Which medium size food processor?
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Comments (3)I use the cuisinart 10 cup...I think any larger and you have to over process to get it all blended....and it doesn't do a great job on just one pie, but the smaller Cuisinart does. linda c...See MoreFood processor size for 7 cups of hummus?
Comments (1)FWIW as of Jan 2013 Cooks Illustrated ranks Cuisinart's 14 cup custom the best overall. I don't use my FP much but unless space were an issue I would prefer a large size. Mine is 11 cup. For someone who goes through as much hummus as you do I would highly recommend using dried chickpeas. I did a side-by-side comparison of the same exact recipe and had several people taste it and dried was the clear winner. A little more work but worth it IMO....See Moreyour opinions on food processors please
Comments (12)I find I use my little (approx. 2-cup capacity) Hamilton Beach Food Chopper more than my 7-cup Quisinart (2-person household). I usually use the small food chopper for grinding nuts into nut meal and finely minced onion. As well as other foods I only need a small amount chopped. I remember when my mother first got her food processor and she made potato pancakes (raw potatoes) the first time. A formerly tedious chore that included scraped knuckles on the grater. She was the happiest person in the world. I have a friend who lost her arm in a farm accident when she was a child and she uses her food processor for making bread dough and pastry (Martha Stewart's recipe). As with many such kitchen "toys", you just determine you are going to figure out as many ways as possible to use it. I have several cookbooks dedicated to the Food Processor. I agree with Annie when it comes to chopping cabbage for sauerkraut - a food processor is the BEST tool for the job. -Grainlady...See MoreVitaMix vs Food Processor: Hummus
Comments (32)I cook a pound of dried chickpeas for hummus, divide the cooked peas three ways, make hummus with one portion and freeze the other two for later batches. The frozen peas are indistinguishable from freshly cooked when made into hummus. I have a really ancient (stainless steel four-sided container w/ a spigot) VitaMix that I found at an estate sale. (I got a plug from VM for the spigot hole because food got into the spigot, was wasted and the spigot was a pain to clean out.) Has reverse which I use when grinding eggshells--Need to do this outdoors. I have used the VM to make cornmeal out of popcorn when I had run out of cornmeal. It did an OK job. Used it to make lo-carb ice cream--cream, sweetener, ice cubes, vanilla--did a good job with that. Used it a couple of times to puree soup. Abandoned that because it's messy and I don't like dirtying up extra containers & transferring hot soup. The stick blender works just fine for that task. I tried smoothies but my stomach does not like all the air that gets incorporated into them. Gives me terrible pains. And I like my margaritas on the rocks. Actually, we like the already mixed Chi-chi's margaritas, diluted with a little water because they're too strong/ too sweet w/o dilution & served on the rocks. Chi-chi's might be just about right undiluted if you're blending w/ ice for a frozen drink. Bottom line is that I could easily live without the very loud beast. I'm just glad that I paid only $20 for the it. Satisfied my curiosity about them. IMO, VM, Blendtech, etc. are over-hyped & overly expensive. To be fair, I very seldom used my old Oster blender before I got the VM so didn't really have much use for a super-duper blender in the first place....See Morecpartist
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