Cuisinart Recall Just Screwed Up the Holidays for a Lot of People

[elleng]

'A recall of blades in more than eight million Cuisinart food processors, the workhorse of many American kitchens, could not have come at a worse time for home cooks. With Hanukkah and Christmas less than two weeks away, there are potatoes to grate, nuts to chop and doughs to mix.

Conair, the hair dryer company that bought the ailing Cuisinart brand in 1989, disclosed Tuesday that the blades of machines in United States and Canada were prone to cracking apart and had caused injuries.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/dining/cuisinart-recall.html?

[Renew Deal]

1. Thanks

Turns out mine was recalled.

[Warpy]

4. Mine also, but just the steel blade itself

Once you contact them, they send you a new blade in a little box. You put the old blade into the box to mail back to them. People can risk using the blades during the next week or two, they just need to check them for any cracking around the rivets.

I use my processor so infrequently I'm not sure I'll bother.

The grater, slicer, and plastic blades were not affected by the recall, nor was the machine, itself.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Makes me rather glad I never succumbed to the cult

of the Cuisinart.

Honestly, as much as I love to cook, and as much as I cook, I've never ever seen the need for one.

[Warpy]

5. I use mine mostly for pastry

There's nothing better for cutting fat into flour and then adding minimal water. Rest the dough while you make the filling and/or preheat the oven and "easy as pie" starts to make sense.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. That makes sense.

I don't make pastry dough, although I do bake cookies, brownies, and cakes. All from scratch.

[Phentex]

3. It's weird to me that it's the blades...

I could understand if it was some plastic part but it seems odd that it's the blade that can crack. Nothing is ever built to last anymore.