"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> baldycotton2 writes:
> >
> >Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
> >>Kitchen Aid does not last as long as they used to. They are good but
> >>not great anymore. I wouldn't spend the money again for another one. I
> >>have one but I love my mother's Kitchen Aid. She has had it for over
> >>30 years now and it still works better than my new one.
> >
> >I'll happily grant you that they aren't as good as they used to be.
> >They are, however, better made than Hamilton Beach.
>
> That's just not true. Hamilton Beach, Sunbeam, and a host of other stand
> mixers perfom just as well as KA, and many perform better and for less
money, a
> lot less money. In any event, unless one is handicapped, no one needs any
mini
> stand mixer... the KA, and others, are only popular because certain
egotists
> need to display things in their kitchens that reek of commercial-type
> paraphenalia, makes them feel like they can actually cook. 95% of what
stand
> mixers are used for can more easily be accomplished with a hand mixer...
and no
> one who has full use of their hands needs a mini stand mixer to prepare
two
> measly loaves of bread. Owning and displaying a KA stand mixer is
*exactly*
> tantamount to a *child* owning and displaying a set of Lionel trains...
it's
> all about *FANTASY*.


You have a problem with that? If it's fantasy, it's MY fantasy, why do you
care?

Scott.