Mincing

[missprim]

I would like to make my own mince using lean meat and nothing added.Many years ago you could buy a stainless steel mincer that clipped onto your work top but I don't know if you can still buy them. Would I be able to mince the meat in a food processor if I bought one?

[chelle7272]

Yes as long as the processor has the function for mincing

[missprim]

How would I know? Have looked at some on Argos website but they just say grating,chopping,slicing etc none of them say mincing.

[mccfluff]

lol when i saw the little i though QC was about

with a food processer you just use the normal blade and pulse did you get the required consistency, other than through you could chop it yourself. i'm sure you can still buy mincers though - have you tired lakeland?

[mccfluff]

like this one

http://www.lakeland.c...mincers/product/10118

[missprim]

Thanks for the link mccfluff, that is what I was looking for but then I noticed it said 'Sorry this is no longer available' The meat mincer at £80 is more than I wanted to pay and the mini copper says it chops meat but doesn't say if it minces meat, but thanks for letting me know about Lakeland.

[missprim]

I've done more searching and found what I'm after at a place called 'Cooking Marvellous' what a great name! Thanks to all who answered.

[jackthehat]

We bought one a couple of years ago..................from ..........erm...........a shop in Manchester, I think.

It will have been a darn sight less than £ 80, though. The frugal Mrs JtH wouldn't have bought it for more than about £ 15.

[missprim]

Would be good if you could find out which shop in Manchester Jack as that is where I live and if I could go to buy one it would save me buying over the internet.

[ethandron]

i recently made delia smiths black bean chilli which called for the meat to be chopped into small cubes. i did this with a pair of kitchen scissors and to be honest, when the dish was finished, you'd never have known it wasn't minced. i find cutting meat with scissors far easier than doing it with a knife. give it a go and see what you think.

[society]

I bought my own online. It came with different cutting blades, and I mainly use it for making pasta. I works really well.

[jackthehat]

We have a book-thingy somewhere in which we keep business cards, etc. I'm pretty certain that we have the card from the shop in there..........but I'll have to wait until Mrs JtH comes home to tell me where she's hidden it............:o(

I'm sure it's a name along the lines of 'Ryan Thomas' (I know, I know). It was the large paella pan in the window that made us step inside..........

And it was in the city centre. We didn't go very far away from the centre on that trip.

[redcrx]

how about £10 from amazon?

http://www.amazon.co....0G8D19WWYDAQ2DDXQBQH&

[LoftyLottie]

I have one in my kitchen cupboard just like this

http://www.antiqueemp...z/images/Mincer_1.jpg

Not sure if it was my grandmother's or my great grandmothers. It hasn't seen the light of day for many a year.

[jackthehat]

AHA !!! :o)

Thomas William (see how close I was !?!) 65 Deansgate, Manchester.
0161 835 2424
www.thomaswilliam.co.uk

Hope they are still trading.............:o)

[LoftyLottie]

Hi! Do I know you 22 dreams? I am puzzled. :o(

[Quentin_Crisp]

Oii Fluffpot.....I heard that, young miss..........and that's why i came on it ( so to speak!....LOL.....oooh i am naughty! )..........now where's DVD of Pineapple Dance Studios?......:0)

[smurfchops]

The one from Amazon looks perfect, just like the old fashioned ones. Were they made by Spong ????