RE: Thread #18647. Food processor question - Amanda_Pennsylvania. Can't seem to get my act

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wigs

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together enough to add my 2 cents' worth to a thread before it is archived!

I still have one of the first Cuisinart food processor models ever manufactured--their 14-cup Super-Pro. I burned up my first base after 15 years of heavy usage and am now on my second motor which is a re-built model bought directly from the company. Had to keep the same style since I have a small fortune in extra blades--a total of 12 for my FP plus the swirly metal blade + the plastic one.

Okay, the point I wanted to make is that besides using it for making bread, the plastic blade is also VERY GOOD for rescuing seized chocolate. Put your clumped-up chocolate into the bowl along with the plastic blade. Then add a little bit of lecithin oil to your chocolate (I'd suggest starting with 1/8 to 1/4 tsp per about half a pound of chocolate) and give it 2 or 3 or 4 short pulses. I sometimes have to use the hard plastic spatula/scraper that came with my machine in order to mix the chocolate & lecithin oil together a bit better in between the pulsing.

You may need to add more lecithin, but just do it a smidge at a time and pulse some after each addition. Your chocolate should eventually smooth right out so you can use it. It won't be good for dipping strawberries or cookies or hand-dipped candy centers into, but it'll be absolutely fine to add to cheesecake batters or to put into chocolate cakes or tortes or what have you.

I've rescued many a double-boiler of ruined chocolate by doing the above so thought I would share this useful hint. It was given to me by Dick Wagner in a truffle & candy class he and his wife, Donna, taught in Columbus, IN, on May 5, 1991.

 
I'm trying to find replacement parts for mine that don't cost a small fortune

because like you I have a small fortune invested in blades and attachments. Mine is still going strong it's just the bowl and lid that are showing wear.

 
I have DLC-7 from 70s, bought an expanded feed tube and all the attachments. Do you still have your

original papers and anything that says there's a lifetime warranty? The company changed hands, but a few years ago I called and asked for a new bowl citing the lifetime warranty. The lady who took my call was taken aback, but finally I was told I had to send the original warranty paper in, not a copy and they'd send me a new bowl. I guess they wanted to be sure I couldn't use the warranty again.

If you still have that warranty in writing, it worth a try.

I seldom use the attachments or the expanded feed tube, but really love the old basic model. My instruction booklet is dated 1978.

 
Try ebay, that's where I got a replacement bowl 2 years ago, then replacement lid 1 year ago, for

about $7 each plus shipping. My DLC-10 Super Pro is over 30 years old and still going strong.

 
Thanks, Pat, I never thought to look on E-bay. I will definitely give that a try.

 
My DLC-7 SuperPro was purchased in March, 1989, but with catering orders, it received a

heck of a workout over the years. When Cuisinart owned the company, I could just dial their Consumer Relations' 800 number and tell them my bowl had cracked or a piece of plastic had fallen off the large pusher, and they'd send me the appropriate replacement ASAP--no questions asked and no need to show my warranty papers. I remember they gave me 2 or 3 replacement bowls that way.

But when Conair bought Cusinart out, those people refused to give me a replacement for my lid that had broken--even with proof of purchase + warranty papers and on something I'd never requested a replacement on before. Definitely not the friendliest of PR back many moons ago, but the new folks undoubtedly checked out my file before replying/refusing. ha!

Now on the rebuilt motor/base I bought directly from Conair (I think about 4 years ago), they did only charge me half their standard price because I sent them my burned out one to refurbish for future sale to someone else.

BTW, Curious1, if you are in the market to sell 2 of your attachments that you don't use, I would certainly be willing to buy your Cusinart Super Citrus Juicer Attachment and your Cuisinart Power Strainer. Mine both bit the dust eons ago, and they don't manufacture them anymore.

Oh, yes, I have also discovered that even though the literature says everything except the motor base is dishwasher safe, if I hand wash all my plastic parts--bowl, pusher assembly, lid, stem, they do last longer , but who has time for that?

I finally went the route of buying myself a 2nd bowl so if one were dirty, the other was ready to go without having to stop and clean. I made it a point to always wash & dry my backup bowl by hand, and it lasted lots longer than the one I'd always cleaned using the dishwasher.

Thanks so much for your warranty suggestion. I might try that route again sometime--just to see if anything has changed at the Conair Corporation since I last fought, errr, dealt, with the PR dept. ha!

 
Wigs, I don't have those, I should have said cutting disks instead of attachments. When they came

out with the stem that you can put various cutting disks on, I got that set, had to buy the extended feed tube to use them, but for everyday use, I still like the original feed tube/lid the best. Didn't even know there was a juicer. And I also have an extra bowl. I'm so thankful for that. My base unit has yellowed and has a surface crack on the top, but still going strong. I also have a smaller version called a little pro plus. I really use it a lot for salsas, and any chore that can fit in a smaller processor. It's 20 years old and by then, the warranty is written 3 years with limited 12 year on the motor.

 
I no longer need my citrus juicer attachment,

as I now have an Acme Supreme Juicerator. Will send you a PM.

I find my bowl and lid are fine in the dishwasher as long as I pull them out before the drying cycle starts...helps to keep them from drying out, cracking and crazing.

 
ooops, nevermind, just looked in the citrus juicer attachment box

and there's something else stored in the box. Forgot that I got rid of that attachment when I got the Supreme Juicerator about 15 years ago.

 
Pat-NoCal, you got me all charged up 4 a min there! ha! Thx 4 checking 4 me & I'll try E-Bay.

 
wahhhhh, I know, I'm sorry. smileys/wink.gif Have to say though, I remember using it and having juice

spray all over the kitchen. Didn't care much for that....that's one reason I went for a big kahunga dedicated juicer. smileys/wink.gif

 
Curious - that is the model I have and that is about when I purchased it

I think I have the manual somewhere. Now I have some incentive to try and find it. The prices on eBay and the replacement parts folks is just unbelievable - I think I added it up and it was going to be over $100. I have two work bowls and one has a crack but works fine for drier items and doughs. It's the lid and feeder tube but if I could get an extra bowl for the one that is cracked, that would be even better.

 
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