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Do you have an egg beater? (The rotary kind or the spring kind) An ice crusher? A meat grinder? (PJ has entered the chat…  )A rotisserie? What kitchen tools do you still use that have gone out of fashion?
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I use it less often, because I serve big crowds less often, but I do still use my electric knife. I suspect we will have more guests in New York than we've had here--I suspect it has something to do with the fact that we can hop on public transportation and zip in to a Broadway show and back on a whim, but maybe they like us, too--so I think the old electric knife still has some useful life in it.
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My egg beater is .... a fork!  Besides the usual blender and cuisinart, our main tool is a KitchenAid. | |||
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The whisk seems to have replaced the egg beater these days, which makes me wonder how egg beaters got so popular.
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Have you ever tried to make meringue with a whisk?
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No, but is an egg beater any faster?
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The kitchen sink. Although they are not out of fashion, I use mine to do dishes, which is out of fashion. The toaster oven, ditto because I don't have a microwave. A vintage Spong & Co. hand crank coffee grinder which I use every day, because the results are superior to the Krups electric. Plus, I like the hands-on mindfulness of hand cranking. An antique and a vintage egg beater which I don't use very often, preferring to use a whisk, usually. Several antique kitchen implements that I use occasionally because I like the connection to the past. An antique meat press that I never use, but it looks cool. A cast iron waffle maker. A meat grinder. An old Hachinette from France. An antique fruit press that I haven't used yet, but plan to.
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We have an antique potato masher from MrsTuner's grandparents...
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Rotisserie? Electric roaster? There were three roasters at the Huron house and I donated them. Now I’m thinking one might have been handy at Thanksgiving. Electric skillet?
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I have an electric skillet and an electric griddle. Like the electric knife, I use them when I'm feeding a crowd. The skillet will make spaghetti sauce for eight. With the griddle, I can make pancakes or French toast continuously until people stop asking for them.
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Just got an air fryer yesterday. been having fun with that. Great fries, does really well at reheating pizza. Trying either broccoli or pork chops in it tonight. I love my electric knife too. On my second one. My new range has a cast iron griddle you can use on the middle burners, but I prefer my electric griddle.
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We have an electric skillet that is used for certain dishes like country-fried steak and pork chops as well as to cook pancakes four at a time. We have an electric griddle, but it's usually not worth the time getting it from its storage space in the laundry room downstairs. We have a meat grinder attachment for our KitchenAid mixer and the whisk on the mixer makes excellent whipped cream and meringue. A hand whisk is fine for mixing eggs for omelets or stirring sauces while cooking. We use crock pots for slow-cooked meals like some soups and baked beans. There's a potato masher in the drawer that is never used because the KitchenAid mixer does an admirable job with potatoes. We have a juicer that squeezes the fruit to extract the juice that belonged to my mother. We seldom use our food processor because I like to chop things up on a cutting board with a knife. I have several knives that I select from for different tasks with various vegetables. We also have a pressure cooker, most often used for stews and some vegetables for quicker cooking times and a pressure canner for putting up jars of food, mostly vegetables. Big Al
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We also use the sink for washing dishes. The dishwasher sits there, with its racks used mostly for air-drying excess dishes washed in the sink. I have an old Spong coffee mill too! Bought circa 1970. Beautiful wooden crank handle. Still going strong, and the hand grinding is morning zen practice. What size is yours? Mine is a No. 2. I had an old 1950s egg beater from my parents that I finally gave away, as I never used it. Heavy stainless steel. I just use a whisk for those rare times I'm using eggs.
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| Unrepentant Dork Gadfly |
It’s not nearly as hard on the arm to beat eggs, especially when you need to get them to stiff peaks, with a geared egg beater than with a whisk. And yes, it’s faster with an egg beater.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
We do have an ancient crock pot that I used at least once a week when the kids were in school. I have an electric knife sharpener. Other than that, I don't think we have any unusual appliances. We have the standard toaster, coffee maker, stand mixer (kitchen aid) and my latest is an air fryer, which we use a lot. Crest just got too heavy and expensive. Our stock pots are Dansk ceramic, and we also have a really good wok and a mediocre rice cooker that get heavy use. | |||
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