tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post8351130920513515282..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: No kitchen is ever too bigRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-16691570600032974822012-11-03T13:20:20.236+00:002012-11-03T13:20:20.236+00:00But I must paraphrase and repeat Joe's questio...But I must paraphrase and repeat Joe's question, what no Braun handblender? <br /><br />Those funny little silicone bags from Lakeland do the sandwich toasting very well using a normal toaster. However, now we only have a toaster of French dimensions, they no longer fit.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-51500551410272184812012-10-28T13:16:22.651+00:002012-10-28T13:16:22.651+00:00Oh, please don't worry! I've carefully mea...Oh, please don't worry! I've carefully measured each piece of chain to fit the kitchen implement in question, and I only hang blunt objects.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-1423986172104739182012-10-28T07:37:25.752+00:002012-10-28T07:37:25.752+00:00HHB: Acquisition: I took a pre-emptive stroke and ...HHB: Acquisition: I took a pre-emptive stroke and bought it without discussion. The decision was greatly simplified by the fact that Tesco had only that style on offer.<br /><br />RW (zS): But you're tall, I know. I hate the idea of your head playing all those culinary vessels like an upside-down xylophone.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-50098699009324367042012-10-28T01:09:41.258+00:002012-10-28T01:09:41.258+00:00My kitchen counter space is severely limited, so n...My kitchen counter space is severely limited, so no blender for me. I deal with the situation by hanging pots and pans and pitchers and beer brewing equipment from a large rectangular rack that attaches to the ceiling with chains.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-78398660195382382812012-10-27T23:32:14.986+01:002012-10-27T23:32:14.986+01:00At 15 quid, it's a bargin too! Did you both st...At 15 quid, it's a bargin too! Did you both stand in the aisle at Tesco's and discuss the purchase?<br /><br />Blender in our house is used in the summer for frozen fruit smoothies. Freeze chopped bananas/raspberrys/blueberries etc, in small bags.<br />Empty bag into blender and add milk, blitz and drink. <br />herhimnbrynhttp://www.notebookinmypocket.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-56932139970623626852012-10-27T16:57:35.070+01:002012-10-27T16:57:35.070+01:00Joe: I seem to have made a booboo here. As I expla...Joe: I seem to have made a booboo here. As I explain the post is not about which is the best form of blender, or whether smooth soups are immoral but rather whether a blender fits satisfactorily into a mathematical description of the kitchen. The post could be about slow cookers, electric carving knives or powered knife sharpeners.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-82039604079581981572012-10-27T16:51:25.143+01:002012-10-27T16:51:25.143+01:00Sir Hugh: You are missing the point. Neither V nor...Sir Hugh: You are missing the point. Neither V nor I are proselytising on behalf of smooth soup; merely providing a modus operandi for creating it. Or, rather, establishing a foolproof method for adding a new domestic appliance. <br /><br />The fact that you chose "dragging" says it all. Inaccessible appliances tend not to get used even if you prove to be the exception. To ensure high usage they should be visible. But making an appliance visible (always) means permanently occupying valuable work surface. The equation has to be worked out to see whether this is worthwhile.<br /><br />We have, for instance, a sandwich toaster which converts a conventional sandwich into something more exotic. But our desire for exotic sandwiches is limited to two or three a year. Thus the toaster wouldn't be paying its way in terms of work surface space occupied, is stored under stairs and rarely emerges.<br /><br />The post is really more about human nature than anything else.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-3583670550106349222012-10-27T16:39:50.500+01:002012-10-27T16:39:50.500+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-36258755119984591712012-10-27T16:38:55.127+01:002012-10-27T16:38:55.127+01:00Has VR come across the sort of blender that consis...Has VR come across the sort of blender that consists of an arm with blades at the bottom. It blends and process soups etc either in the receptical provided or (and here is its chief advantage ) in the saucepan in which the ingredients have been cooked? We use ours all the time for soups. You need only the original saucepan in which to cook the ingredients and blend and finish the soup.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-969947148939935952012-10-27T15:43:13.851+01:002012-10-27T15:43:13.851+01:00You'll never look back, but don't over-ble...You'll never look back, but don't over-blend those soups; I prefer them to be left slightly bitty. I wouldn't dare to preach to VR on anything culinary , but as that is a matter of personal taste I reckon I haven't strayed into dangerous territory.<br /><br />I've just this minute emerged from a monster meatball cook off. The blender was used to make the sauce. The processor chopped up onions, green pepper, bread, and lardons - indispensable. <br /><br />Contrary to your accessibility ruling the forty plus years old, battered Kenwood Chef was dragged from its cupboard to mix the whole lot together before forming the meatballs. That is a machine built the way Victorians built the infrastructure of dams and waterworks, but it is too space consuming, and paint peeled to be out on the top.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com