DDD, my cupboard seems to be full of machines meant to save money on preparing food. What bright (tongue in cheek) ideas SO has come up with were added to by his mom who watched cooking shows all day and purchased everything they had to sell. She got them, never used them, then when he would visit her, would send them home with him. Yesterday I was trying to clean out the cupboards and trying to get him to agree to let the Rocket Grill 2000 go for a garage sale. He started with the "but its never been used - we have the unopened box of bags (which mind you, you cannot purchase anymore) -you can make chicken breasts in there. Clarification - ONE chicken breast - and when have I just made dinner for one? Or the multi tiered steamer/cooker which left the meat not cooked thru, or the meat/cheese slicer which has been used once (a PITA to clean), or the food dryer used once to make Beef Jerky (we could have bought a case of it for less money), the counter top electric grill which you CAN make 12 LARGE porkchops in - its nice - but there is just two of us and on a good day 4.
A stand alone meat grinder was on the table, but I have the Kitchen Aid mixer and the attachment was an inth of the price and worked just as well, and was very easy to clean. He actually wanted to bring one of the 1920 grinders that screwed onto a kitchen table home from the store to use..mmmm....no....gawd only knows what that kind of stuff previously was ground up in it.
Thankfully we have enough friends who have been asking to try the sausages we can share and not be left with so many. Will let you know how the hamburger goes
Marcie