Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!fortune!phipps From: phipps@fortune.UUCP (Clay Phipps) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: "Food Processor" vs. Electric Mixer Message-ID: <2613@fortune.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 23:41:09 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2613 Posted: Wed Feb 22 23:41:09 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 23:55:21 EST Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 22 I've been watching the discussions of "food processors" (sounds like something you might attach to the UNIBUS) with some interest, because I think I might want one. The postings make me wonder whether having a food processor completely eliminates the need for an electric mixer. I have neither. In particular, I'm uncertain as to whether a food processor can be used to whip egg whites into meringue. I know from one aggravating experience that a blender is no substitute for a mixer when whipping eggs. Afterwards, I read in *Joy of Cooking* that blenders just won't do the job. Would a food processor have worked ? Are electric mixers used at all these days ? -- Clay Phipps -- {allegra,amd70,cbosgd,dsd,floyd,harpo,hpda,ihnp4, megatest,nsc,oliveb,sri-unix,twg,varian,VisiA,wdl1} !fortune!phipps