My old and cheap food processor died a painful death on Christmas Eve (just as I was about to start preparing food for Christmas day - naturally). I've spend the past 3 months dithering and procrastinating what I should buy to replace it. All the "helpful" review sites contradict the previous site i've looked at. Some love the Magemix and some say its the worst purchase they've ever made. Same with the Kenwood.
I'm prepared to pay for a decent one. I've been looking at Kenwood's (FP920, 720, 730) and Magemix's (4200 and 5200).
Please PLEASE could someone give me some advice and tell me (and I mean that, TELL ME what to buy). I'd be v v grateful and it would mean that I'l stop boring the pants of everyone else in my house 
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Someone put me out of my misery and tell me which food processor to buy
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JonahB · 20/03/2011 21:12
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nickelbabyhatcher ·
23/03/2011 10:01
have you used it yet?
tested it?
tried it out?
come on, MN is waiting for your comments! 
BaroqueAroundTheClock ·
23/03/2011 10:02
haha nickel - it's still sat in the box waiting for me to tidy the kitchen and the worktop so I can get it out
BaroqueAroundTheClock ·
23/03/2011 10:06
ok ok ok - I've opened the outer box - I really do need to sort my kitche before I get it out proper though
nickelbabyhatcher ·
23/03/2011 10:23
oh Jax - you have to make dough!!
it's the most amazing thing!
do it just to get the [wow] factor!
BaroqueAroundTheClock ·
23/03/2011 10:35
I do - but it's alread over half full - and it's another week until recycling collection day
ChippingInMistressSteamMop ·
23/03/2011 10:36
Baroque - my Mum has/had one of the orange ones as well :)
So - have you made anything yet?
Get your priorities sorted - you must have a friend who could do the nursery run??
What did you buy in your 'spring shop'??
Nickel - can't you donate your old ice cream maker to a charity shop and tell DH it's broken?? If it was me I'd simply ignore him and buy the one I want - I don't do 'being told' I guess I need to look at all of the attachments and see if it will do what I want it to... (take ingredients out of the pantry, measure, mix, bung in the oven... whistle when it's cooked & preferable put it on the table...??? I think I need A chef not A kenwood chef!!).
BaroqueAroundTheClock ·
23/03/2011 10:41
no I haven't made anything yet - and I do have my priorities right - child free time - do nothing except MN and drink coffee - everything else can do be done with children around 
I bought an rather odd mix of BBQ (that's a secret from the DS's until the weather is warm enough to do a BBQ they'll ask me "can we get a BBQ this year mum" "I hope we can have BBQ's this summer" and I'll reply with "we'll see"......while the BBQ is in the shed waiting to be used ), food processor, 30 day shred, bathroom scales (I haven't owned any for about 3yrs ), and then a few boring bits such as new waterproof mattress protectors and breadmaker bits.
nickelbabyhatcher ·
23/03/2011 10:45
bathroom scales are not something I want to own!
DH weighs himself at work on the Mail scales, and I just don't want to know.
although it might be a good idea now.....
Chipping - don't worry, it's me who's not allowing it!
I haven't got any money, and I very rarely use the one i've got.
If I told DH I wanted one, he'd say it was fine (he's a bit of a pushover)
although, might have to start having ice-cream cravings, then I'll be able to tell myself it's for the baby
ChippingInMistressSteamMop ·
23/03/2011 11:39
Baroque - The boys will be made up with the BBQ!!
I was a bit perpexed at the 'Spring Shopping' - I thought there was some spring thing I was missing out on 
LOL if you have too many sausages & burgers off of the BBQ you may need the bathroom scales & Shred! Let me know how that goes when you do it. I am still wondering whether to get it or not. I go to the gym several times a week but I think shred sounds good, but I don't know if I would actually do it at home and I don't actually think I'm fit enough to do it - it sounds like a killer!!
Nickel - ahhh if it's you - donate the old one to charity -think about how much fun a new family will have with it!! Order the non arm breaking one as the family Easter Treat instead of easter eggs!!
BaroqueAroundTheClock ·
23/03/2011 11:43
I know - I used to have one - but it got left in the garden at exH's house after I moved back there for a bit and went all rusty and horrible.........so I left it there when we moved. They asked last summer (but we were away!) and have mentioned it once this year so far when we had a sunny day and someone else was having a BBQ and we could smell it. I gave them the "we'll see" answer (which they know means..........maybe, or maybe not) .
LOL @ Spring thing - no twice a year (autumn and spring) I have a little shop of the things I want to buy that aren't essentials or desperately needed. That's it now for the splurging until September/October time haha
ChippingInMistressSteamMop ·
23/03/2011 12:41
Well - 'instead of' until it gets to the few days beforehand and they're on special and it becomes 'as well as' but didn't want to rush you into that stage yet!
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