In a minor domestic crisis, my food processor, or more precisely the part you use for almost everything for which I use a food processor, picked the eve of the festive season of the year to give up the ghost. A crack in the lid expanded such that a batch of squash soup had to be liberated via that column shaped thing that sticks up on top.Can you tell this is not my area of strength?
Next week, I'm hosting Thanksgiving. I need your help. Please answer the following kitchen-related questions:
1) Do you have a food processor? Can you recommend it? Which is to say, do you actually use it? Just a few weeks ago I picked up a second-hand very inexpensive Moulinex at the market. My Bamix is wonderful but unfortunately all the little bits got thrown out by visitors (who probably thought they were off cans or something.
2) And if so, do you use the fancy things on it? (Mine came with a mini-blender (used a lot and long ago broken) and these scary disks you used to julienne things (used once).)
Basically I use it for soup and some baking. I have never used most of the parts. The lemon squeezer thing looks good for lemonade though - which I must start making as the weather warms up.
3) Do you use a standing mixer? Or one of the hand-held varieties?Neither. I mix by hand (or food processor for carrot cakes etc)
(And isn't that color delightfully retro?) I love it!
4) How about a blender? Do you have one? Use it much?
My children wish I did. But no. I have an old 'shaker' that my Mum used to make milkshakes (large metal tumbler thing with a lid that fits on - then hold in your hand and shake madly) I figure it is exercise!
5) Finally, what old-fashioned, non-electric kitchen tool do you enjoy using the most?
The spurtle. Mine are made by my Dad and the flat (not round) kind. Kind of like this
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8 comments:
Love the image of shaking madly!
We used to have one of those drink mixer things when I was a kid and my mom made milkshakes in them. Lots of work, but yummy results!
The sputle (I've never seen that word) are beautiful! I didn't even think to mention wooden spoons, because they are such a given in cooking.
I've never seen the word "sputle" either. Those are so neat...and I imagine special since your dad made them. I use my wooden spoons a lot while cooking. My children use them as drumsticks on pots and pans! :)
Never heard of sputles either.
I will see if I can come up with a good Advent passage to send along.
I love the name sputle! and the pictures.
You are so lucky that your dad makes you all those useful wooden utensils. I am envious. But what is a Bamix? A mixer?
Well I obviously can't spell - the word is spurtle and an old Scottish word. Most of the pictures on the internet were of round stirring sticks (like a wooden spoon without the spoon part) but Dad made flat ones. A Bamix is a "magic wand" - like an electric stick -that you attach various heads to (unless someone inadvertently throws them out). It works much like a food processor but the great advantage is that you just stick it in the pot and mush up the mixture rather than having to pour it into a processor and then back again.
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