[Lardman]

Any good ? Thinking of getting one for onions, garlic, ginger and the like.

[compostqueen]

Well, I have reservations about Kenwood having returned a juicer and now I have a tri blade that my husband bought me an there's a veg chopping attachment with it which is pure pants!  It wouldn't chop a soggy banana!!

I have a Moulinex herb mill, which will grind hard spices too, and I've had it over 30 years and it's still as sharp as the day I bought it.  I use this for all my spice grinding and garlic and ginger chopping as I love curries. I would recommend that over the Kenwood 

[shokkyy]

I've got the Kenwood CH180 and it comes in very useful. I use it for onions/carrots/any root veg if I want them grated/very fine chopped. I also use it a lot for breadcrumbs and some herbs/spices (not the very soft ones). It's very small to store, quick and easy to use and very easy to wash (i.e. chuck bits in the dishwasher).

[Lardman]

Thats encouraging shokkyy - does it cut things well enough to puree them ? I've been doing large batches of garlic and ginger and freezing them, but they tend to make everything in the freezer taste garlicy (garlic blueberry muffins aren't nice ! )

[shokkyy]

Yes, it does. It happens pretty fast so I tend to use it in a pulsing action, checking each time, until it's as small as I want it. But I have no problem getting onions to a puree in it, that's for sure. It's not a huge bowl so I chop the onion into quarters (more if it's a bigun) and drop those in, and it blitzes them in seconds. And residual smell isn't a problem even though the bowl's plastic, because you can chuck it in the dishwasher. At first I wasn't sure how much I'd use it, but I use it a lot. I chucked out my food processor because it's big to store and just too much hassle to drag all that out just to chop up an onion.

[Lardman]

Tried some onions and garlic in it tonight.  Happy to say it made short work of both 

The only problem I seem to have is taking the bowl off the machine - not easy at all, even less so with wet hands. Im guessing that will get easier with a bit of use.

[shokkyy]

Yes, I used to find it tricky putting the bowl back on, and sometimes the lid too. But somehow it's easy now, I've no idea why. I guess it's just a knack that comes with a bit of practice.