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> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:21:29 GMT, Janet Baraclough wrote:
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>>> from James > contains these words:
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>>>> I've always used a fork to beat the eggs. How do you? I'm thinking
>>>> it may be easier if I put them in a used pint size cream container and
>>>> shake.
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>>> Balloon hand whisk. Then stirred very gently in the pan as they cook,
>>> with a wooden spoon
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>>> Janet.
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>> i see the wooden spoon called for in many recipes, but i can't remember
>> seeing any rationale behind it. does anyone know?
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> First thing in the morning, even before breakfast, no one want's to hear a
> metal spatula ascrapin' and aclangin' on a metal pan.
Plastic works fine.