Yes, Alton Brown knows *everything*...

[jducoeur]

... including how to make Hais, which he's doing on the episode we're looking at right now. And it's really useful, because he deals with the fruit in a meat grinder, which would never have occurred to me. (Mincing the fruit is the hard part of making hais.) We'll have to remember that, next time we make it...

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[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

cranberry relish is best made with a meat grinder:

1 sack cranberries, 1 orange, 1 apple, 1/2 lemon, 1 cup sugar

dump whole fruit in the top, grind, mix in sugar.

[jducoeur]

Intriguing. I'm going to have to remember this general technique -- it's simply never occurred to me...

[soteltie.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's how I learned to do it. Of course, that was back when most kitchens were equipped with them.

I wonder how the sausage grinder attachment to my Kitchenaid would work (for both relish and hais)...

[jducoeur]

Interesting idea -- I do have a Kitchenaid, although I don't have that attachment yet.

(OTOH, I believe we have a good steel meat grinder as well, so that might actually be the most convenient approach...)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

We do - 'cause I couldn't bring myself to dispose of Mother's perfectly good meat grinder. I kind of fancied I might make sausages someday.

[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

My mother used the hand-crank grinder, which used to be my grandmother's when I was little. It was a mess, with berry juice everywhere. Now she uses a food processor, which also works.

I use my kitchenaid with the grinder attachment and I love it. I think it has the advantage when doing multiple batches at once.