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[///M5 2,833]

Maybe I should rent mine out and buy something across the street

[///M5 2,833]

Matt, do you have a mixer?

You're not talking about the tonic for my vodka I bet.

How'd you guess?

[///M5 2,833]

Now you know why I asked you about a mixer.

[dem beats 1,223]

OOOoOOoOooOh you meant mixer. As in kitchenaide!?

Yes I have one. I think it's the cheepest of any of them, but I can't tell why it costs less. All the info on their web site shows similar features.

KitchenAid

[///M5 2,833]

5qt instead of 6qt, slightly wimpier motor, plastic parts on some places instead of all metal.

I like that one better than the big dog (which I have) though as mine doesn't tilt which sucks. Mine raises up and down which is a bitch to get stuff in and out of in comparison.

When kneading dough, sometimes mine dances all over the counter.

[///M5 2,833]

I think a triple batch of dough might kill yours. I assume your dough hook is plastic. Mine is metal, but I think either will be way more than strong enough

[dem beats 1,223]

I think a triple batch of dough might kill yours. I assume your dough hook is plastic. Mine is metal, but I think either will be way more than strong enough

Metal hook. Just covered in a nylon. It's probably pot aluminum, so they coat it. The dang paddle beater chipped on me on the top in fact.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

<-- been using a copper sauce pan as a press when needed

Makes a mess though.

I used to just get a teapot boiling and use that. Pig should be better.

The Nealies are not AMAZING, but it's fun to watch them cook together. The only people on food network I can't handle are rachel R, and the blond who makes "half home made" and always does desert. Otherwise the TV is on in the background all the time, and 75% of the time it's the food network.

I honestly can't stand watching FN anymore outside of Alton Brown

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

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I think a triple batch of dough might kill yours. I assume your dough hook is plastic. Mine is metal, but I think either will be way more than strong enough

Metal hook. Just covered in a nylon. It's probably pot aluminum, so they coat it. The dang paddle beater chipped on me on the top in fact.

You aren't supposed to put them in the dishwasher.

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[dem beats 1,223]

high income low credit is particularly amusing. I mean wtf are you thinking?

I carry no balance on my credit cards, have no loans outside of my house, and have scores well into the 800's. The only knock on my credit is that I have a revolving balance usually of around $5-10k but that is almost all business expenses and monthly so not much I can do about it. As a percentage of what my cards support though it is less than 10% so I find it amusing they call it a high revolving balance.

Mostly people who learned to make money but not how to pay themselves first. My wife would be one if I wasn't around, she will have an amazing degree and hopefully a good income to match it someday. She didn't know how to save though and we're weening her off the CC's.

[dem beats 1,223]

I think a triple batch of dough might kill yours. I assume your dough hook is plastic. Mine is metal, but I think either will be way more than strong enough

Metal hook. Just covered in a nylon. It's probably pot aluminum, so they coat it. The dang paddle beater chipped on me on the top in fact.

You aren't supposed to put them in the dishwasher.

I blame the W or my room mate.

[topgun 262]

I think a triple batch of dough might kill yours. I assume your dough hook is plastic. Mine is metal, but I think either will be way more than strong enough

Metal hook. Just covered in a nylon. It's probably pot aluminum, so they coat it. The dang paddle beater chipped on me on the top in fact.

You aren't supposed to put them in the dishwasher.

I blame the W or my room mate.

Mom still runs hers through the dishwasher though. It just isn't worth the hassle to her, she would rather replace one a year or whatever rate they burn out.

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[dem beats 1,223]

Your mom has a verry good point!

[dem beats 1,223]

What I cannot stand is seeing a knife in the dishwasher. If my new knives end up in there it's all over. It will be wwIII, IV, V, and VI in my kitchen.

[///M5 2,833]

Even my "dishwasher" knives never go in the dishwasher.

My dough hook does though, but being all metal I don't see the problem.

[dem beats 1,223]

I have some really really low grade paring knives that go in there in a rush. I don't care about that enough to chastise, but not the other knives. Never. Ever.

[///M5 2,833]

Just realized we have a couple knives that we received as a wedding present. I never ever use them for anything, but since they came from the W's family they sit in a drawer. She uses the paring knife sometimes because it is dull. That gets a ride in the dishwasher.

[dem beats 1,223]

Just realized we have a couple knives that we received as a wedding present. I never ever use them for anything, but since they came from the W's family they sit in a drawer. She uses the paring knife sometimes because it is dull. That gets a ride in the dishwasher.

She likes to use a dull knife?

[Adrian_D 520]

"easy" is of course relative

So is "impossible"

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

fuck I seem to have lost my General Tso's recipe

anybody have a good one they'd like to share?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

While I love honest to god Chinese, I'm an absolute whore for General Tso's (tikka masala too)

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