Alchemy

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Homer Simpson
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I have been watching Facebook marketplace for a food blender to turn a cheap loaf of bread into crumbs.

Last week I acquired one for the grand sum of £5. :dancing:
I was expecting just a jug with a blade in it, but it has come with many other accessories.
So I might branch out and use it for making cheese paste and the like.

Any advice?
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Having your own kit removed the excitement of making bait in the kitchen before SWBO returns
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I may be simple, but I’m not stupid.
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Homer Simpson wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:33 pm I have been watching Facebook marketplace for a food blender to turn a cheap loaf of bread into crumbs.

Last week I acquired one for the grand sum of £5. :dancing:
I was expecting just a jug with a blade in it, but it has come with many other accessories.
So I might branch out and use it for making cheese paste and the like.

Any advice?
Watch your fingers on the blades!
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Again…..
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I used to use an old one for chopping or liquidising old worms to add to groundbait. It’s a lot simpler, quicker and less messy than scissors!

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I much prefer to let the bread go stale and then put it through a hand operated mincer. The crumb also keeps much better.
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SWMBO actually lets me use hers!!! but only for bread crumb.I would be dead meat if I used it for anything else! If it has a mixing paddle you should be able to make cheesepaste with it.I would use it on a slow speed to start with and see how it goes.
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A bullet...
A fresh uncut loaf, less crust chops up good enough to squeeze and lob in as ground bait.
I gave that ago a few years ago. I never caught anything special l( I was using a big bait) but there was loads of fish around.
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I once bought a cheap blender for my bread, worms etc and found that most of the worms fell below the blades and I really disliked the process. The bread could only be done in small quantities and as for paste? Lots of smoke and a visit to the dustbin which coincidentally, is what happened to my wife's expensive blender.

Just a heads up.
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