I purchased this product in particular to reproduce a "recipe" from my childhood: grind ham on buttered pasta shells :-). By doing grinds alternately in one direction then the other, you get there. I think for the AC parsley will still better ;-). Gripe: there is a little bit of lateral play to the rotating part and the fact that the teeth sometimes hangs when going into the slots ... but leaning back on the good side, we get to stop blocking teeth and it does not interfere with use.