Progress does not stand still. What is in the kitchen of the modern hostess, even 30 years ago, our grandmothers did not even dream. But, paradoxically, despite the fact that there is a lot of know-how, some old things remain more convenient. To such kitchen attributes and includes a manual mincer. The electric sister could not force her out of our kitchens completely.
How to choose a manual meat grinder?
Looking at the shelf in the store, you involuntarily start to get lost. The assortment of this simple and simple product is wide. How to understand which hand meat grinder is better, and what's the difference? It's pretty simple. The main differences of all mechanical hand grinders are the material from which this mincer is poured. Most often they are made of three materials. Let's consider each.
- Manual mechanical meat grinder made of stainless steel. Usually stainless steel is used only for external parts, or for their same coating. But there are exceptions. Meat grinders, made entirely of stainless steel, are highly resistant to corrosion, and also very durable. That's just frozen meat and bones in such an aggregate should not be pushed.
- Manual aluminum mincer. Very lightweight kitchen assistant. This is the main difference of this species.
- Manual chopper from cast iron. A fairly heavy kitchen tool. But, thanks to the properties of cast iron, it is considered an almost eternal assistant. It will only be necessary to periodically sharpen the knives with a special abrasive stone, or in another convenient way for you (corundum skins, sharpener, inserted into the grinder for grinding the knife).
How to assemble a hand grinder?
It is not difficult to do this, even if you are going to try it for the first time. Follow the described algorithm.
- Take the body, for those who do not know, we explain - this is the largest part of the meat grinder, in which there are three holes. It is necessary to pay attention to the large and round connector. It is placed a screw-like shaft, which will push the contents to the knives themselves.
- Take the "star" knife and attach it to the installed shaft. Note that the concave side of this "star" should look inside the meat grinder. If you skip this condition, then you will not get a scrolled product.
- Next, the grating is installed. We will not describe this subject, tk. to confuse it is very difficult. She puts on a previously installed knife, to its flat side. Inspect the grille carefully. Do you see a small incision from the side? It is necessary to make sure that this incision coincides with the projection made on the
body, especially for him. This is to ensure that the grid does not live an independent life and does not spin. - We attach the entire structure to a large ring, which most often comes with a thread. Tighten the ring tightly and until it stops.
- And the last simple action is attaching the pen. To do this, use two gaskets. One attach to the back of the spiral shaft, place the handle and cover it with a second gasket. Secure it with a special screw. That's all, the meat grinder is collected. Now you just need to fix it on a flat surface.
"Gadgets" to meat grinders
Everyone is accustomed to the fact that minced meat is scrambled, but not everyone knows that this is not all of its capabilities. Many modern hand grinders come complete with special nozzles that allow not only to choose the size of minced meat, but also make preparations for homemade cookies, cook sausages, sausages, mashed potatoes, chop cabbages, or rub carrots, and many other goodies that the whole family.