Electric whisk thingies
sw
according to the Baker&Spice recipe armed only with an arm-powered
balloon whisk,[1] I think I must find room for a electric handheld whisk
thing or similar, or my arm will never speak to me again. Is anyone able
to recommend a brand/model? I wouldn't mind one that had an attachment
to mince fingers/small rodents, or pulverise fruit and nuts, although I
do have a good blender as well as a mortar and pestle.
regards
sarah
[1] And they're not rising as they should :-(
--
Think of it as evolution in action.
S Viemeister
>
> Having just completely destroyed my right arm trying to make meringues
> according to the Baker&Spice recipe armed only with an arm-powered
> balloon whisk,[1] I think I must find room for a electric handheld whisk
> thing or similar, or my arm will never speak to me again. Is anyone able
> to recommend a brand/model? I wouldn't mind one that had an attachment
> to mince fingers/small rodents, or pulverise fruit and nuts, although I
> do have a good blender as well as a mortar and pestle.
>
I have a Braun, which works well, and the mixing end detaches for washing.
This one (you may need to cut and paste)-
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008BFTD/ref%3Dbr%5Flf%5Fli%5F1%5F2/026-5469608-8306047>
is a slightly newer model than mine, with a few more bells and whistles.
Sheila
MC_Emily
round thingy? If it's the first one, Morrison's are doing one for £7.99
complete with dough hooks, too. I bought one the other day. It's got 5
speeds as well as a Turbo button. It's also got a flat 'back' so you can
sit it up with the whisk things horizontal in the air - good if you need to
add something but don't want to dirty the worktop!!
Jaqy
Dave Fawthrop
| Having just completely destroyed my right arm trying to make meringues
| according to the Baker&Spice recipe armed only with an arm-powered
| balloon whisk,[1] I think I must find room for a electric handheld whisk
| thing or similar, or my arm will never speak to me again. Is anyone able
| to recommend a brand/model? I wouldn't mind one that had an attachment
| to mince fingers/small rodents, or pulverise fruit and nuts, although I
| do have a good blender as well as a mortar and pestle.
We have had 2 a moulinex which worked fine and a Lidl which works just as
well but has more attachments, which work fine *for small amounts*. It
saves getting out the big machine out.
Dave F
sw
> Do you mean the one with whisk-like things on the end or one with a single
> round thingy? If it's the first one, Morrison's are doing one for £7.99
> complete with dough hooks, too. I bought one the other day. It's got 5
> speeds as well as a Turbo button. It's also got a flat 'back' so you can
> sit it up with the whisk things horizontal in the air - good if you need to
> add something but don't want to dirty the worktop!!
There's something really attractive about a Turbo button :-)
I shall investigate it tomorrow, if I can find a Morrisons around here.
I thought I'd seen one somewhere ... ah, there it is.
many thanks
sarah
sw
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>
> I have a Braun, which works well, and the mixing end detaches for washing.
> This one (you may need to cut and paste)-
>
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008BFTD/
ref%3Dbr%5Flf%5Fli%5F1%5F2/026-5469608-8306047>
>
> is a slightly newer model than mine, with a few more bells and whistles.
ooooh, shiny. And it's got a Turbo button too! I do so like buying
stuff I feel I need... so much more comfortable than buying stuff I
want, but am hard-pressed to justify :-)
Thank you!
sarah
Wondering why customers who bought that also felt they needed a Braun
ear thermometer. And why is an ear thermometer in 'kitchen', anyway?
S Viemeister
> ooooh, shiny. And it's got a Turbo button too! I do so like buying
> stuff I feel I need... so much more comfortable than buying stuff I
> want, but am hard-pressed to justify :-)
>
:) Are we related? You even listen to a lot of the same music!
> Wondering why customers who bought that also felt they needed a Braun
> ear thermometer. And why is an ear thermometer in 'kitchen', anyway?
>
I'm not sure I really want to know.....
Sheila
bignoseduglyguy
"sw" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Having just completely destroyed my right arm trying to make meringues
> according to the Baker&Spice recipe armed only with an arm-powered
> balloon whisk,[1] I think I must find room for a electric handheld whisk
> thing or similar, or my arm will never speak to me again. Is anyone able
> to recommend a brand/model? I wouldn't mind one that had an attachment
> to mince fingers/small rodents, or pulverise fruit and nuts, although I
> do have a good blender as well as a mortar and pestle.
>
We have a 30 year old Moulinex with detachable dough hooks, wire loops and
egg whisks, not to mention the old woven cable cover. I has three speeds
and works like a dream - but one needs the forearms of a drayman to hold the
thing for any amount of time. It came to us, in the requisite Huntley and
Palmers tin which replaced the orignal carboard box, from SWMBO's ancient
maiden great aunt.
Lovely piece of industrial design from the the last days of the pre-built in
obsolesence age.
bignoseduglyguy
Judith Umbria
> according to the Baker&Spice recipe armed only with an arm-powered
> balloon whisk,[1] I think I must find room for a electric handheld whisk
> thing or similar, or my arm will never speak to me again. Is anyone able
> to recommend a brand/model? I wouldn't mind one that had an attachment
> to mince fingers/small rodents, or pulverise fruit and nuts, although I
> do have a good blender as well as a mortar and pestle.
>
> regards
> sarah
I have the Braun stick blender Multimix 350 watt. It includes the blender
thingie, double whisks, kneading hooks and a mini-chopper. There is little
I can't do with it, although I find the food processor useful still for big
quantities or pasta/bread dough.
I no longer own an electric mixer or blender after buying this tool.
sw
[-]
> We have a 30 year old Moulinex with detachable dough hooks, wire loops and
> egg whisks, not to mention the old woven cable cover. I has three speeds
> and works like a dream - but one needs the forearms of a drayman to hold the
> thing for any amount of time. It came to us, in the requisite Huntley and
> Palmers tin which replaced the orignal carboard box, from SWMBO's ancient
> maiden great aunt.
>
> Lovely piece of industrial design from the the last days of the pre-built in
> obsolesence age.
I'm not going to be able to get one of those today :-)
regards
sarah
bignoseduglyguy
Sarah
Somewhere, in this green and pleasant land, there is one with your name on
it, lying on a trestle table at a WI jumble sale in a oven-like church hall
or a sweltering car boot sale off a busy A road somewhere. All you need to
do is track it down - it would get you out of the house and away from the
PC!
<ducks and heads off for cooling shower>
bignoseduglyguy
sw
[-]
> I have the Braun stick blender Multimix 350 watt. It includes the blender
> thingie, double whisks, kneading hooks and a mini-chopper. There is little
> I can't do with it, although I find the food processor useful still for big
> quantities or pasta/bread dough.
> I no longer own an electric mixer or blender after buying this tool.
I confess I came home with the Braun 5550,[1] and will test it on
meringue in about a half hour :-)
regards
sarah
[1] and some books. I find myself completely incapable of passing a
bookshop without going in, and once in... well, what are bookshops
*for*? And two delightful 'fish' plates as a housewarming gift for my
sister. Imagine a hand-thrown ceramic plate, most of the margin of which
has been marked with a fork to suggest fins, then bits cut out to
isolate the tail, a long dorsal fin and a long ventral fin, and
(opposite the tail) a tiny (unforked) head with two laughable flatfish
eyes made of clay. All glazed silk turquoise blue. Who needs Spode? :-)
sw
> "sw" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> > I'm not going to be able to get one of those today :-)
> Somewhere, in this green and pleasant land, there is one with your name on
> it, lying on a trestle table at a WI jumble sale in a oven-like church hall
> or a sweltering car boot sale off a busy A road somewhere. All you need to
> do is track it down - it would get you out of the house and away from the
> PC!
>
> <ducks and heads off for cooling shower>
shower of what?
;-)
regards
sarah
Having just finished a pint glass of gin&tonic...
Cdron
battery, it's a tiny hand held battery operated whisk & I use mine for
meringues & great milkshakes for my daughter.
No good if you want to make lots of meringues but great for a small
family:-)
cheers Ron www.a2bcatering.com
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sw
> If you live near a 'IKEA' they do a small 'Milk Frother' for just £1.60 inc
> battery, it's a tiny hand held battery operated whisk & I use mine for
> meringues & great milkshakes for my daughter.
> No good if you want to make lots of meringues but great for a small
> family:-)
I've got one, or equivalent -- I think it would die if faced with more
than one egg white!
regards
sarah
Ophelia
"Simon Gardner" <66...@hack.powernet[dot]co[dot]uk> wrote in message
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> In article <1fzgxh9.9m8nazhea1nqN%m...@privacy.net>,
> m...@privacy.net (sw) wrote:
>
> > "Cdron" <infoNOSPAM@cdronDOThomechoiceDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:
> >
> > > If you live near a 'IKEA' they do a small 'Milk Frother' for just
£1.60 inc
> > > battery, it's a tiny hand held battery operated whisk & I use mine for
> > > meringues & great milkshakes for my daughter.
> > > No good if you want to make lots of meringues but great for a small
> > > family:-)
> >
> > I've got one, or equivalent -- I think it would die if faced with more
> > than one egg white!
>
> Have now gone back to Kenwood Chef. Lovely.
I bought a new one when my old one died.. Wouldn't be without it:)
>
>
sw
hm. I had one, but sent it back because it couldn't cope with the bread
dough I asked it to make. Confusion on the part of the retailer in the
end led to me accepting a refund rather than replacement, which is
perhaps just as well -- I'd rather the space went to the ice cream
maker!
Speaking of which, apparently one makes chocolate ice cream with caramel
in it by boiling a tin of sweetened condensed milk for 2-3 hours, and
allowing to cool overnight. The next day, make a batch of chocolate ice
cream, remove from the ice cream maker (or whatever) while it's still a
little soft, put into a container for freezing. Make lots of holes in
the ice cream with a spoon, pour the caramel into the holes, stir it
around just a little to swirl the caramel through the ice cream, then
complete the freezing in the freezer. I have the tin of caramel ready
:-)
S Viemeister
>
>
> hm. I had one, but sent it back because it couldn't cope with the bread
> dough I asked it to make.
>
this Spring I bought a Kenwood to use in the UK (Argos had it on sale).
Its main use has been for bread dough, and so far it's worked beautifully.
Perhaps you were simply unfotunate enough to get a lemon?
Sheila
Ophelia
"S Viemeister" <sheila.v...@which.net> wrote in message
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I have always used a kenwood for my bread
sw
It was the big silver one, with the 800 watt (or 850 watt?) motor. I
tried it with a batch of bread dough close to the maximum weight
permitted, and it made the most horrendous graunching noises, couldn't
maintain speed, and the whole top bit was moving as the dough hook
moved. It might well have been a lemon, but after all the hassle with
the return I couldn't be bothered to try again -- after all, I can make
bread by hand.
Ophelia
Good Heavens. I think, as Sheila indicated.. you had a lemon. I have
never had that kind of problem with mine.
O
sw
Ah, well. Now I have an ice cream maker, and I have to admit I think
it's better than the Kenwood (except for making meringues) :-)
Ophelia
> Ah, well. Now I have an ice cream maker, and I have to admit I think
> it's better than the Kenwood (except for making meringues) :-)
>
LOL well I am a greedy girl and I have both:)
O
S Viemeister
>
> It was the big silver one, with the 800 watt (or 850 watt?) motor. I
> tried it with a batch of bread dough close to the maximum weight
> permitted, and it made the most horrendous graunching noises, couldn't
> maintain speed, and the whole top bit was moving as the dough hook
> moved.
>
it to, but it is MUCH, MUCH noisier than my ancient 250 watt Kitchenaid
(which I've been using for well over 20 years). When I first used the
Kenwood, I was quite concerned at the noise it was making, but it doesn't
seem to struggle, even with maximum loads, and doesn't get hot, as my
Kitchenaid sometimes does when I've been working it hard.
Sheila
sw
The noises the Kenwood made were not, um, acceptable -- extremely
laboured and uneven, as well as loud -- my husband was in the kitchen
like a shot to discuss whether or not I should turn the thing off before
it died. And the entire top of the thing was moving significantly,
threatening the alignment of the powertrain. It was perfectly happy to
whip cream and do other 'light' work, but I'd bought it specifically to
make large batches of bread dough. I don't miss it much, as my normal
weekly bread bake is now a slow fermentation that requires little/no
kneading (and weighs 2kg, which is more than the Kenwood would take,
anyway). It would be useful for cinnamon buns, as the recipe was
developed for a mixer of that type, but I can manage. I should post the
recipe sometime, it's marvellous and easy.
sw
> In article <1fzjj4s.qytzzkqvxeydN%m...@privacy.net>,
> m...@privacy.net (sw) wrote:
>
> > Ah, well. Now I have an ice cream maker, and I have to admit I think
> > it's better than the Kenwood (except for making meringues) :-)
>
> And whipped cream?
The whisk did a pint of it on Sunday (Eton Mess), but anything less and
I'll do it by hand. Good for the arm and the soul :-)
S Viemeister
>
> The noises the Kenwood made were not, um, acceptable -- extremely
> laboured and uneven, as well as loud -- my husband was in the kitchen
> like a shot to discuss whether or not I should turn the thing off before
> it died. And the entire top of the thing was moving significantly,
> threatening the alignment of the powertrain.
>
> It would be useful for cinnamon buns, as the recipe was
> developed for a mixer of that type, but I can manage. I should post the
> recipe sometime, it's marvellous and easy.
>
Please do! I have a family of cinnamon bun addicts.
Sheila
Jane Gillett
sw <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
It would be useful for cinnamon buns, as the recipe was
> developed for a mixer of that type, but I can manage. I should post the
> recipe sometime, it's marvellous and easy.
Peter will say "yes please" to that (he's the breadmaker for us) if I don't
get in first.
Jane
> regards
> sarah
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Jane Gillett : j.gi...@stertfarm.co.uk : Totnes, Devon.