Food Grinder

[allenlondon]

Looking at this:

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

Mainly so I can chuck in cloves of garlic (say 10), a few inches of ginger, and a couple of chillies, and get a fairly quick paste.

Any thoughts?

Ta.

Allen

[Old_Geezer]

If you have such a need often, go for it. In my case it'd probably find a home at the back of the cupboard fairly quickly. I can chop stuff fairly easily on a board with a kitchen knife; and mash it together with pestle & mortar if necessary.

[LadyCG]

I had that very model. It was excellent and I used it daily to make salad dressings with herbs from my garden and homemade pesto and it was great for grinding whole spices but it packed up after 6 months.

I haven't replaced it yet. I'm toying with getting the same one again because it was so good.

[Rosie29]

I would look around and I would be wary of appliances with a celebrity chef label.
I've got a Bosch which is brilliant and also has a blender for whizzing soups etc. Can't remember how much it cost but not as much as the one you showed.
I don't know really what "Amazon recommendation " means either.

[Buenchico]

>>> I don't know really what "Amazon recommendation " means either

If you're referring to the link in Allen's post, Rosie, it's just something that AB's server is configured to do. ANY link to Amazon UK that's posted here is automatically replaced by the wording that you can see. (Even if someone posted a link saying "Look at these really appalling reviews", you'd still see it replaced by the 'Recommendation' bit). I suspect that it's set up that way because some Amazon links can run to hundreds of characters.

The purchase that Allen is thinking of making looks ideal to me if he intends to be doing quite a bit of chopping and grinding. (Ruddy 'eck! That sounds like a euphemism for something naughty!). However for just a bit of occasional spice grinding, a coffe grinder might do the job just as well:
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Rosie29]

Thanks for info B :-)

[allenlondon]

Thanks. The coffee grinders aren’t bad, but don’t seem tough enough for my mix of garlic, ginger and chillies - unless you know better?

[pastafreak]

Here's another one similar to what you are looking at. There are some useful photos in the comments of what others have used it for.

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[-SharonA-]

Looks very big. I have a Nestling.
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[pastafreak]

They seem to be the same capacity...though the one I found has a 3 year warranty. I've put it on my wish list. It may be better than the mini chopper I've got. ;)

[allenlondon]

My question stands, Can I just throw in 10 cloves of garlic and 3” of peeled ginger and get a paste?

Not too bothered about other aspects.

[pastafreak]

I suspect Sharon's and my suggestions are too big, unless you were to make a large batch of paste and freeze portions. Otherwise I'm sure your choice should be fine.
I've got a James Martin grinder somewhere that I received as a gift but never used as I already had one. I'll have to look for it.

[TheChair]

//I suspect that it's set up that way because some Amazon links can run to hundreds of characters.//
It's set up that way because it's transformed into an affiliate link, so that AB gets paid when an ABer clicks it.

[DTCwordfan]

I have one of those Cuisinart sticks and the set came with a chopper bowl, the stick plugging into the top of it and it works fine - when I need it for a really fine mix, my usual being a sharp knife......

[allenlondon]

Went for a Cuisinart in the end. Nice little machine, dead simple, three removeable bits - bowl, blade, lid.

Chucked in a dozen peeled cloves of garlic, 3 inches of ginger, chopped for 6 or 7 seconds, done. (Liquid would have made it into paste).

Recommended!

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