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Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?

Paul

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>
>Paul
>

I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.

Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
least the terrific unit I have.

Ya never know, eh?

Boron

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"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>>Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>>and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
> I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
> As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.
>
> Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
> hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
> the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
> least the terrific unit I have.
>
> Ya never know, eh?

Robomaid works for me.

Paul

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>
>> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>> and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>>
>> Paul
>
> Not useless at all! Especially if you are making candy. <g>
> --

I dunno, seems the silcone feet would melt at candy temps.

Paul

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"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?

I saw that somewhere. I can't remember where. Magazine or TV. I wouldn't
think it would do an overly good job of scraping the bottom.

I was once given a bean ladder. I think it was made of bamboo. You were
supposed to put it in the pot while the beans were cooking and purportedly
all the gas making compounds would travel up the ladder, out of the pot and
into the air. I think it was a joke.

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Omelet > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>
>> "Omelet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article >,
>> > "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>> >> and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>> >>
>> >> Paul
>> >
>> > Not useless at all! Especially if you are making candy. <g>
>> > --
>>
>> I dunno, seems the silcone feet would melt at candy temps.
>>
>> Paul
>
>That's why they are Silicone... It's pretty stable.

My silicone spatula didn't mind stirring my brittle at all--- It
didn't like trying to flatten it in my cold kitchen, though. [ok-- so
I missed the part in the directions that said to use a big, buttered
spoon. It is my first brittle in 40 years-- pistachio. . . mmmm]

As I was stirring and fighting the pain in my hand, I was dreaming
about a 'robostir', though I'd never heard of one before now.

Silicone is good to 4-500F. Sugar goes downhill after 350 or so.

Jim

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Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or
>> skillet and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without
>> that?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
> As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.
>
> Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
> hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
> the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
> least the terrific unit I have.
>
> Ya never know, eh?
>
> Boron

If it works it sounds pretty good to me!

The kitchen gadget that always boggled my mind was the "tuna turner." It
was, IIRC, a plastic receptacle with a lid and a kind of wide-tooth fork
thing inside that one turned by means of an exterior crank. As if a bowl and
a fork would not do the same thing more easily and be multipurpose besides?
Very strange.

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?

How did we ever live without an automatic clothes washer, an
automobile.

Commercial kitchens have been using powered pot stirrers for many
years... they're useful for home use too depending on what one
cooks...most homes don't have stand mixers but many can't live
without. I wouldn't consider that battery powered pot stirrer, I'd
want AC powered, and a lot larger. This is much better:
http://www.alard-equipment.com/g-o/y0243.htm

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Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
>> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>> and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>
> How did we ever live without an automatic clothes washer, an
> automobile.
>
> Commercial kitchens have been using powered pot stirrers for many
> years... they're useful for home use too depending on what one
> cooks...most homes don't have stand mixers but many can't live
> without. I wouldn't consider that battery powered pot stirrer, I'd
> want AC powered, and a lot larger. This is much better:
> http://www.alard-equipment.com/g-o/y0243.htm


Way overkill for a home kitchen.

gloria p

Anyone on here have one of those expensive coffemakers that only makes little pods into single cup servings. I have yet to try any, but wonder if that might not be a waste of money. I love my press.

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> >> Robostir. * A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> >> and it spins around stirring. *

I personally do not want batteries being heated above my pan.

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:17:06 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
>
> >Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> >and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
> >
> >Paul
> >
>
> I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
> As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.
>
> Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
> hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
> the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
> least the terrific unit I have.
>
> Ya never know, eh?
>
There are sites with modified gadgets to help the mobility impaired,
did you find yours on one of those?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:40:35 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

> In article >,
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>
> > Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> > and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Not useless at all! Especially if you are making candy. <g>

I wonder if it works for risotto and polenta?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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On Dec 22, 3:34*am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> Robostir. * A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> and it spins around stirring. *How did we ever live without that?
>
> Paul

I try to avoid anything battery powered. I guess my arm will have to
do for stirring.

I think they think these things up so clueless spouses will have
SUMthing to wrap for under the tree. Is there a Chia version?

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On Dec 22, 12:34*am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> Robostir. * A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
> and it spins around stirring. *How did we ever live without that?
>

I've wanted somthing like that for years, ever since we used "stir
bars" in high school chemistry. I'm usually multitasking in the
kitchen, so anything that will reduce the risk of letting things
scorch is good.

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:54:49 -0700, gloria.p wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>>> and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>>
>> How did we ever live without an automatic clothes washer, an
>> automobile.
>>
>> Commercial kitchens have been using powered pot stirrers for many
>> years... they're useful for home use too depending on what one
>> cooks...most homes don't have stand mixers but many can't live
>> without. I wouldn't consider that battery powered pot stirrer, I'd
>> want AC powered, and a lot larger. This is much better:
>> http://www.alard-equipment.com/g-o/y0243.htm
>
> Way overkill for a home kitchen.
>
> gloria p

but sheldon never makes anything in less than five-gallon batches.

your pal,
blake

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:25:44 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:17:06 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:34:50 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Robostir. A 3 legged battery powered device you put in a pot or skillet
>> >and it spins around stirring. How did we ever live without that?
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >
>>
>> I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
>> As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.
>>
>> Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
>> hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
>> the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
>> least the terrific unit I have.
>>
>> Ya never know, eh?
>>
>There are sites with modified gadgets to help the mobility impaired,
>did you find yours on one of those?

Nope. As I recall it was from a long, long ago KA catalog...on sale
for a song, too.

I can use my hands well enough to stir if I have to, but why aggravate
them when there is a widget to make it so much easier on them.

Boron

I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.

Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
least the terrific unit I have.

Ya never know, eh?

Boron

Hey, will it stir really thick stuff like fudge, shortbreads etc..?

Randy

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On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:08:02 +0000, Raedwulf
> wrote:

>
>>I have had one for about 5 years. I use it a lot for making custards.
>>As a home ice cream enthusiast, that means pretty often.
>
>>Of course, I have rheumatoid arthritis so it is terrific for achy
>>hands, but knowing how well mine works, and frees me from standing at
>>the stove stirring for 6-8 minutes at a time, I recommend it - at
>>least the terrific unit I have.
>
>>Ya never know, eh?
>
>>Boron
>
>Hey, will it stir really thick stuff like fudge, shortbreads etc..?
>
>Randy

It is for sauces and custards. It would certainly do early stages of
candy making, at least to the soft ball stage, but not pastry. It
isn't a mixer, simply a stirring device.

Boron

Randy[/i][/color]

It is for sauces and custards. It would certainly do early stages of
candy making, at least to the soft ball stage, but not pastry. It
isn't a mixer, simply a stirring device.

Boron[/quote]

Thank you Boron. I sometimes get so much going on at once, a stirring device sounds like something I might employ. Still, even if too light duty for some things, it sounds like a useful mechanism. I'll keep my eyes open.