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Just wanted to share that the Phillips Pasta Maker is on sale for $199 at a warehouse store that starts with a C.  8 discs are included.  This is an online purchase.  I have been wanting one for a long time, but this one is usually listed for between $299 and $399 with 3 discs.  Can't wait to get it.

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@brandiwine  I love mine, use it all the time.

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I have one and have had a couple successful and wonderfully delicious batches and a few disasters from adding too much liquid or too little.  It comes with two booklets, neither are very clear about how much liquid to add -- and the measuring container is not easy to read -- or I'm just stupid.  I'm now hesitatnt to try again.

 

I should go to youtube and watch more demos. 

 

ETA:  I didn't mean to discourage anyone from buying one.  I reviewed the videos and think I know what I did wrong.  I'll make some tonight and hope to report back a positive outcoe.  I think I did not depend on the machine to be smarter than I.  Let it weigh the flour and add liquid according to what it says to add, not sure I wasn't adding liquid according to something in writing.  I onlh remember the frustration.  LOL 

 

It isn't often a Philips product comes down in price.  Good to take advantage when you can.

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Thanks for the feedback.  Excited to get mine.  I've got a bunch of basil in the garden just begging to made into pesto to go with the fresh pasta!

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I tried the pasta maker again.  After a minor glitch we had wonderfully delicious spaghetti.  I must have bumped the machine when adding flour or when it was weighing because the amount of liquid it said to add made no sense then the indicator message was I had not added enough flour.  So I added more and could see it still wasn't weighing correctly.  I was a little frustrated but decided best to take out all of the flour and start over. 

 

What I learned is be ever so careful to not bump it before it's done weighing the flour -- don't breathe on it.  LOL 

 

I'm also going to make myself a short bullet list of steps rather than reference the booklet.

 

 

 

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Thanks.  I'll remember that!  Glad you enjoyed your pasta.