On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 5:18:21 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 4:03:14 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > while I was out in the car I was listening to an
> > interview with a master gingerbread maker. She spoke about growing up in
> > Argentina and having to whip egg whites with a fork and the special
> > technique involved. Then one day her parents bought a mixer and how
> > thrilled she was to have this new technology that made beating egg
> > whites to much easier. It was a hand powered mixer. I remember those
> > things from my youth. I don't think I ever owned one myself, but my
> > mother had one.
> >
> https://i.postimg.cc/DzjHfdw0/Mixer.jpg

Which, of course, we called an egg beater when I was a kid.

Also gave rise to calling at least some models helicopter an eggbeater.

Cindy Hamilton