Minna (food processor)
The Minna (manufacturer's name, also known as kitchen Minna ) is a mechanical kitchen machine that is hand-operated with crank and levers . It is used for chopping, grating, slicing, grating and juicing vegetables and fruits . It is also suitable for grating baking ingredients such as nuts and chocolate as well as hard cheeses such as Parmesan .
The Minna was manufactured largely unchanged from the 1950s until 2010 by the East Westphalian family business Bielefelder Küchenmaschinen-Fabrik - Gebr. Vom Braucke GmbH & Co. KG in Bielefeld . Like the Flotte Lotte , it became one of the classics among mechanical kitchen appliances. In February 2010, the manufacturer announced the end of production of the device.
functionality
The kitchen minna, reminiscent of a meat grinder , consists of a die-cast aluminum housing with an open filling funnel on top. This receptacle for the material to be cut leads to a circular, exchangeable knife disc made of stainless steel, lying vertically on the side . This is driven via a horizontal axis from the other side with a hand crank for rotation . The M3 generation of devices included a total of four such knife disks with the manufacturer names cutting disk, schnitzel disk, friction disk and raw food disk . On the filling funnel there is a plate that can be swiveled via a lever and is used to press the pre-cut food against the rotating knife disc. The device is fixed to a flat, smooth work surface by means of a suction cup that is operated with a rotary lever. Older models could be attached to the worktop with a screw clamp .
The result of the work - the fineness and consistency of the shredded material - can be largely influenced by choosing the right knife disc as well as the speed of rotation and contact pressure of the lever. The M3 model also has a metal insert and an exchangeable second pressure lever for juicing pre-cut fruit and vegetables.
Web links
- The “Kitchen Minna” on the website Museen Nord - Museums Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg . With an illustration and description of a model from the early years of production in the 1950s (accessed November 6, 2013).