Cuisinart BFP-650 Instruction And Recipe Booklet page 13

PROCESSING WITH THE SLICING/SHREDDING DISC
Food
Long narrow foods like car-
rots, celery, cucumbers, and
zucchini
Apples, onions, potatoes, pep-
pers, tomatoes and other large
round fruits and vegetables
Strawberries, mushrooms,
radishes and other small, round
fruits and vegetables
Cabbage, iceberg lettuce
Soft cheeses like mozzarella
Medium-hard cheeses like
Cheddar and Swiss
Hard cheeses like Parmesan
To Prepare for Slicing
Cut into even lengths about 1 inch shorter
than height of feed tube. Stand pieces
upright in feed tube, flat side down, adding
enough pieces so they cannot tilt.
Cut, coring and seeding if necessary, into
even pieces to fit into the feed tube. Pack
solidly to prevent tilting. Fill feed tube to
about 1 inch from top. Use light to moder-
ate pressure.
Prepare foods as required. Place in feed
tube. Use light to moderate pressure.
Cut off top and bottom, leaving center
section. Cut into wedges to fit feed tube
upright. Remove core. Cut top and bottom
pieces in similar wedges.
Do not slice.
Cut into pieces to fit feed tube. Stand
pieces in feed tube and use light pressure
on pusher.
Do not slice.
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To Prepare for Shredding
For long shreds, cut into largest
size that will fit sideways in feed
tube. Stack in feed tube to about
1 inch from top. For shorter
shreds, stand pieces upright
in feed tube, flat side down (as
described in slicing column). Cut
into even lengths, about 1 inch
shorter than height of tube.
Prepare same as for slicing.
Place in feed tube sideways for
longer shreds, or upright for
shorter shreds.
Radishes shred well. Prepare
same as for slicing.
Prepare same as for slicing.
Cut into pieces to fit feed tube.
Chill in freezer for 5 minutes
before processing. Stand pieces
in feed tube and use light pres-
sure on pusher.
Prepare same as for slicing.
Do not shred.