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Farm Kitchen:  Food processor v. stand mixer v. spoon?  |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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 Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 1:56:10 PM
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Thanks, Alee! If I have to buy them, trust me, I'll try Dollar Tree. Now, if RANDY has to buy it, I might opt for that really sturdy, VERY expensive one at Kitchen Works, our local expensive kitchen store. It might teach him to keep my wooden spoons out of his grinder!!!!:)
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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sonshine4u
Chapter Guru
1205 Posts
April
New Prague
MN
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 12:03:49 PM
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I have a kitchen aid stand mixer and love it.(Use it for big batches of bread, cookies etc...)
I also have the handheld Kitchen Aid Immersion Mixer http://www.everythingkitchens.com/kitchenaid_immersion_100.html that I love for small batches of things. Infact, I use it to puree my black bean soup right in the pot instead of transferring it to a food processor or blender(mashed potatoes too!). I use it for whipping things and there's all sorts of small attachments that you can use with it for small food processing things. If you're short on space, this is a great way to have a mini-food processor!
As for wooden spoons, I love those too...something incredibly nostalgic about it and they work great. However, I have fallen in love with Bamboo spoons. The great thing about these is that they are stronger and you can put them in the DISHWASHER! Sweet huh!? Mine are from Pampered Chef you can look at them here:
http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/catalog/product.jsp?productId=16755&categoryCode=BA
I am in the market for a really sturdy hand egg beater. Anyone know where I can get one of those that won't be lame? |
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suethequilter
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
susan
jackson
michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 04:48:31 AM
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I have a tiny food processor but only use it for pesto. I also have a kitchenaid mixer, a mixer (Made in 1934) that was my aunts, and an eggbeater that you turn a wheel to use. I like using the 1934 mixer over the kitchen aid for things like cake because it is so much quieter. Lets face it, women in the 1940's cooked and baked just as well as we do but without the fancy choppers and mixers. I keep my kitchen aid in the pantry because it takes up so much room.
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 4:11:13 PM
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I just use my spoon and mix by hand. I have a hand held mixer I use for cake mixes and when I mix the yeast in with a bit of flour for the 3 min or so, but after that it's the spoon. I just can't seel hauling all the equipment out and washing it and storing it again. A spoon and bowl is much easier to clean up! I think I do enough cooking and baking, but I don't can, I can see where the food prossesor would come in handy there.. I do have a small one tho. I use it to make bread crumbs and my soap. But it was given to me and I'm not going to go by a newer, bigger one just for those to things..
I also have a small, small kitchen and no storage. My pantry is downstairs and IF I got any of those appliances, I'd be hauling them up and down all the time! The spoon fits in the cup on the counter just nicely.
And to make pie crusts or biscuts I use one of those pastry blenders, works fine for me, I guess I don't know any different tho! I just can't see paying the $200 for a mixer when my had works just as well...
my 2 cents ;)
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 5:43:34 PM
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Hello,
my favorite way of mixing batter or whatever you may be baking is my Kitchen Aid mixer. I have only had mine for two years, it was a Christmas gift from my momma. I first learned how to use the giant mixer when i was in 7th grade taking home ec. I graduated from the same school (my high school was 7-12 because the town is so small) and the day i graduated they were still using the same mixers they have had even before i started attending that school. They were used everyday and beaten around a little too. They are a little expensive but they will last you a very long time and it may be the last mixer you ever purchase!
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 5:59:28 PM
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The professonal Kitchenaid stand mixer is un-beatable, and I have had mine for many, many years, it is still perfect, and all the attachments you can get makes my life so much easier. I also have a food proccesor which I also love, and a very old electric hand mixer which is great for little fast jobs. As busy as I am on a daily basis, anything that helps cut down on time is a God send as far as I am concerned, I also have an electric bread maker which I use in the summer when I am to busy to hand make bread, and its almost as good as handmade. I don't know what I would do without my kitchen gadgets, I guess without them, I would just get even less sleep, LOL.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Farm Kitchen: Food processor v. stand mixer v. spoon? |
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Food processor v. stand mixer v. spoon?
