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Skriven 2013-07-03 23:45:08 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 2007 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Mayo
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 29 Jun 13  17:07:43 <=-

 NB>> I was using the blender we'd been given as a wedding present... I
 NB>> forget now what brand it was.  It worked fine... and wore out
 NB>> eventually... :)

 RH> I'm on my 3rd blender since we got married. First one was on a Kitchen
 RH> Center we got as a wedding gift, replaced with another KC 11 years
 RH> later. About 21 years after that, we replaced the KC with the KA mixer
 RH> and a blender. Blender had a lot of speeds but a cheap plastic base;
 RH> at a yard sale here in WF a few years ago we found a metal base. Asking
 RH> price was $1.00, couldn't go wrong there. It only has 2 speeds but it
 RH> works great and will last a lot longer than cheap plastic.

We replaced ours once... as I recall, the second didn't last long
either...  and I think it was around then that I was doing less cooking
anyway, so it never got replaced.... 
 
 RH>> I didn't think it to be that time consuming, just mix the egg, vinegar
 RH>> (or lemon juice), probably a pinch of salt in the jar and add the oil
 RH>> in a thin but steady stream. Took maybe 5-10 minutes, tops. I'd also
 NB>> 5-10 minutes can be considered time-consuming... especially the
 NB>> standing there adding the oil in that thin but steady stream...  (G)

 RH> I do that when I make my butter blend & that doesn't take long either.
 RH> I do the butter blend in the KA mixer; I do stop it a couple of times
 RH> after all the oil is poured in to scrape down the sides. That gets
 RH> everything mixed more completly.
 
It's all in what you consider normal...  :)  I just buy my butter blend.
 
 RH>> used Duke's while in NC back in the late 70s/early 80s before trying
 RH>> to make my own. After Steve joined the Army and our finances improved,
 RH>> I bought Hellman's/Best Foods until we moved to GA and went back to
 RH>> Duke's. Now I'll either buy Duke's or the Whole Foods 365 organic.
 NB>> We get either Hellman's or Wegmans... both taste good to us... unlike
 NB>> the other options available to us.  :)

 RH> I know, I tried some of the other options. A national name brad is one
 RH> I won't buy again, same with a natural one I bought at a natural foods
 RH> store in Savannah.

Yeah, one finds their favorites, and then tries to stay with them... :)

ttyl        neb

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