Hamilton Beach 70590 Use And Care - Page 7

840170100 Ev03.qxd 7/16/07 10:37 AM Page 7 Processing Using Slicer/Shredder • To slice or shred cheese, select firm cheese like Cheddar, Monterey Jack, or Swiss. Place cheese in freezer for 30 minutes before processing. • The Reversible Slicer/Shredder Disc has a slicing blade on one side and shredding teeth on the other. The name engraved on the blade, facing up, is the function selected. Place on motor shaft with desired cutting edge facing up. • To julienne vegetables, slice then remove from bowl and restack the vegetables. Pack into food chute with slices vertical. Slice again to make match-stick cut vegetables. 1. Make sure the Control Switch is turned to OFF (O) and the unit is unplugged. 2. Lock the bowl onto base. (See "How to Lock the Bowl" on page 4.) 3. Place Removable Drive Sleeve on Motor Shaft. Put Slicer/Shredder Disc on Removable Drive Sleeve with the desired side facing up for either slicing or shredding. Lock lid onto bowl. (See "How to Assemble and Lock the Lid" on page 5.) To slice/shred long, thin foods (such as potato, pepperoni, carrots, celery). Lock lid. Long foods can be inserted into the chute opening and processed as long as the food chute lid is closed. Slicer/ Shredder Disc Removable Drive Sleeve Motor Shaft 4. To slice/shred large foods (such as chunk of cabbage, green pepper, whole tomato) open food chute lid by lifting latch. Depress food holder to the right. Insert food and lock lid. 5. Insert food pusher in chute. Always use the food pusher to feed food into the chute. NEVER PUSH FOOD THROUGH CHUTE WITH HANDS. 6. Plug in unit. 7. Select speed. While pressing on food pusher, select 1 or 2 for optimum slicing and shredding performance or PULSE to process food. Reference the food processing chart for recommended processing times and speeds. NOTE: The food chute lid is designed to pivot towards the right when processing food that fills the whole food chute capacity. 8. When food chute is empty, select OFF (O) or release from PULSE position. Wait until blade has stopped rotating before removing lid. Unplug the unit. 7