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Default REC: Split Pea Soup

On 1/9/2012 5:21 AM, Mike Muth wrote:
> > wrote:


>> That's a food mill, lovie, and it's just like most every other food mill
>> out there.

>
> Well, yeah. That's why I provided the pointer to what I use instead of a
> sieve and spoon. I assumed that there were possibly readers who were not
> familiar with food mills. IME, most kitchens these days don't have them.
>


You're not doing a cooking demonstration to a small group in the local
library. This is a food group, honey. We know what food mills are. We
know about these things.




>> They're widely available, made of a variety of materials and
>> easy to get. My large metal food mill is identical to my great
>> grandmother's food mill from the turn of the previous century.

>
> Why mess with a successful design?



Precisely, but that wasn't my point. The point is you're acting like a
dewy-eyed newbie over one. It's akin to feeling you have to explain a
telephone to us.