[Sca-cooks] [OOP] KitchenAid question

[K C Francis]

I have the meat grinder attachment and I was glad to see a mention of the 
screw/worm that feeds the material to the spinning blades.  Putting solid 
objects like coffee beans and nuts seems a very bad idea and indeed seizing 
up is what I would expect.  So, I would avoid it on general principals and 
stick with a food processor where you have complete control on the grinding 
process.

Katira


>From: Micheal <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] [OOP] KitchenAid question
>Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:07:43 -0400
>
>Greetings
>A grinder is not the best machine for making nut butters. Nut butter 
>requires additional oil powder nuts or seeds require  the oil to be removed
>The problem for powdered nuts or seeds is moisture it is best to dry what 
>ever seed your using as much as possible. Either through baking or toasting 
>them first. Start with coarse plates then work down to finer ones. Pay 
>strict attention to your machine . If it binds , stop immediately clear the 
>worm and plates and start again . Slow feeding is better then fast, be very 
>careful to not over feed. Simply avoid putting more in then your machine 
>can handle. A few times of having to clear the internals will teach you a 
>lot.
>In making a nut butter a food processor is actually better because you can 
>control the amount of oil being added by sight.
>Da
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Volker Bach" <carlton_bach at yahoo.de>
>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:03 PM
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] [OOP] KitchenAid question
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I assume that a collection of such avid cooks as you will include a number 
>>of
>>KitchenAid owners who can help me here. I was given the full set of fruit
>>press, veggie grater and meat grinder attachments by my mother (insert 
>>happy
>>hamster dance), and I'm wondering if either the grinder or the grater are
>>suitable for making nut butter / almond paste. Will the grinder stand up 
>>to
>>being fed almonds? Peanuts? Sesame seeds? Is the grater disc fine enough 
>>to
>>powder almonds?
>>
>>Any advice appreciated
>>
>>Giano
>>
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