Proctor-Silex 840150200 manual Food Processing Charts, Chopping/Mixing Blade

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Food Processing Charts

Chopping/Mixing Blade

FOOD	MINIMUM AMOUNT RECOMMENDED	SPEED	TIME	YIELD
Apple	1 medium peeled or unpeeled, cored	1-2	5 sec. coarse	1 cup
	and cut into wedges		7 sec. fine	(250 ml)
Bread	2 slices, cut into squares	PULSE		1 cup (250 ml)
Cabbage	1⁄2 medium head, cored and cut into	3-4	5 sec coarse	2 to 21⁄2 cups
	1-inch (2.5 cm) chunks		10 sec. fine	(500 to 625 ml)
Carrot	1 medium, peeled, cut into	3-4	5 sec coarse	1⁄2 cup
	1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces		10 sec. fine	(125 ml)
Celery	2 firm ribs, strings removed, cut into	3-4	3 sec coarse	1⁄2 cup
	1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces		5 sec. fine	(125 ml)
Cheese,	5 ounces, (140 g) cut into	PULSE		1 cup
Parmesan	1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces			(250 ml)
Graham Crackers	11 squares	PULSE		3⁄4 cup (175 ml)
Eggs	1 hard cooked, chilled and shelled; dry	1-2	1 sec. coarse	1⁄3 cup
	well		3 sec. fine	(80 ml)
Garlic	1 large clove, peeled	3-4	10 sec.	1⁄2 tsp. (2.5 ml)
Mushrooms	9 medium	1-2	3 sec. coarse	2 cups
			5 sec. fine	(500 ml)
Nuts	1 cup (250 ml)	PULSE		3⁄4 to 1 cup
(hard and soft)				(175 to 250 ml)
Nut Butter	1 cup (250 ml) nuts	3-4	1	1 2
			2 to 2 ⁄2 min	⁄ cup (125 ml)
Onions	1 medium, cut in quarters	1-2	3 sec coarse	3 4
				⁄ cup
			5 sec. medium	(175 ml)
			7 sec. fine
Parsley	1	3-4	5 sec coarse	1 4
	⁄2 cup (125 ml) packed; dry;			⁄ cup
	remove stems		10 sec. fine	(60 ml)
Peppers, Green	1 medium; remove seeds	PULSE		3⁄4 to 1 cup
				(175 to 250 ml)
NOTE: Maximum recommended food quantities:
Fruit = 14 cups (3.5 L)
Vegetables = 9 cups (2.25 L)
Cheese, Parmesan = 32 ounces (914 g)
Whole Nuts = 8 cups (2 L)

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