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Cooking & Baking

elleng

(141,926 posts) Thu Dec 15, 2016, 08:00 PM Dec 2016

Cuisinart Recall Just Screwed Up the Holidays for a Lot of People [View all]

'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?

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Cuisinart Recall Just Screwed Up the Holidays for a Lot of People [View all] elleng Dec 2016 OP

Thanks Renew Deal Dec 2016 #1

Mine also, but just the steel blade itself Warpy Dec 2016 #4

Makes me rather glad I never succumbed to the cult PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #2

I use mine mostly for pastry Warpy Dec 2016 #5

That makes sense. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #6

It's weird to me that it's the blades... Phentex Dec 2016 #3