QOTW and Braun hand blender

[Guest guest]

Amy I really like your ice cube tray and chop stick tricks.

 

Ooh those hand chopper things. I actually have one (I didn't buy it) and

have never tried it. I've seen those stupid infomercials on the manual hand

choppers (you punch the thing down) and the mini blender (size of a small

small bowl). I just don't see a point in chopping stuff down to size to fit

it in the blender and to fit it in the housing area of the hand chopper.

What is the point, LOL! By the time you've done that then used the hand

chopper and washed it up, you could have manually chopped and eaten it by

then.

 

http://www.bestofkitchen.com/productimages/69443.jpg

 

This is a picture of a Braun hand blender that I have (or as close to it as

I could find - just a smidge different in body) - drink not included. Mine

has a crack in the plastic that guards the blades but I've never had a

problem with it going out.

 

Shawn

 

On 10/31/05, Amy wrote:

>

> My favorite gadgets: gotta agree with a big sharp knife, I also have

> a little " dish " with teeth in the bowl and the lid, for mashing

> garlic. Use a whisk for " sifting " dry ingredients together as well as

> wet. I love the stick blender, but have had trouble keeping one

> working (any one got one that's lasted a long time? What brand is it,

> please?). I love my silicone mats and silicone pastry brushes -

> nothing sticks and I never lose bristles anymore. Pump-able oil

> sprayer. I use a chopstick for leveling dry measures. I also like my

> potato ricer, cookie scoops in various sizes for making cookies,

> muffins, drop biscuits. I also really like having a salad spinner -

> after the greens are washed and dried, I roll them up in a kitchen

> towel and seal in an airtight plastic container. My twin sister has

> the Oxo one, and she does use the bowl as her salad bowl. It's also

> lots easier to use than mine. They stay fresh quite some time that

> way. Bench knife for making yeast rolls, cleaning up the counter

> after any breads. I have a set of dollar-store ice cube trays for all

> sorts of non-ice things: herb butters, finely chopped onions,

> spaghetti sauce - I freeze them in the ice cube trays, then pop the

> cubes out and put them in containers or baggies, and it's easy to pull

> out just what I need, and they don't take forever to thaw. Oh, and my

> french fry cutter!

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, subprong <subprong@g...> wrote:

>

> Amy I really like your ice cube tray and chop stick tricks.

 

Thanks! I use 'em all the time. Just yesterday I chopped two bags of

onions (I peeled and quartered, and used the Cuisinart!) - so next

time I need onions, I won't need to cry...

 

> Ooh those hand chopper things. I actually have one (I didn't buy it)

> and have never tried it. I've seen those stupid infomercials on the

> manual hand choppers (you punch the thing down)

 

Don't bother; donate it to Goodwill or sell it in a garagesale for 10

cents.

 

> and the mini blender (size of a small small bowl). I just don't see

> a point in chopping stuff down to size to fit it in the blender and

> to fit it in the housing area of the hand chopper. What is the

> point, LOL! By the time you've done that then used the hand chopper

> and washed it up, you could have manually chopped and eaten it by

> then.

 

Yup!

 

> http://www.bestofkitchen.com/productimages/69443.jpg

> This is a picture of a Braun hand blender that I have (or as close

> to it as I could find - just a smidge different in body) - drink not

> included. Mine has a crack in the plastic that guards the blades but

> I've never had a problem with it going out.

 

No drink, eh? Darn, it looked tasty!

 

I've been through three now, where the motor has quit. But now I will

look for a Braun (I had Oster and Hamilton Beach), or maybe a Kitchen

Aid that I've also heard is good. Have to see how they go price-wise.