" > writes:

> On Mar 21, 4:29*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> We all have some.....don't we? * I know I do. * *Here's a good little
>> article from the Times about those kitchen tools we buy and never use.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/di...ets-for-the-ki...
>>
>> Two people talk about NOT using things many people use here on a
>> regular basis: * a pressure cooker, and a Cuisinart.
>
> I use a food processor all the time. Why spend several minutes
> grating a block of cheese, let alone the wear and tear it does on your
> knuckles, when you can do it in seconds in a food processor?

Setting aside my own attempts (since I'm not good with a food processor,
I may not be getting the best results out of it), seeing stuff prepared
by other people using them, I find that they always chop things much
finer than I prefer.

About the one time I grate significant cheese is for fondue, and I have
a hand-powered rotary disk grater for that, it's very easy.

> I also have a pressure canner/cooker that I use for canning green
> beans and tomatoes.

I haven't used my pressure cooker in years, but if I were canning green
beans I certainly would! (Seems overkill for tomatoes, though.)

> The one common kitchen appliance that I rarely use is a mixer. I
> prefer to mix by hand ( with a spoon of course) so I know everything
> is thoroughly incorporated. It seems like whenever I've used an
> electric mixer I've had to go back and stir in the stuff that the
> beater missed at the bottom of the bowl.

My mother always mixed brownie batters and such in a mixer, and it
worked very well. I find mixing things that heavy by hand to be quite
laborious, and very hard to get a good even mixture.

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