On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:54:08 -0500, Dave Smith
> rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>I had to whip some egg whites the other day. For some reason, I did them by
>hand. By the time they were half done I was wishing that I had got out the
>hand held mixer, but it never occurred to me to search for the stand-up. If
>the option was bet by hand or get out the stand-up it would definitely be
>easier to do it by hand.
>
I have the KA stand mixer and a Cuisinart hand mixer, which I use for
different things. The hand mixer is for quick stuff like mashed
potatoes (right in the pot), egg whites, cake batter and the like. The
stand mixer I like for stiff dough, anything that has to be beaten for
more than a couple of minutes (such as a pecan cookie recipe that has
to be beaten for several minutes or it won't turn out properly),
anything that's going to splatter/billow (splatter guard) such as
whipped cream or flour or needs to be added gradually and takes two
hands to measure it out. And for soups, I have an immersion blender
that just rocks.

I am also a self-professed gadget junkie, but even *I* have irrational
limits to which I will not go, although I'd be hard pressed to name
what that gadget limit might be.

Hmmm, food for another thread, perhaps.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

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