In aid of kitchen virtue
I've made the decision - someday, I want to buy a food processor. And thanks to the good folks at Cooks Illustrated and Cuisine at Home I know which one: the glorious Kitchenaid 760, with its blade storage, mini bowl and mini blade, and extra work bowl. It slices, it chops, it juices, it cuts butter into flour, kneads batter into dough, purees, shreds, grates, and prob
ably could do cartwheels if the motor weren't so heavy.
It is also the priciest model I could have possibly settled on, so the price-hunting has begun, and will likely continue for months on end until a great deal comes along, so why am I, thrifty-hearted (or 'tight', Drumstick's most loving epithet) that I am, willing to shell out such a chunk of change?
All in the aid of a proper feast, of course! One which we can put on without exhausting ourselves so much that we can't enjoy as well as we would like. Quick work will be made of chopping carrots, onions, nuts, pureeing sweet potatoes, slicing potatoes, and suddenly Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and just plain ol' Tuesday night with the family can delight the cooks even more.
A virtuous appliance, indeed.
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Update: I took a peek at the 760 and the 750 side-by-side, and I'm highly tempted to get the 750 instead, due to the way they set the extra chef's bowl inside the machine, which involves some annoying cleanup. The question now is, is the 760 worth the cleanup hassle? And can I buy a second work bowl for the 750? hmmmmmmm
Decided on the 750 - I'm more often going to clean that baby than use an extra workbowl besides the mini chopper that comes with both, so the 750 it is! Besides, the extra-wide feed tube on the 760 struck me as ungainly.
I highly approve of buying Kitchen Aid products: how many grandaughters do I know that have inherited their grandmother's Kitchen Aid? When it becomes an intergenerational enterprise, you know it must be good. :)
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