Cuisinart 7-Cup Pro Classic Food Processor, 600-Watt Motor, Vegetable Chopper & Blender for Mincing, Dicing, Shredding, Puree & Kneading Dough, DLC-10SYP1, White

I got my first Cuisinart when I was in college in the mid 70s. It finally broke down and it was time to replace it (just broke my heart at first, but I got over it. Quickly). I ordered this new 7 cup food processor and was delighted by it. It has, as the machine always has, made my work in the kitchen much easier much more confined in terms of prep clutter, and much faster. The only thing that I didn't care for here was that it did not come with the plastic blade and the one that I ordered doesn't go all the way around the bowl in the way the metal blade does. It's much smaller than the bowl and I got it for mashing avocado for guacamole for kneading bread and dough, etc. and it's not really functional for those tasks and it doesn't come with the initial order so it has to be purchased separately; it's a tool that I miss and is not worth purchasing. Otherwise, though, it's been a really swell add to the kitchen I forgot how much you could do with it and with the guacamole I just use the metal blade and pick the order of ingredients from most finely chopped to least; I process appropriately so I begin with the garlic which I get really fine. Then the onion and jalapeño, which I get chunky then I add half a chopped tomato fresh squeezed lime and and lastly, the avocado. I fold some cube tomato in with a spatula and dress it by hand in cilantro. This takes about ten minutes total. I make a fresh rosemary under skin rub for my Sunday roast chicken, which goes with finely minced garlic and grated lemon rind and fresh rosemary, and basic seasonings, and it does really well in my chicken so I have no complaints except with the aforementioned mixing blade. I look forward to chopping for the next 40 years - I hope - much like I did with the last one.