At 02:47 PM 4/9/00 -0700, Doug Faust wrote: >I have a chance to get one of those big whackin' mixers at what sounds like >a pretty good price, and part of my thinking about getting it is making >sausage. now most of you folks who make your own sausage seem to be >talking about using dedicated meat grinders, which you then want to use for >grinding chiles and such as well. what about the other way----anyone have >any experience with this mixer-driven attachment grinders gizmos? Brother Doug... must admit, i've never made sausage, but if you are talking a commercial hobart mixer or the like (large mixer, even the small "table top" sized), they grind like magic, baby...if nothing else, you can buy whole tenderloins and ribeyes, cut your own steaks ('tis a breeze, mon...) and grind the trim for some wonderful ground beast like you won't find anywhere else...could even thrown in your own chiles w/the beast and have your own burger-mix, oh yeah.... tasty tasty tasty... and of course, with a large mixer like that, you can make *gallons* of salsa (not that it needs to be mixed, per se, but damn nice to have a bowl that size, no??)...*and* you can make gallons of REAL whipped cream and have a killer Dessert Twister Party....mmmmmm, send me an invite, mon... Peace, Henrix, and Chiles....... Rael Rael64 Monk of the TCS Order of Immaculate Twister In El Grande's Name...Left Foot Blue, Baby