 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've never been happy with my stick blender. It's probably this particular one, and not the whole set of stick blenders, but I can't justify getting a different one to myself when I have one that isn't broken, just not very effective.
Theodosia - Mar 05, 2014 4:19:02 am PST #21505 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
::small voice:: I have a stick blender I've never used.
brenda m - Mar 05, 2014 4:22:42 am PST #21506 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Seconding the stick blender love.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2014 4:26:22 am PST #21507 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love my stick blender, but I don't think they last as long as regular blenders do - I have to replace mine about every two years.
-t - Mar 05, 2014 4:30:25 am PST #21508 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What happens to them that they need replacing?