On 8/23/2015 11:44 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:18:39 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/23/2015 10:32 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 00:33:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/22/2015 11:13 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I want whipped cream (made from heavy cream) I get out my trusty
>>>>> 50-year-old hand beater and it's done in about 90 seconds. No muss, no
>>>>> fuss. I've never been able to figure out why anyone would use an
>>>>> electric beater for whipped cream.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doris
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Because most of us no longer have a hand beater. Can't remember how
>>>> long it has been gone and don't miss it.
>>>
>>> I still use my trusty hand crank beater to beat eggs... if only 2-3 I
>>> use a fork but for the entire dozen the crank beater is much faster,
>>> and much easier to clean than an electric and nothing to set up.
>>>
>> How many people here beat a dozen eggs at a time?
>>
>
> Never. Not when the entire family is over for breakfast, not for
> cakes.
>
> The original topic was about whipping cream (or not) for one or two
> and now we're at a dozen eggs? Is this another example to put in the
> rfc post anything to prove your point file?
>
Who are you talking to? We *know* what the original topic was (it was
Fake Ingredients, not whipping cream). I changed the topic (in the
subject line, even) and asked about a dozen eggs because Sheldon said he
uses a hand beater when he beats a dozen eggs at a time. I wondered,
who does that? Sheesh. No need to get all excited about it.

Jill