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The food processor is essentially a glorified hummus maker. I never puree anything (esp. not soup) in it as I have to do in batches plus annoying cleanup.

A crummy $15 stick blender? Worth it’s weight in gold! It long ago replaced my normal blender (which went on to do crushed ice duty before being given away a few moves ago). Quick, cheap, and effective. Bonus points for being able to control how “blended” it gets. Also useful for: mixing salad dressing when I don’t feel like giving my arms a workout with a whisk.

If you want to make lots of hummus or you will be making a lot of pastes –get a food processor (even then, I tend to make pastes in a mortar and pestle). Everything else it does -> get a stick blender.

I prefer QUALITY (around the world cuisine)
and will eat the leftovers for three days,
so as to MINIMIZE time spent. Three HOURS
for one GREAT QUALITY meal divide by 3 days
equals one hour/day.

Shop with a bicycle. makes it much easier to
carry heavy loads back from Chinatown.
I tie the heavy bags in the middle of the frame.

Over 5 years, New York City, yet I see no-one
else doing the same thing. Dumbing down of
America?

Have a horn/whistle. I walk fast and jog while
pushing the bike. Can carry load of 60 to 80 pounds.

The SOFT BENEFIT of cooking is that YOU BECOME
A PRODUCER. You have IMMEDIATE feedback, unlike the ‘Wall Street computer jobs’ where you have little idea what the final result is.
(P.S. All American banks are still NOT mark to market)

Slow food movement. Slow ORGANIC GROW theme.
Asian INdian say about America – New York
Worry – will you be evicted?
Hurry – faster or the DEADline
Curry – no taste, no spice, too much fried
potatoes (high on glycemic index)
—————
leads to cancer, heart attack, acid reflux,
etc.

BIG SECRET:
cheapo best QUALITY cookware is ESTATE SALES in Jersey, etc. Go only to houses worth
more than 200 or 300 thousand.
The OLDER generation, that’s me over 50,
knows how to GOURMET cook.

food poisoning cases and other UNKNOWNS are
still on the RISE. Would you trust those
who make MINIMUM wage and are possibly ‘illegal undocumented’ to wash their hands?

Finally, as a male. THANK YOU. My standard
‘relationship test’ includes cooking skill.