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Posted: 4/18/2015 2:24:49 PM EDT
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Good call! The meat grinder and sausage stuffer are awesome. Buying a cheap roast and grinding your own hamburger is nice, and you know it doesn't have scraps of bone or gristle in it.
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Posted: 4/18/2015 3:01:50 PM EDT
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We have one handed down from my grandmother, the wife,loves it.
It will last a couple of lifetimes. |
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Posted: 4/20/2015 12:04:43 AM EDT
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Good call! The meat grinder and sausage stuffer are awesome. Buying a cheap roast and grinding your own hamburger is nice, and you know it doesn't have scraps of bone or gristle in it. Is their cheaper meat grinder any good? |
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Posted: 4/23/2015 2:43:45 PM EDT
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My gf received one for her birthday. Awesome investment.
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Posted: 4/24/2015 8:56:43 AM EDT
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Good call! The meat grinder and sausage stuffer are awesome. Buying a cheap roast and grinding your own hamburger is nice, and you know it doesn't have scraps of bone or gristle in it. Is their cheaper meat grinder any good? It works but not well. You can make sausage with it but for any real grinding task you will want a dedicated meat grinder. You may use the KA grinder and thing oh this works fine. Then you get to use a real grinder and then you will see the difference and do the V8 thing. |
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Posted: 4/24/2015 9:00:37 AM EDT
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My favorite attachment is the Fruit/Vegetable Strainer Set. Maybe not for everybody, but we home-can a lot of stuff and this has made canning tomato sauce about 1000 times easier than the old boil-peel-strain routine.
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Posted: 4/24/2015 4:29:28 PM EDT
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My favorite attachment is the Fruit/Vegetable Strainer Set. Maybe not for everybody, but we home-can a lot of stuff and this has made canning tomato sauce about 1000 times easier than the old boil-peel-strain routine. If you don't have a grinder this is a great option. |
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Posted: 4/24/2015 9:48:43 PM EDT
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The ice cream maker attachment is a must have. I have so far only made the vanilla recipe in the instruction book, and added fresh fruit/berries. It is better than any ice cream you will buy, but use good vanilla for best flavor, not mccormicks (it won't turn out bad, just not as good).
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Posted: 4/24/2015 11:19:24 PM EDT
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My wife and I got one 7 years ago and I thought it would just look good and never get used.
Man we use that thing at least once a week minimum I had no idea. |
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Posted: 4/26/2015 8:26:30 PM EDT
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Be cautious... between more baked goods and less time being forced to stir heavy bowls of batter, I think I put on 10lbs after I got my wife a Kitchenaid some 5 or 6 years ago.
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Posted: 4/28/2015 6:51:52 PM EDT
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We got 2 mixers as wedding gifts 25 years ago.
Every 5 years as an anniversary gift to my wife I get her some sort of attachment for them. Love the mixers and the attachments. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 6:53:41 PM EDT
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My sister claims her Kitchenaid mixer is the best wedding gift she received.
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Posted: 5/2/2015 4:49:51 AM EDT
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Just a PSA... Amazon's Deal of the Day today (5/2) has several of the 6-qt, bowl-lift mixers (refurbs) for $179:
Mixers |
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Posted: 5/7/2015 1:36:20 PM EDT
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Kitchenaid is definitely the "buy once, cry once" choice in mixers. I bought my SO one many years ago and it has been paying off ever since. I think I'm going to get the meat grinder attachment for next years deer season.
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Posted: 5/8/2015 11:45:09 AM EDT
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We have an older model we got at a garage sale many many years ago. No telling how old it was before we got it.
Wife mentioned last night about "upgrading" as I regularly see them on sale at Costco. Don't know if it's worth it or not... Probably not? As the saying goes "they don't make em like they used to" Used maybe once per month |
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Posted: 5/8/2015 11:49:34 AM EDT
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We have an older model we got at a garage sale many many years ago. No telling how old it was before we got it. Wife mentioned last night about "upgrading" as I regularly see them on sale at Costco. Don't know if it's worth it or not... Probably not? As the saying goes "they don't make em like they used to" Used maybe once per month If your oldie-but-goodie is a head tilt model I'd hang on to it. I personally don't like the extra height of the bowl-lift models and the mechanism seems very cheaply made (at least on the ones at Costco I've seen). |
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Posted: 5/8/2015 1:22:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If your oldie-but-goodie is a head tilt model I'd hang on to it. I personally don't like the extra height of the bowl-lift models and the mechanism seems very cheaply made (at least on the ones at Costco I've seen). Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: We have an older model we got at a garage sale many many years ago. No telling how old it was before we got it. Wife mentioned last night about "upgrading" as I regularly see them on sale at Costco. Don't know if it's worth it or not... Probably not? As the saying goes "they don't make em like they used to" Used maybe once per month If your oldie-but-goodie is a head tilt model I'd hang on to it. I personally don't like the extra height of the bowl-lift models and the mechanism seems very cheaply made (at least on the ones at Costco I've seen). |
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Posted: 5/8/2015 6:26:35 PM EDT
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Kitchenaid is definitely the "buy once, cry once" choice in mixers. I bought my SO one many years ago and it has been paying off ever since. I think I'm going to get the meat grinder attachment for next years deer season. Don't. Just get a regular powered grinder. You'll be better off. The attachment works...sorta. Gotta keep it clean and it doesn't do bulk very well. |
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Posted: 5/9/2015 5:20:39 AM EDT
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Don't. Just get a regular powered grinder. You'll be better off. The attachment works...sorta. Gotta keep it clean and it doesn't do bulk very well. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Kitchenaid is definitely the "buy once, cry once" choice in mixers. I bought my SO one many years ago and it has been paying off ever since. I think I'm going to get the meat grinder attachment for next years deer season. Don't. Just get a regular powered grinder. You'll be better off. The attachment works...sorta. Gotta keep it clean and it doesn't do bulk very well. +1 I have the grinder too, and while it's OK for an occasional batch of burgers, even a fairly cheap dedicated grinder would be better for any kind of quantity. |
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Posted: 5/9/2015 7:44:57 PM EDT
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The ice cream maker attachment is a must have. I have so far only made the vanilla recipe in the instruction book, and added fresh fruit/berries. It is better than any ice cream you will buy, but use good vanilla for best flavor, not mccormicks (it won't turn out bad, just not as good). This. We make low carb ice cream with Splenda and strawberries, wife loves this attachment, maybe $40 at Costco. |
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Posted: 5/9/2015 7:59:09 PM EDT
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Well tonight she wanted to make spaghetti (who am I to argue?) I'm her guinea pig and test her ideas. But at the same time I am a benefactor and can eat something probably good. but tonight she knocked one out of the park. These noodles did not come from a box.
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Posted: 5/19/2015 11:41:53 PM EDT
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I've had mine forever, they are great. I have most of the attachments, but one of the best things you can do is buy extra bowls.... especially if you do a lot of holiday baking.
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Posted: 5/22/2015 8:53:07 AM EDT
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Well tonight she wanted to make spaghetti (who am I to argue?) I'm her guinea pig and test her ideas. But at the same time I am a benefactor and can eat something probably good. but tonight she knocked one out of the park. These noodles did not come from a box. http://imageshack.com/a/img909/2789/OTGGBD.jpg It took me a while to figure out what was going on in that pic... My initial thought: Oh, pasta rack with past on it.... but something is wrong, gf is standing on floor, pasta rack appears to be standing on floor as well, WTF?... wait, pasta rack feet are collapsed, it's floating in the air, WTFX2????... this dude is FOS, he photo-shopped a pasta rack into a picture of his kitchen to make us believe his gf cooks for him; he sucks majorly at photoshop... Then the epiphany hit: she is carrying the rack, by the top... BTW, I'm not a fan of pasta racks like that. The pasta curls as it drys, comes up against other pasta and then cracks and falls to the floor. I use the large racks from my dehydrator and set them on bowls to keep them up off the table. I just made a large batch of egg noodles a short while ago because we had more eggs than we knew what to do with and our regular customers weren't buying enough to keep up with what our hens were producing... My wife and I don't even use store-bought pasta for lasagna and soups anymore. Spaghetti is one thing we just haven't nailed yet on the noodles. We can't get our homemade noodles to come out to a satisfactory al-dente texture so we buy our spaghetti still. |
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Posted: 5/22/2015 9:24:21 AM EDT
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It took me a while to figure out what was going on in that pic... My initial thought: Oh, pasta rack with past on it.... but something is wrong, gf is standing on floor, pasta rack appears to be standing on floor as well, WTF?... wait, pasta rack feet are collapsed, it's floating in the air, WTFX2????... this dude is FOS, he photo-shopped a pasta rack into a picture of his kitchen to make us believe his gf cooks for him; he sucks majorly at photoshop... Then the epiphany hit: she is carrying the rack, by the top... BTW, I'm not a fan of pasta racks like that. The pasta curls as it drys, comes up against other pasta and then cracks and falls to the floor. I use the large racks from my dehydrator and set them on bowls to keep them up off the table. I just made a large batch of egg noodles a short while ago because we had more eggs than we knew what to do with and our regular customers weren't buying enough to keep up with what our hens were producing... My wife and I don't even use store-bought pasta for lasagna and soups anymore. Spaghetti is one thing we just haven't nailed yet on the noodles. We can't get our homemade noodles to come out to a satisfactory al-dente texture so we buy our spaghetti still. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well tonight she wanted to make spaghetti (who am I to argue?) I'm her guinea pig and test her ideas. But at the same time I am a benefactor and can eat something probably good. but tonight she knocked one out of the park. These noodles did not come from a box. http://imageshack.com/a/img909/2789/OTGGBD.jpg It took me a while to figure out what was going on in that pic... My initial thought: Oh, pasta rack with past on it.... but something is wrong, gf is standing on floor, pasta rack appears to be standing on floor as well, WTF?... wait, pasta rack feet are collapsed, it's floating in the air, WTFX2????... this dude is FOS, he photo-shopped a pasta rack into a picture of his kitchen to make us believe his gf cooks for him; he sucks majorly at photoshop... Then the epiphany hit: she is carrying the rack, by the top... BTW, I'm not a fan of pasta racks like that. The pasta curls as it drys, comes up against other pasta and then cracks and falls to the floor. I use the large racks from my dehydrator and set them on bowls to keep them up off the table. I just made a large batch of egg noodles a short while ago because we had more eggs than we knew what to do with and our regular customers weren't buying enough to keep up with what our hens were producing... My wife and I don't even use store-bought pasta for lasagna and soups anymore. Spaghetti is one thing we just haven't nailed yet on the noodles. We can't get our homemade noodles to come out to a satisfactory al-dente texture so we buy our spaghetti still. I made my own drying rack, but I found that the dried noodles got moldy very fast sealed in ziplocks. I find it's better to lay them out on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and freeze them, then bag them up. How long are you cooking the fresh noodles? For small pasta like spaghetti they barely need to be cooked (like two minutes, not 8). |
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Posted: 7/20/2015 3:44:49 PM EDT
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and wow is that the best investment ever! She asked for a Kitchen Aid mixer because she wanted to bake more and I got her a professional series model and she is totally infatuated with it. She is constantly baking things and has now progressed into pastas. She's bought almost all the attachments (I'll get her the sausage grinder and stuffer later, but that is really for me). I don't think either of us could be happier. She gets to engage her hobby and me... well I'm eating quite well! The grinder is OK, but the stuffer sucks ass. Buy a dedicated stuffer or press. If you are doing more than 10 pounds of meat at a time, a dedicated grinder is a better choice. |
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Posted: 8/2/2015 6:08:45 AM EDT
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I love mine, I have the icecream maker but need to get the pasta attachments for my wife.
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Posted: 8/2/2015 6:34:34 AM EDT
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Mrs. Drsalee uses the hell outta her Kitchenaide.
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Posted: 8/6/2015 7:31:55 AM EDT
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Mrs. Drsalee uses the hell outta her Kitchenaide. had mixed results with pasta maker run it thru and it splits/cracks...not smooth that and when making fettuccini, it comes out in a sheet...have to pull apart every single noodle...pita |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 7:43:25 AM EDT
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had mixed results with pasta maker run it thru and it splits/cracks...not smooth that and when making fettuccini, it comes out in a sheet...have to pull apart every single noodle...pita Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Mrs. Drsalee uses the hell outta her Kitchenaide. had mixed results with pasta maker run it thru and it splits/cracks...not smooth that and when making fettuccini, it comes out in a sheet...have to pull apart every single noodle...pita Making pasta is an art, not a science. You have to start the roller on the thickest setting, run the dough through once, fold it lengthwise, run it through again, keep doing it until it comes out smooth, then reduce the thickness and do it again. You have to run it through 2-3 times on each thickness. It's the same with all pasta dough, even when using a hand cranked pasta maker. If the fettuccini cutter isn't working correctly it may be because the dough is too wet, dust it with more flour. If it's not cutting it through the cutter itself may be defective, I'd send it in for warranty replacement as much as they cost. |
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Posted: 9/26/2015 5:43:01 PM EDT
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Yorkshire pudding!!! Baking AND meat.
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