On 3/20/2016 5:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-03-20 3:55 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2016-03-20, MaryL > wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, it was easier when I used a mixer.
>>
>> Of course!
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>> I don't think I've been without a mixer since I was a wee tad. My mom
>> usta have one of those classic Sunbeam stand mixers. I've made baked
>> Alaska, by hand, using a balloon whisk, but never hadda cream
>> sugar/butter together, by hand.
>>
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> It's not a lot of fun. You can understand why the electric beaters
> became so popular. I will age myself here, but when I was a kid we did
> not have an electric beater. Ours was a manual... two beaters and a hand
> crank. I don't think there was ever a kitchen utensil that was more
> difficult to operate.
>

I can give you one that was more difficult (although it was not a
"kitchen" utensil). My mother originally had one of those washing
machines with a hand wringer. We hung the laundry outside on a clothes
line. They always smelled so nice, bu my mother was elated when she got
her first electric washer and dryer. Yes, that ages me!

MaryL