On 1/9/2012 11:03 AM, Mike Muth wrote:

> But, they can't learn if something is never mentioned...

If they were reading FAQs and lurking and perusing old posts, they would
know what you obviously don't: almost everything has already been mentioned.




> Spoons and sieves have other uses, too. I don't think I've seen a
> kitchen without those. Well, not in kitchen in which cooking is done.

You are too condescending for words. Outright plonkable, you are.


Re chinois:

> Nope. I don't have one either.

No surprise.



>> with a
>> massive wooden dowel--a very cool tool!)? Food processors?
>
> Those who have electricity, yes. A few of our friends are Amish.
>
>> Potato masher??
>
> Yep. Some have the old wooden kind, some have more modern stainless
> steel tools. Some folks just use their electric mixer.

Does that include your Amish friends who don't have electricity?



> Well, gee. I'm talking about how I prepare the recipe and then I also
> mention that I use a food mill (which was actually in response to a
> question). You do know that there are different kinds of food mills,
> don't you? Go to, for example, Walmart.com and search for food mill.
> One is exactly what I have, the other looks nothing like what I would
> think of as a "food mill." Pointing to the wiki link does distinguish
> between the two. You might also want to look up the Roma Food Mill or
> the Babysteps Electric Food Mill. So pointing out that one is similar
> to mine is not condescending, but using a link to provide a bit of
> information.

You might want to go back to my original response to you, in which I
talked about food mills, then reconsider the spirit of your post above
and what you truly mean to convey through it.