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Did you soak the chick-peas over night?
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:13:10 AM EST
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Alas, no. I thought I could beat the cooking books this time too (see my comment above), and failed again.

But it tasted alright, it just wasn't hummous. Anyhow I knew this would fail, as I don't have a robot mixer (but I started looking at online prices for one as soon as I started eating my peas)

by Alex in Toulouse on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:16:41 AM EST
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A decent hand-held one is probably better than the free-standing ones unless you already know you want to use it a lot.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:20:28 AM EST
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Yeah I was wondering about that, I noticed there were handheld types. Do these actually work alright? Do they produce fine stews?
by Alex in Toulouse on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:21:46 AM EST
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They work quite well and they're much less hassle to clean up - make sure you get one that allows you remove the blade section for washing. You can use the hand-held in pots, cutting down the washing up even more!

I have a big KitchenAid free-standing liquidiser that I seldom use for things like hummus - if you're working with small quantities the handheld is better - you don't waste so much on the sides and nooks and crannies of the mixer.

Now, for crushing ice or making smoothies - or to pick a random example, for making iced coffee -  the free-standing one is the only way to go.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:28:19 AM EST
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