Kitchen Food Processor

Question by Doc918: Toddler PETRIFIED of loud noises!?
I have a 16-month old little girl who is absolutely terrified of the noises made by my vacuum cleaner, my Cuisinart, and hair dryer. Even if she is upstairs in her crib, she cowers in a corner sobbing her eyes out!! I’ve tried showing her that it’s okay, and that it doesn’t hurt anyone, but she won’t budge. I limit my food processor time to when she’s out playing in the yard with my husband, but when we’re at home by ourselves during the day, it’s hard to “schedule” drying my hair and vacuuming (those pesky crumbs get EVERYWHERE).

Any suggestions??
Also, she hasn’t always been this way. When she was younger, I’d put her in her playpen and vacuum right in front of her, and it would actually make her laugh!! This has just started in the last two months.

I’ve also tried putting her in her room or in her crib upstairs, but we have a very “open” house, and sound travels very easily.

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Answer by Sushi
be thankful she’s not deaf : )

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Question by Nurse Diesel: In honor of my MIL – what are the best and worst gifts you’ve ever received? Or given?
My mother in law is a historically bad gift giver, and by historically, I mean in all of eternity.
However this year for my birthday (tomorrow) she gave me a very thoughtful gift, not the most amazing ever, but thoughtful nonetheless. I am allergic to gluten and don’t often purchase the Gluten Free mixes available because they are outrageously expensive. She gave me a box full of them.

My worst gift ever came from her, twice actually. The first was an old, used, hideous, and enormous tan acrylic sweater with a deer knitted into the back. It is a man’s sweater, was pilled, had to be at least 25 years old, had a huge shawl collar and went to mid-thigh on me. In addition it had those woven leather buttons. This was several years ago, and it eventually ended up in the loving arms of a teenage boy with a pretty funky sense of style (good, but funky), when I packaged it up for a white elephant party.
The other, also outerwear, was a polarfleece zip jacket with a horse imprinted on it. I’m not in to horses, my tastes tend towards classic styles, and did I say it? I’m NOT into horses. So what the heck?
Also, BOTH times she gave them to me, she said the immortal words “When I saw this, I thought of you.” Really? That’s not even nice! What I actually said with the horse sweater was, “Well, at least it’s the front end of the horse.”

Best gift ever? Possibly my Kitchen Aid mixer, or possibly the Cuisinart Elite 16 cup Food Processor still on it’s way to me (cue the meadow, the dreamy, passionate music).

So, tell me your best and worst! Given or received, or both.

Given – the year I gave my husband socks for Christmas. In my defense, we were *extremely* poor that year, and he’d gone and spent all the money on me, but I’ve never lived it down.

Best I ever gave? My husband his muzzleloader replica for our 20th anniversary, my daughter her saxophone.

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Answer by ?
The worst I’ve received have to be the Twisted Sister LP that my mother gave me when I had very specifically asked for W.A.S.P. Close in on second place is the every so ugly suede boots I got the same year. Not at all what I wanted and something that I’d only wear if they were the last shoes on earth and I couldn’t go barefoot.

The best is the Cannon 350D that my husband bought me a couple of years ago. I’ve always loved photographing and the camera really makes a difference.

The worst I’ve ever given was when I was a kid and was told to buy Christmas gifts to people around me. I didn’t know how to do it and my mother told me to buy things that I’d want to get. My grandfather got glittery book marks, my grandmother crayons… every one was disappointed and I felt terrible, I had done what my mother told me to do and it wasn’t good enough.

The best, my husband claims that it’s our kids.

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Question by Nurse Diesel: What is your next appliance purchase?
And are you excited about it?

Me? Thanks for asking, I’d love to share. I just purchased the Cuisinart 16 cup Elite Food Processor from Williams-Sonoma. This will be my first food processor, and I am so excited I may not sleep for the entire five days it will take to get here. Maybe I will sleep, but only to dream of slicing, shredding, chopping, mixing and kneading…
Due to financial circumstances, and my husband’s penchant for handguns, I have been waiting for several months to make this purchase. Why, I’ve even had to go back to buying mayonnaise! Expensive and yucky.
My daughter complained all summer that I wouldn’t buy something to just get by, so she could make smoothies. But I tell you that if I had done that, I would be living with a blender I would be dissatisfied with for years before I finally got what I wanted. This way, I suffered for a few months, and now what I want is on its way. Patience is finally my reward.
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EDIT: Ooh! I got a new range about a year ago! I found, on a fluke, a 5 burner ceramic top (no gas out here) with a convection oven for half price, because it had a small dent! Woot! Have fun!

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Answer by Chetak.
My next major purchase,I hope will be a new oven.

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Question by shortgilly: Emeril’s homemade mayonnaise recipe?
I tried to make it but it came out thin and nasty. I did use a blender and not a Cuisinart style food processor, but otherwise followed the recipe to a t. Any other ideas about what went wrong?

Recipe:
1 large egg
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
In a food processor or blender, blend the egg, mustard, and lemon juice together for 20 seconds. With the machine running, slowly pour in the oil in the feed tube. The mixture will thicken. Season with the salt and pepper and pulse once or twice to blend.

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Answer by CaveGal
There is a trick to making it. I would change the recipe to to two egg yolks (no whites) and only use 1 1/2 cup of oil.
The trick is to emulsify the egg yolk and mustard with the oil. After you mix the egg yolk and mustard (leave the lemon juice out till the end) put the blender on high pour in very little oil and blend until you can’t see it any more, the mixture be one color, with no visible oil. Now you add a little more and repeat. You can add more and more oil each addition, but start very slowly. When it’s done add the salt pepper and lemon juice and pulse it in. The trick is all in getting the emulsification started slowly in the beginning.

Try it again, you will love homemade mayo, and then you can add more mustard and some honey and get honey mustard dressing, or make dill mayo for dipping vegies in. Lots of great recipes can come from homemade mayo.

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Question by poopysquirts: Kitchenaid or cuisinart?
I want a food processor for Christmas and I don’t know if kitchenaid or cuisineart is the brand I should get. I’ve never had one before, please I would love your input on which brand works best.
(lol, the avatar name was a nickname for a cat i had. nothing to do with anything else

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Answer by not 2 B fooled
Look online for some of the consumer report type websites for their ratings and suggestions….maybe getting one will help with your “condition”…[ see your avatar "name" ]….:)

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