[Sca-cooks] OOP -- Does anyone own an Oster Kitchen Center?

[Olwen the Odd]

I have a friend who owns that set.  He swears by it.  He even went so far as to buy a complete other set at the thrift store "just in case".  The second set wasn't all that cheap either.  It seems to me his came from his mom as well.  I can tell you that it will mix the heck out of marzipan without burning up the motor.
Olwen
 
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:10:20 -0500> From: adamantius1 at verizon.net> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: [Sca-cooks] OOP -- Does anyone own an Oster Kitchen Center?> > I gather this is a sort of Poor Man's KitchenAid, but perhaps not so > poor as I had supposed...> > Last month I boxed up and brought home with me an assortment of small > kitchen appliances all coming under the general heading of "Oster > Designer Electronic 'Kitchen Center' ", and various attachments for > same. Basically it is a motorized base such as might drive a blender > carafe (which is included), a mixer with various attachments > (included) and a food processor (included).> > I _think_ this is the slightly medium-end model without the meat > grinder and sausage stuffing attachment.> > Well, it turns out the mixer arm thingy has one slightly damaged clamp > for holding it in place on the motor housing, so I was looking on eBay > for a replacement for the Mixer Arm, and I'm seeing them for sale. I'm > also seeing entire sets like the one I own for what seem like > ridiculously high prices for what's got to be a 15-20-year-old small > appliance.> > In this case, while the machine seems not to have been all that well- > cared-for in recent years (it's pretty grimy; my Mom didn't see very > well, lived alone, and had arthritic fingers, so while she kept her > place pretty neat and orderly, there were some occasional lapses in > the general standard, because sometimes she'd either clean something > until it looked clean to her, or until her hands pained her, and > sometimes that wasn't enough).> > Well, anyway, someone seems to have taken great care to preserve the > original instruction manual, with my late father's credit card receipt > stapled inside the back cover. Apparently list price was $256, but he > got it both reduced on sale and marked down, for a grand total of > $129, and this was in 1990.> > The only thing I really remember about this appliance was that the > proprietary food processor attachment was known for some reason as the > Disco Chef, which I remember thinking screamingly funny for the > unbidden visual it necessarily conjures, and that the mixer was the > Implement Of Choice for large quantities of mashed potatoes.> > Well, I'm seeing sets like this on eBay, sets that aren't new, for > pretty close to the 1990 list price in some cases, and certainly at > least as much as my Dad paid in 1990. Plus shipping. What I want to > know is, why? Have I stumbled on some kind of Secret Power Weapon of > the Culinary Mages From The Dawn of Time?> > I mean, if I have, I oughtta know about this, right??? I mean, if I > have any pretensions to being a Culinary Mage From The Dawn of Time > and all, it would make sense, no?> > What's the deal? Anybody know? Is this just a reasonable-quality > product line that has withstood the test of time and the forces of > evolution, and stayed in production largely unchanged, for a long > time, and still reasonably current?> > Adamantius> _______________________________________________> Sca-cooks mailing list> Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org
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