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Posted by Mary Fisher on April 21, 2008, 3:43 pm
> The Wanderer wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:26:46 -0700, Pogonip wrote:
>>
>>> Mary Fisher wrote:
>>>>> Mary Fisher wrote:
>>>>>> Cue for members to claim they have silent machines :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mary
>>>>> My treadle machines make a very soothing clickety-clack.
>>>> The one I used to use did too and it wasn't unpleasant - but it
>>>> interfered with my radio listening (plays and other voice-based
>>>> programmes).
>>>>
>>>> Hand sewing, apart from being very satisfying, is an excuse to sit and
>>>> relax while enjoying the radio.
>>>>
>>>> I do a lot of knitting too and have a machine. Guess how I knit!
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Mary
>>> *sigh* You're a luddite? OK, you sew by hand, and knit by hand....do
>>> you own a food processor but never use it?
>>
>> Now that made Oi chuckle.......[1]
>>
>> [1] For our cousins across the pond, 'Oi' is a broad English dialect
>> rendering of 'I'. Was used in a comedy series on UK TV
>>
>>
> Hehehe... I own and use lots of sewing machines, but sew some things by
> hand because they stil come out better and/or I enjoy the process/it needs
> to be done in a historically accurate way where it'll be seen. I also own
> and use a big fancy food processor and a stick blender, but we also have a
> Mouli food mill in the house (belongs to James), a potato ricer, and a
> large selection of old fashioned knives. Some things are easier done by
> machine (first stages of kneeding bread, making pastry, blending soups and
> sauces, for example), but some are more satisfying done by hand (cutting
> tomatoes into lilies for a buffet, cutting potato wedges... ), and some
> are impossible by machine (cutting all the ikky fatty bits out of meat
> before making stews and casseroles).
Hurrah!
>
> Horses for courses, innit! ;)
You've hit the nail on the head.
I really must brinig Spouse's overlocker down the road ...
Mary
er - what's a stick blender???
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