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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on April 21, 2008, 7:29 pm
Mary Fisher wrote:
>> 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???
>
>
The chef's magic wand! I have one of these: http://www.bamixuk.com/
The original and best! :) I first used ome when working in a hotel
kitchen back in the '70's. Took another 15 years for them to hit the
domestic market, and now there are cheapo versions all over the place.
But I love this one and use it a lot (like today for preeing a whole pot
of HOT soup in the pot!). I have several attachments for it, which are
also great at what they do. Shoving a gallon of lentil soup through a
sieve with a wooden spoon stikes me as a complete waste of my time when
this blends the whole lot in 2 minutes, and leaves all the nice
vegetable fibres still in it to aid digestion. If I wqanted it without
the fibres, I'd use the Mouli, which is fun but hand cranked, so takes
more time.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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