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Mending clothes by hand Red 04-20-2008
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Posted by Mary Fisher on April 22, 2008, 5:35 am


...

>> 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

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.

I can't see why anyone would want to sieve lentil soup :-)

Mary



Posted by Kate XXXXXX on April 22, 2008, 8:50 am
Mary Fisher wrote:

> Preeing???

Puree-ing. I think my dyslexia caught up with the spelling checker!
>
>> 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.
>
> I can't see why anyone would want to sieve lentil soup :-)

Some people like it better smooth as cream. Me, I like a little
grittiness. :D


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Posted by Joy Beeson on April 22, 2008, 10:21 am
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:35:17 +0100, "Mary Fisher"

> I can't see why anyone would want to sieve lentil soup :-)

Ruins it utterly, in my opinion, but one might want lentil puree for
some recipe.

Joy Beeson
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Posted by gjones2938 on April 22, 2008, 2:54 pm
Dear Beverly,

Cooking is an act of love...

Teri

Posted by Mary Fisher on April 21, 2008, 3:42 pm

> 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

It's VERY regional. It's not used in Yorkshire :-)
>



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