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  1. Neo, when I made your lebkuchen recipe last week, I didn’t have an egg beater either. I didn’t use a whisk, as the mixture appeared too dense for a a whisk. I used a big spoon.

    As I reported last week, your lebkuchen got rave reviews.

  2. I used a rotary beater for many years as a pancake-making and pancake-eating child. That was in the 60’s and early 70’s. As a young adult, I could only find one with the handle aligned on a 45-degree angle, which directed the downward force of my hand off to one side. Very poor design. I gave up and started mixing pancake batter with a fork. Until reading this entry today, I had completely forgotten about the rotary egg beater. It was a handy little device.

  3. Going to Safeway today; will check.

    I don’t have one; don’t know why. Haven’t missed it, though.

  4. Looks like the Oxo has gotten consistently positive reviews on Amazon. Maybe strange is good in this case.

  5. I’ve never used an egg beater, but I tend to prefer old-fashioned hand tools. I have a 26-year-old electric hand mixer and an immersion blender, neither of which are luxury models. I use my whisks, potato masher, wooden spoons, and box grater, and, sometimes, my food mill. I have never had room to store a food processor or stand mixer.

    What I have noticed is how the all these things have gotten thicker handles as men have started cooking. My rather small hands work better with the old-fashioned cheap kinds.

    I guess I would want bigger appliances if I cooked for six every day, but for two people, I manage just fine with what I have. I do have quite a few pots and pans and I love kitchenware shops. There is a website for a place called Lehman’s, which sells to the Amish. They have quite a collection of old fashioned stuff.

  6. Heh, that RSVP is the cheap alternative to the solid egg beater Neo posted a picture of. My mother had the latter, it was solid, quiet, and smooth in operation. The RSVP type clattered and vibrated.

  7. expat, thanks for the link. They sell one of the solid egg beaters ($79), but I bought the discounted Christmas fruit cake. I always got one from my late mother, so it is a reminder.

  8. I went into Wal-Mart for some of those mini cassettes, the kind you put into a tape recorder to dictate notes to yourself. The guy there at least knew what they were, but no longer sells them. I grasped his arm desperately and said, “Tell me, son, are they still makin’ socks?”Have they been replaced by some weird electronic thing?” Sure, that’s a joke. However, my wife wanted to put some handkerchiefs in my stocking. She had the Devil’s own time finding them. Will socks be next?

  9. The link for Lehman’s reminded me of the Vermont Country Store website, but, alas no egg beaters there, either. I’m sure my mother still has her egg beater (circa 1957, I would guess); I’ll need to check the next time I’m there. I never thought to buy one, though there are occasions when it would be better than a whisk and more convenient than an electric mixer. Mostly I use forks or whisks at my house. I dislike having to clean the electric mixer (which is cheap and underpowered anyway), so mostly that stays in the cabinet.

  10. Thanks, Neo. And Expat too, that looks to be a good site. I’m going non-electric. Not in a bid to save a world that will outlive us all, including flora and fauna, just for when/if electricity isn’t available. And… for a quieter life too. Egg beaters? I just hadn’t quite gotten to it. Heck, I didn’t even remember. Bah. Thanks again dear lady.

  11. Expat, that is a fun site to visit. As a dedicated cookie baker, my Mom called me one day, and said that she had bought me something at a garage sale. It turned out to be a new in box KitchenAid blender. I love that thing! I will probably make a batch of Skunk Cookies this weekend with it.

    Skunk Cookies are basically chocolate chip cookies, but when you add the chocolate chips, add an equall amount of white chips, ( skunk colors, you see ). Since the white chocolate chips are really a form of cocoa butter, some of them melt, and permeate the cookie, so you wind up with very moist, rich cookies. If you have access to Andes Cherry Parfait Mints, use then instead of the chocolate chips, use a whole box. Cherry Skunks are amazing!

  12. If you have the storage space, each mixing utensil has its value. My balloon whisk is unbeatable for slowly incorporating oil into vinegar for salad dressings. Flat whisks get into the sides of cooking pots when I’m making sauces. Scrambling a few eggs? I grab my old-fashioned egg beater. A stand mixer lives on my counter and can do mixing chores while I do other things. The food processor makes short work out of grating, slicing, chopping large quantities. Otherwise, a Chef’s knife or box grater is fine. Admittedly, I’m a foodie, do lots of cooking and try to find the most efficient way for each kitchen chore.

  13. Got to Safeway: Nada. Went to Krogers-owned regional chain: Had only a vertical-handle one (sort of a knob on top) for $24–see the Oxo at Amazon. Kitchenware outlet: standard model, plastic gear-wheel, for $13.

    Looked at Lehman.com: Did not find one. Amazon had 6.

  14. forget the Oxo- broke within the year-It’s plastic part holding the beaters together broke and can’t be fixed or used now.

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