heavy-duty mixer vs. food processor

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Has anyone used a food processor with GFCF breads? I currently have

an Oster Kitchen Center, but I fear the motor is going out (my

daughter just loves the pocket bread from the _Wheat-free Recipes_

cookbook), so I'm casting about for possible replacements. I

remember seeing several posts about the value of heavy-duty mixers,

but my MIL has a Cuisinart food processor and just loves it. So, I'm

wondering if a food processor would do the double duty of mixing the

GFCF breads and some grinding as well (e.g. making flour from dried

beans) without doubling the storage space requirements :-)

While I'm asking obscure questions, does anyone know how beans

are " processed " before grinding into flour? I remember reading

somewhere that the mills did this and that was why their bean flour

is " better " than what could be made by just grinding the beans, but

there was no explanation as to what the processing was.

Thanks,

Janette