[Sca-cooks] mixers

[Olwen the Odd]

I go over to Chirharts and use his kitchenaid to mix large batches of 
marzipan.  I like the clear plastic cover that locks onto the rim of the 
bowl to keep stuff from flying out.  Powdered sugar in the face is not fun.  
My daughter really likes to help make sausage over there too.
Olwen

>I will say that I really like my KitchenAid for the big jobs and recipes 
>that
>I will be doing large or repeated batches.  I like that my hands are free 
>to
>do other stuff while something is being mixed and it makes adding 
>ingredients
>much easier.  But don't bother with the smaller mixer, if you're going to
>spend the money might as well wait for the big sale at Macy's and get the 
>big one.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
>Grace
>
>In a message dated 12/11/2003 12:09:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>Mark.s.Harris at motorola.com writes:
>Johnnae said:
> >>>
>I did 600 plus by myself for the Midrealm Crown feast in 2001.
>That took an entire day (9 hours) with breaks. I do an assembly line.
>Melted the butter in the microwave, used the kitchen aid mixer for the
>batter, and used electric irons.
><<<<
>
>I don't have a mixer, which would seem to definitely help when you are 
>making
>multiple or large  batches. After comments here and watching folks use them
>(pretty much always the KitchenAid ones) to cook for feasts I'm considering
>one. But they aren't cheap and take up storage room and I don't know how 
>much I
>will use one. The KitchenAid ones seem to come in different sizes and 
>colors. I
>don't particularly care about the color, but do folks here find the larger
>size better than the smaller one? And what accessories do you find you 
>really
>use with them? And which aren't worth spending the money on?
>I did buy a food processor after the discussions here and I do use it
>occasionally, although I'd use it more if I could figure out how to chop 
>things
>consistantly with it, rather than simply pulverizing them or ending up with 
>some
>pulverized, a goodly amount okay and some too big chunks.
>
>Stefan
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