On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 18:07:55 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-03-20 3:55 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2016-03-20, MaryL > wrote:
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>>> Of course, it was easier when I used a mixer.
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>> 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 have one of those and I use it all the time to beat egg whites and
make whipped cream.

I can't picture using it to cream butter and sugar, though.

Doris