In article >, stancole1
@invalid.yahoo.com says...
>
> 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!
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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,

I have a dryer but I much prefer to dry the laundry outside on a
clothesline, for that reason. It smells wonderful and feels very soft.
You can't buy that fresh-air smell or wind-dried texture in a bottle.

Janet UK