Well, for the first time I forgot to post something here, yesterday. I blame our newest toy, a [http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UP2Q.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg|image| KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer]. It is beautiful. It is cobalt blue, and it simultaneously reminds you of your dad’s table drill you were supposed to stay away from; a 57 Chevrolet; your grandma’s cooking; and the Giger alien design. It is sleek and shining, heavy and beautiful.
The top tips smoothly up out of the way. The mixing bowl locks in place and is machine washable. There’s a splatter-shield with an ingredient chute. The mixing attachment moves clockwise, and the shaft it’s on moves counterclockwise, so that it traces a logowriter-daisy of mixing in the bowl—it approaches the side of the bowl at 67 points. The main mixer attachment is shaped like an arcane leaf symbol. It’s a wonderful mixer.
So, in short, I didn’t post yesterday because I was making soft molasses cookies.
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Mmmmm...
Cookies. I love cookies. Not sure, but I would even go so far as to say my love of cookies not merely approaches but actually surpasses Wonko’s love of pies. I used to drum for a local band, and every practice I would not sit down at my drumset until I had gotten a stack of six or seven delicious cookies (we practiced at a church and I’d raid their freezer). I set the cookies on my bass drum in front of me and would munch in between songs. Eventually I did this at shows too, and lost my name. Instead of “Damon” or “ActionPlant” I was “the cookie drummer”.
The moral of the story is where can I get one of those mixers?
Also, I LOVE Giger art and liked the reference. I wouldn’t have noticed myself, but I now see the light. Bravo!
I want one.
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Well, you can get them just about everywhere (department stores, Linens N Things, et cetera), as they are a long-standing American classic. However, they are very very spendy (probably partially because they are an American classic). We got ours off of Amazon.com on a Gold Box deal :) They have a few different models, so there are some cheaper ones.
They’re lovely things if you cook enough to justify it. And they come in many many colors!
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Options=goodness for the American consumer. Wait, that’s me!