eva666•5mo ago

My 10 year old Thermomix died mid-service last Thursday

Had to finish prepping 40 covers of sauce with a hand blender and a whisk, has anyone else had a workhorse appliance just quit on them at the worst possible moment?

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nora545mo ago

Oh man, that timing is brutal. My KitchenAid mixer seized up right in the middle of whipping egg whites for a big batch of macarons I was making for a friend's wedding. I just grabbed a big whisk and some elbow grease and finished them by hand. Totally felt like I was in some old timey kitchen. It ended up taking forever but the macarons actually turned out okay in the end so maybe it was a sign to slow down haha. Hope your sauce turned out alright with the hand blender!

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fionagibson5mo ago

Oh totally, having to whisk egg whites by hand for a whole batch of macarons is definitely brutal and I get that it's a huge pain. But I always wonder about stuff like this, like is it really that serious? You said they came out okay, so maybe the mixer dying was actually doing you a favor by keeping you from overmixing or something. I see people freak out over kitchen breakdowns like it's a full on crisis, but really you just need more time and a bit more muscle. Hand mixing macarons is annoying but it's not like your whole day was ruined. People act like their mixer dying is a personal tragedy but it's really just an inconvenience.

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