Herself wrote:

LMG wrote:

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking would
be interested in.

I'm sorry, didn't I see this already in here?

And in the same "I have the patent on it" prose.

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking would
be interested in. It's called StirChef, and it's a hands free, cordless
saucepan stirrer. It only cost $29.95 (I brought mine at Bed, Bath &
Beyond) and includes the batteries, a silicon splashguard (to keep the
bottom clean) and has a continuous and intermittent setting (for when a
recipe calls for only occasional stirring). I've used it for risotto, rice
pudding, gravy, and sauces (to name a few things), and it really works
great. Instead of being stuck at the stove stirring, I was freed up to set
the table, watch TV and even run out to the store for a thing or two I
forgot for the meal!

It has plenty of power (I've used it for polenta) and the batteries last a
long time - the manufacturer says they will last 5 hours on continuous run
or 10 hours on intermittent - I'm still on my 1st set of batteries and have
used it over 12 times for about a total of 4 hours and the batteries are
still going strong.

If you want more info they have a web site - www.stirchef.com that you can
check out.

Does it do windows and vacuum as well? Just tooooo good to be true!


"LMG" wrote in message
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I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in. It's called StirChef, and it's a hands free, cordless
saucepan stirrer. It only cost $29.95 (I brought mine at Bed, Bath &
Beyond) and includes the batteries, a silicon splashguard (to keep the
bottom clean) and has a continuous and intermittent setting (for when a
recipe calls for only occasional stirring). I've used it for risotto,
rice
pudding, gravy, and sauces (to name a few things), and it really works
great. Instead of being stuck at the stove stirring, I was freed up to
set
the table, watch TV and even run out to the store for a thing or two I
forgot for the meal!

It has plenty of power (I've used it for polenta) and the batteries last a
long time - the manufacturer says they will last 5 hours on continuous run
or 10 hours on intermittent - I'm still on my 1st set of batteries and
have
used it over 12 times for about a total of 4 hours and the batteries are
still going strong.

If you want more info they have a web site - www.stirchef.com that you
can
check out.

LMG wrote:

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking would
be interested in.

I'm sorry, didn't I see this already in here?
--
'Tis Herself

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in.

ease shouldn't dictate cooking methods.... enjoyment should. i prefer to be
involved with my food on a tactile level. if you're too lazy to stir,
you're too lazy to cook: you're part of the mcdonalds generation, so just
stay there and keep our NGs uncluttered.

sorry all, on a rant today....

mrs j peters wrote:

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in.

ease shouldn't dictate cooking methods.... enjoyment should. i prefer to be
involved with my food on a tactile level. if you're too lazy to stir,
you're too lazy to cook: you're part of the mcdonalds generation, so just
stay there and keep our NGs uncluttered.

sorry all, on a rant today....

AMEN AMEN AMEN.

"LMG" wrote in message
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I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in. It's called StirChef,

We already heard your song, putz. Hit the bricks!

Jack SPAM

mrs j peters wrote:

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would be interested in.

ease shouldn't dictate cooking methods.... enjoyment should.

What the hell are you talking about? Ease shouldn't dictate cooking
methods...? So you cook over an open fire? In ceramic containers?

Enjoyment SHOULD. Should, you say? Like it's a freakin rule of life?

i prefer to be
involved with my food on a tactile level.

Terrific. That's what *you* prefer. Hardly a recommendation for everyone.

if you're too lazy to stir,
you're too lazy to cook: you're part of the mcdonalds generation, so just
stay there and keep our NGs uncluttered.

What incredible nonsense. What astonishing nerve to posit what "i
prefer" as a standard against which others should be judged. What
amazingly unfounded arrogance to talk about "our NGs" as though it
were a fact.

sorry all, on a rant today....

Save it. Your rant is crap. Your criteria for judging are crap. Your
attitude is crap.

Pastorio

"Bob Pastorio" wrote in message
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mrs j peters wrote:


Save it. Your rant is crap. Your criteria for judging are crap. Your
attitude is crap.



Err, yours is too, amigo. Eat some sugar or have a beer or something.

Jack Offday

Bob Pastorio typed:
mrs j peters wrote:

I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would be interested in.

ease shouldn't dictate cooking methods.... enjoyment should.

What the hell are you talking about? Ease shouldn't dictate cooking
methods...? So you cook over an open fire? In ceramic containers?


LOL
I just spent the weekend cooking over a fire in ceramic containers (3 of
them) and enjoyment was exactly why we had this weekend. I'd say it was
fairly "easy" too, or I wouldn't have loaded about 500 pounds of ceramics and
charcoal and another couple hundred pounds of food and equipment into the van
and driven about 200 miles.

BUT, your point is otherwise legitimate.

BOB

Jack Schidt=AE wrote:

"Bob Pastorio" wrote in message
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=20
mrs j peters wrote:


Save it. Your rant is crap. Your criteria for judging are crap. Your
attitude is crap.
=20
Err, yours is too, amigo. Eat some sugar or have a beer or something.
Jack Offday

I don't think so, Jack. The smug, supercilious tone of the post to=20
which I posted just annoyed the crap out of me. So I released the dogs=20
of PMS.

Pastorio (Pastorio Malarky Spotter)

"Bob Pastorio" wrote in message
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Jack Schidt® wrote:

"Bob Pastorio" wrote in message
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mrs j peters wrote:


Save it. Your rant is crap. Your criteria for judging are crap. Your
attitude is crap.

Err, yours is too, amigo. Eat some sugar or have a beer or something.
Jack Offday

I don't think so, Jack. The smug, supercilious tone of the post to
which I posted just annoyed the crap out of me. So I released the dogs
of PMS.

Pastorio (Pastorio Malarky Spotter)

Whatever, Bob. You and the kettle are both black. In fact, so am I.

Jack LSD (Lotta Schidt Detector)

"Jack Schidt®" wrote in message . com...
"LMG" wrote in message
...
I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in. It's called StirChef,

We already heard your song, putz. Hit the bricks!

Jack SPAM

Interesting idea though. There are magnetic hot/stir plates
availlable for use in chemistry labs. I've often thought they would
be great for home use for things like custards. I should look them up
in a supply catalog sometime just to see how much they cost.

Greg Zywicki

On 15 Oct 2003 05:56:13 -0700, (Greg Zywicki)
wrote:

"LMG" wrote
I just got a great new gadget that I thought anyone who enjoys cooking
would
be interested in. It's called StirChef,

Interesting idea though. There are magnetic hot/stir plates
availlable for use in chemistry labs. I've often thought they would
be great for home use for things like custards. I should look them up
in a supply catalog sometime just to see how much they cost.

While constant, uniform agitation of some chemical brew may be
required, stirring in cooking involves *some* intelligent supervision.
Both the spam 'stirchef' and, I presume, the lab equipment, takes no
account of occasionally scraping the sides of a pan, being aware of
when the dish is cooked to the desired 'doneness', raising or lowering
the heat, etc. Both 'automatic' gadgets also assume a perfectly flat
pan, uniform heat, and no bits that stick. How long do you have to
stir custard anyhow? What would be the point of a 'hands off' gadget
if you have to check it every minute or 2? Bah, humbug.

What the hell are you talking about? Ease shouldn't dictate cooking
methods...? So you cook over an open fire? In ceramic containers?
there's an incredibly huge difference between cooking over an open fire, and
using a tool that STIRS for you. STIRS.

Enjoyment SHOULD. Should, you say? Like it's a freakin rule of life?
no, most certainly not. but one shouldn't be a member of a FOOD newsgroup
if one doesn't enjoy cooking. and getting to the point where you're not
even stirring is hardly enjoying cooking. it's hardly cooking!

Terrific. That's what *you* prefer. Hardly a recommendation for everyone.
precisely. which is why i said "i prefer."

What incredible nonsense. What astonishing nerve to posit what "i
prefer" as a standard against which others should be judged. What
amazingly unfounded arrogance to talk about "our NGs" as though it
were a fact.
Save it. Your rant is crap. Your criteria for judging are crap. Your
attitude is crap.
wah wah wah. someone hand the lady a hanky.

i still stand by my original post. *MWA*!