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equipment questions... « Thread Started on Oct 22, 2009, 7:39pm »
i was given an apple peeler and corer machine, you crank it, but for two years now i haven't been able to get it to core the apple???! i'm so frustrated. it peels just fine, but the thingy cutter that's supposed to core it keeps sliding to the side of the apple and makes a mess, and now it's a little bent...i think we can bend it back, but does anyone have this problem? any ideas?
next i'm gonna ask about the food mill i was given this year. i was making ketchup for the first time and when i tried to run the sauce through it to take the seeds out, the surfaces just scraped one another? it's like the spring thing is too tight? any help? thanks!
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #1 on Oct 22, 2009, 9:18pm »
I wish I could help bunkie, but I've never figured out how to use mine (picked up cheap at an Estate sale), but my neighbor borrows it every year and it works great for him.
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #2 on Oct 22, 2009, 9:42pm »
I've got both. I'll have to pull out the apple one and check it out and report later. The food mill is working the way it should. It "scrapes" the edible stuff off the seeds and the "puree" is pushed through the holes. It takes time but I believe you get the seeds a lot "cleaner" with the hand mill. On the other hand, I would give a pint of blood and a pinkie finger to get the mill attachment for my mixer... well, maybe not a pinkie finger... prolly no blood either.... ok, so I wish I could find it on sale for less than $50.
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #4 on Oct 23, 2009, 8:23am »
Don't have an apple peeler, but years ago I bought the 'Victorio' strainer. Has different things for different veggies. You just put whatever you are working with into the hopper, turn the crank and out comes the juice into your bowl, all the seeds, peel come out another end. A lot faster than the hand mill that is in the shape of a pan, but I am once again ashamed to say that I haven't used it for years. I just haven't done that kind of gardening. That is going to change next year.
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #5 on Oct 23, 2009, 10:29am »
thanks for all the suggestions and look forward to more.
jo, that's what this food mill does is really, and i mean really, scrape, almost to the point of blade to blade. gonna keep working with it. never thought of looking for one as an attachment to my mixer...hmmm...
val, do you mean sharpen the core thingy? i could try that, but it was given never used to me.
i was wondering if our apples were just too hard???!
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #6 on Oct 24, 2009, 9:20am »
Hey Bunkie, just to be sure we are comparing "apples to apples" regarding the food mill, check out the top entries on this page: http://www.fantes.com/food-mills.html
If that is the sort of food mill you have, it sounds like yours is working just fine. I like the one they have at the bottom of that selection that pushes through a fine mesh. That would be fabulous for creme soup.
Check here, at the bottom, for the apple corer: http://www.fantes.com/apples.html You can download the instruction manual though it would take FOREVER if you are dial-up. I'll still try to get mine pulled out and looked over just in case.
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Re: equipment questions... « Reply #7 on Oct 29, 2009, 10:14pm »
Bunkie I had this exact thing happen. Not being very "mechanical" I took the thing apart then cleaned it... didnt help so here is what I did. ANd it worked. There ought to be a washer at the base of the "thingy" that slices that apples. It's where the screw is. Unscrew the thingy and look at the washer... Mine was bent slightly so I turned it around and yep that did the trick. I now have gads of apple pie filling, apple butter, apple sauce, chutneys etc.
If that isnt the issue then I dont know because I'm not very mechanical. Get out the tater peeler I guess.
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