Why not - you would not be the first person to do that! I have done it on occassions especially with an indian as I just can't seem to make a decent curry!
JJ , all the tv chefs fib a great deal about ease of preparation and cooking food and I can turn Jamies 15 minute meals into an all day cookfest. Never the amount of washing up I manage to generate. Throw the blooming thing to Gness and open a tin x
Gness, no harm meant to you lovely lady, just a throw it your way type of saying ! If we were throwing things at you...they might be bandages, plasters etc xx ( sorry JJ )
JJB, I know exactly how you feel, I bought one the other week, have made pasta twice, grandson 'helped' last time and it took me hours to clean up the mess, I'm beginning to wonder if it was worth it and also how long it's going to be before it goes to it's final resting place in the back of a cupboard along with the coffee maker, the deep fat fryer, the bread maker etc, etc, etc.