On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:02:04 -0500, Jo Anne wrote:

> I do not own an electric mixer of any type. For 35 years, I've been
> beating egg whites and whipping cream with my rotary hand mixer. I
> find it takes about 1 1/2 minutes to get the egg whites to stiff
> peaks.

Do you mean one of those double beaters with the gears and crank?
I haven't thought about nor seen one of those for ages. That was
one of my favorite toys when I was a kid.

-sw