December 28, 2007

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Major New Kitchen Items!

For Christmas, I asked my parents for, among other things, a particular mid-level consumer immersion blender. But it turns out that by the time I emailed my mother my Christmas list, she had already bought me an immersion blender without knowing that I wanted one! And, rather than getting that mid-level blender, she got me a friggin' badass Viking immersion blender. Well done, Mom!

Also, Jeanette's mom used a coupon to save me a ton of money on a stand mixer! I've been wanting a Kitchen-Aid Professional 600 series mixer (the Artisan series is annoying in that there's no space between the head and the bowl to add ingredients--you have to lift the head each time) for a while, but figured I'd be waiting until I have a full-time job, since they're normally $500. But when they were already on crazy sale, then I got an additional 30% + $30 off with her Kohl's coupons, and another $50 rebate from Kitchen-Aid, the price was down to $230 for me. It would have been irresponsible for me not to buy it at such a discount since I'd end up buying it in a year anyway. So now I'm the proud owner of a Kitchen-Aid Professional 600 Stand Mixer. And it turns out that I halfway paid for it by returning a scarf, sweater, and coat that my mom got me that were just not my style.

My parents also got me the food grinder attachment, and the pasta roller and cutter attachments to my stand mixer. So here comes sausages, ground meat, and homemade pasta. So now I've got all my blending/mixing needs covered.

I also got The French Laundry Cookbook (amazing), The Whole Beast: Nose To Tail Eating (yeah, I'm gonna start trying to cook some offal), and Knife Skills Illustrated (a useful reference, from my brother).

Posted at December 28, 2007 11:24 PM | Comments (2)

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