Food Processor Has Changed The Way Food Is Prepared

Engineer Carl Sontheimer introduced the first food processor to North American consumers in 1973. He spent a year adapting a French industrial blender to the needs of home cooking. The resulting appliance needed several years to build a reasonable amount of popularity before it finally sold well. Sontheimer’s invention has changed the way food is prepared all over the world.

Because it can quickly and easily chop, slice, shred, grind and puree almost any food, it is one of the more flexible kitchen appliances available. Additionally, some of the models aid in juicing, beating batter, kneading dough, and grinding meats.

Food processors today come in three sizes: full, compact, and mini. All of the sizes are made up of the same necessary parts: a motor, a bowl with a lid and a feed tube, and a set of attachments. Various models come with both large and small bowls, which can be used interchangeably with the same base.

The shredding disc speedily and efficiently grates common ingredients like cheese and carrots, and the slicing disc yields perfectly even slices of potatoes and apples in no time at all. You just push the food through the feed tube using the nozzle.

Some additional techniques are required when chopping, grinding, and pureeing. In your standard processor model, attachments will slip on over the shaft, inside the bowl. standard attachments for any processor include the S-shaped blade, as well as shredding and slicing discs. These latter two discs are constructed out of metal and sit atop the bowl, above the shaft. Foodstuffs can be pushed down through a feed tube, where they contact the disc, and are then grated or sliced straight into the bowl.

The holes on the shredding and slicing discs might yield fine, medium, or coarse bits of food. You can buy these different versions of the discs separately if they are not included with your food processor. In addition to the standard attachments that come with your food processor, you can supplement your equipment and make your appliance more multipurpose by buying additional attachments like a blender processor.

One very nice piece keeps everything organized, and also provides room for additional bowls. It can be quite useful to have these spares handy when you are dealing with several items in the food processor and choose not to take extra time to repeatedly clean the bowl.

Carl Sontheimer originally built the food processor back in 1973, well over thirty years ago. This is one of the best kitchen appliances you will ever find. It can do practically every kitchen function with virtually any food item you can come up with. If you purchase specific models and “additions”, you can do other things such as juicing, baking preparation, and plenty of other things. You may want to buy additional attachments for your processor, such as a blender processor that can be used to make your processor more multipurpose.

- Gregory Vice