Ted, thanks for sharing your "how to." If you do buy the attachment this year and use it for apples, please let us know how it goes.
I bought it last year and it's been fantastic for tomatoes as long as I cut them into a size that easily fits into the chute. You're already doing that with yours, so you won't have a problem.
I just ran a bunch of dwarf pastes through it yesterday and I'm still surprised with how much easier it is to set up and run. Once they were cut up, the machine was set up, this bowl of dwarfs plus the smaller bowl of other pastes was run through, the peels run through twice, the purée was on the stove cooking down, and the machine was disassembled and in the sink in less than half an hour. I can actually use my 8 quart pot under it to catch the juice which is a big plus. And clean up time is about the same as with the Vittorio.
I haven't had a chance to try it with anything else yet, but apples would be at the top of the list.
