Cellar Scribblings

[Front-Ranger]

Your mom didn't have a stand mixer?  You are a very good son for correcting that problem!

I don't have a stand mixer because there's no room to store it. My daughter has one I could borrow, but I have a very good Black and Decker hand mixer that is powerful. But you have to hold it while you mix; you can't go off and do other things.

So the latest thing is an immersion mixer. Does anyone use one of those? I was making Butternut Squash Soup today and idly wondering if I should get one of those instead of putting everything in a blender.

[serious crayons]

I've never had a stand mixer, but I did have a hand mixer. It stopped working a few years ago and I haven't replaced it.

I could definitely use it at least once a year, though, when making whipped cream to go on the bourbon sweet-potato pie I always contribute to the family Thanksgiving dinner. I tried whipping it with a whisk but it would have taken forever and was messy, so I just brought the flavored heavy cream to my ex-husband's dad's house, where my son and his fianc? were making dinner. My son was actually the one who whipped it, using a hand mixer.

I'd like to hear the pros and cons of a hand mixer vs. an immersion blender, which I've also thought about getting.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I found a stand mixer in the basement. It was probably my grandmother's. I don't remember my mother having one. I gave it to the church yard sale.

I guess I'll have to google "immersion mixer," since I've never heard of it.

[Sason]

Are immersion mixers a new thing over there? I'm surprised, since we've had them for at least 30 years, probably more. New gadgets usually hit Murrica before Sweden.

Anyway, I have one, don't use it very often, but when I do it's great. Saves you a lot of dishes, and pouring things back and forth.
The food you use it for has to be at least semi-fluid, otherwise it won't work.

And please don't forget to immerse it totally, otherwise it will spray all over your kitchen.

[CellarDweller]

I found a stand mixer in the basement. It was probably my grandmother's. I don't remember my mother having one. I gave it to the church yard sale.

I guess I'll have to google "immersion mixer," since I've never heard of it.

An immersion mixer is often called an immersion blender.  it's basically a hand-held item with blades like a blender, and you use it to blend stuff.