Ka-ching

[cjsmith]

Today I also bought two spatulas (spatulae? *grin*) and a food processor. Rob says I need to get the hang of this "saving money" thing. I think he's right -- I probably could have found a used food processor, if I'd spent some time at it, though time is kinda the problem -- but I also suspect that eating my own cooking with so little waste thus far may already have gone a long way toward purchasing me this thing. It *was* nearly fifty percent off when all the discounts came in. It's one of these, and OMG no, I did not pay THAT for it.

One of my spa-tu-lee is already noticeably yellow. To give you an idea, it started out black. Heh heh heh. The food processor has yet to be unveiled, 'cause I already had the spinach and onion chopped for the palak paneer.

(Also today: bean soup. Onion roast going in tonight. I will be busy scrubbing a crock in 3... 2... 1...)

Comments

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

OMG, I have one of these food processors, and it's lasted *forever*; worth every penny I spent. The only thing I've replaced is the feeder bit, and that cost me practically nothing. Otherwise, all original parts.

Food processors *rock*.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm so glad you said that! Your opinion on kitchen objects I trust. And it's even dishwasherable!

NEXT onion roast I am not going to shed a single tear. (This one I chopped the onions yesterday & have 'em in a little bag in the fridge.)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

That's very similar our machine, perhaps a bit bigger and older. We replaced the blade, but because it was lost, not broken.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have minded the smaller version I found, which is only 3 cups of capacity rather than 7. But the small one comes with only ONE blade, the "blender blade". I wanted slicer and grater. Ah well, a 7 cup one goes in the dishwasher just as easily as a 3 cup one!

[ambar.livejournal.com]

Yep, I've had one of these since (counts on fingers) 1990 or so (not the fancy stainless steel version, the original). Still use it, too.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Awesome! This is going to be SO GOOD. Enough with the effing ONION CHOPPING.

(I am getting better at that, though. Step 1: Buy the onions in the morning and put them in the fridge until evening! That helps lots.)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

ooh, food processor :D i love my little braun (http://www.amazon.com/Braun-MR5550CA-Multiquick-Professional-Blender/dp/B00006I4YF), and yours looks like it'll do a lot more.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

OOOO I have a stick blender. (On my browser that's what shows at your link - something I'd call a "stick blender".) Mine doesn't have that drum-shaped attachment, though, to turn it into more of a food processor. It just goes in and whirs. :-) I ADORE my stick blender. It makes lentil soup. I don't do this all that often, but when I do, there is nothing like the stick blender.

That might have helped chop up my spinach more finely, too, now that I think of it. I've never used it in a skillet!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

yep, it's a stick blender with attachments to turn it into a food processor. very handy :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Excellent! And very washable, too, I don't doubt. That's one of the best attributes. :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

yeah :) i remember the bad old days when no one bothered about the washability of their bladed thingies

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

My mom had a food processor when I was growing up, and washing it was a chore. The modern ones seem to be designed with magic in them, so that anything that gets dirty can be separated perfectly from electric stuff that shouldn't get wet.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed at how well turmeric can turn black into yellow. Just freaky.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Isn't that WEIRD? I would have sworn that stuff was as dark as it could get. Now it's sort of like someone emptied a glow-stick onto it.

[dpolicar]

Spatulee!
Spatulo!
Spatula!
Spatuha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Spatuloi! Spa-wheeeeee!

[hanov3r.livejournal.com]

Which spatulas did you choose?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I got one Martha Stewart Mini Turner (pic), and thank goodness I got mini because it's barely fitting in the dishwasher. That's the one that's now yellow. :-) I also got one... um... can't remember the name, about the same size, also black hard plastic head, and far fewer holes in it. I couldn't find any with zero holes, and I was in a hurry, so I took these.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/080707.html

:-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I get that way sometimes. If I read a word enough times in a short span, it stops looking like a real word. Then I can think of all the other ways a word spelled like that could have been pronounced... :-)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

congrats on your new baby! food processors ROCK. you'll need to do some kitchen show-n-tell here, so we can admire your mad cooking toolz! :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hah! Anyone with half a brain would sneer at my kitchen. But that's OK. I'm doing what I need to do. Rob may be a bit uncomfortable about it for a while, though! Money! Spices!!