Hi Everyone..
I have been a lurker to this list..I love cooking and baking. To
answer to question that someone posed about the attachments to the
Kitchen Aid stand mixer..I have only this to say...I got one..a
K5A...for my first anniversary...in 1974. My mother and grandmother
bought it for me, knowing how much I loved to cook. At that time, I
got the food grinder, the food shredder, the juicer..as the years
went by..I added others...the sausage stuffer...even a silver
polishing wheel. I cannot say enough about this mixer, and the
attachments..every single one I've ever used...and currently use...is
still in great shape, works well..and given me and my family
countless great meals...I'm not able to get the pasta attachments
unless I replace the food grinder, they are set up to work with a
newer model...so I cannot comment on those, except to say, that I
would expect it to be of the same high quality as the rest of what I own.
Thirty one years later, the motor is probably in need of a good tune
up...and overhaul...there are some speeds that don't
work..anymore....but it's still a powerhorse...and I wouldn't trade
it for any other brand out there. In fact..the mixer has lasted
longer...31 years...than the marriage did....(it only went
30..lol)...anyway...those are my thoughts..on this mixer...I only
have to add that I did buy a zozirushi (sp) bread machine...and used
it twice..it's still in the closet...because I love the way the K5A
mixes and kneads the bread dough...and whatever recipe I use..it
comes out much better when I mix it with the mixer, and bake it in my
oven...than when I used that machine....
Thanks for listening to this long winded endorsement, but I hope it helps......: