Pasta Extruder Enablement Thread

[LoydB]

I've been making our pasta with this for awhile now, and we really love it. It performs soooo much better than the Kitchen-Aid attachment. I've added a couple dozen brass dies from Pastidea.com in various shapes. These were macaroni for dinner last night. Anyway, you should buy one next time you're lit up late night on Amazon...

Pastidea.com

 

[chopsaw]

It performs soooo much better than the Kitchen-Aid attachment.

So does everything else .

I didn't see a price on the website .

 

[DRKsmoking]

Very cool

David

 

[Brokenhandle]

That's pretty cool!

Ryan

 

[rjob]

Amazon link if this is the correct item

Amazon.com

 

[crazymoon]

LB, Looks like a fun machine !!

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice machine

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Anyway, you should buy one next time you're lit up late night on Amazon...
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And that is the reason my wife has the Amazon account.

 

[LoydB]

So does everything else .

I didn't see a price on the website .

Amazon link if this is the correct item

Amazon.com

Yep, that's it.

 

[hondabbq]

How are the dies that come with it? Is that why you bought brass ones because they suck?
Also, how long have you had it?

 

[mike243]

Had gotten a KA extruder and was getting the hang of it when I found out i was about dead from diabetes, stopped me in my tracks along with other regular eating habits

 

[clifish]

Had gotten a KA extruder and was getting the hang of it when I found out i was about dead from diabetes, stopped me in my tracks along with other regular eating habits

This is what is stopping me from any pasta making and bread making and still I let my A1C hit 7.9 on the last blood work.

 

[Up_In_Smoke]

Had gotten a KA extruder and was getting the hang of it when I found out i was about dead from diabetes, stopped me in my tracks along with other regular eating habits

This is what is stopping me from any pasta making and bread making and still I let my A1C hit 7.9 on the last blood work.

I found that cooking and refrigerating the pasta the night before and then warming it up the next night really helped with my glucose numbers.

Your mileage may vary...

 

[clifish]

I found that cooking and refrigerating the pasta the night before and then warming it up the next night really helped with my glucose numbers.

Your mileage may vary...

interesting, I wonder why that would be?

 

[Fueling Around]

I found that cooking and refrigerating the pasta the night before and then warming it up the next night really helped with my glucose numbers.

Your mileage may vary...

I've read that a number of times.
My guess is that a lot of the bad starch gets released in the boiling process and you rinse to wash away in the cooling to cook again another day.

 

[LoydB]

How are the dies that come with it? Is that why you bought brass ones because they suck?
Also, how long have you had it?

The plastic dies are fine, but make thicker pasta. The brass ones are unquestionably better. I've had it around 15 months and use it once a week or so. The breadsticks die in particular is fun.

Re: All you folks with glucose issues

Have you tried making a loaf with 100% whole grain flour?

 

[Up_In_Smoke]

I found that cooking and refrigerating the pasta the night before and then warming it up the next night really helped with my glucose numbers.

Your mileage may vary...

interesting, I wonder why that would be?

I've read that a number of times.
My guess is that a lot of the bad starch gets released in the boiling process and you rinse to wash away in the cooling to cook again another day.

I'm not sure exactly why, and my doctor had no clue (as usual).
But I know it does work for me.

Give it a try - it may work for you too!
If it doesn't, it's not a big deal.