Cuisinart DLC-1 Mini-Prep

I bought two of these and gave one as a gift. Mine has come in very handy obviously for small jobs that get lost in my big processor. I do a lot of cooking have not yet used it for a wide variety of… things but am imagining I will need it for limited applications anyway. I get very tired of washing out my big processor after little jobs. This is very quick to clean. The price was very attractive. MAH

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I have had this cuisinart for about 2 years now, and it is still going strong. I have been impressed by its ability to chew through large volumes of basil when making pesto, and small things like sesame… seeds for making tahini. It is also perfect for grinding cookies for pie crusts. And the size means you don't have to be using a large volume to get great results. I don't think this mini prep eliminates the usefulness of a full-size cuisinart, but it sure is much easier to clean up when you only need to process 1-2 cups of something.

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Brought to us by the same rocket scientists who made the world's most dangerous waffle iron. This thing grinds coffee like a money can grind a piano. Despite what the outside of the packaging says, this IS… NOT a replacement for a proper coffee grinder. Even using the blunt side of the blades, the best you can hope for is a coarse ground after half a minute on the HI setting; a far cry from the fine grounds that my old Braun grinder (R.I.P.) produced in seconds. The Cuisinart pulse food processor is a different story altogether (a solid workhorse, that), but their low-end products are nothing less than dangerous and duplicitous.

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