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Thread Number: 82663
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Staple desserts of my 70's childhood - courtesy of a Bamix |
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| Post# 1067859 4/17/2020 at 21:06 (1,463 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland) | ||
Had a chat recently in the works canteen about life in the '70's. Mum was a great cook and she purchased an ESGE Bamix hand blender back in 1971/1972 - clearly remember it even as a small kid. It was Swiss made, and came with a blue wall mounted stand with mounting posts for the attachments - Mum's blender came with 3 fittings for the end of the blender; a 3-pronged one, a disc shaped one that had a built in 'wobble' and anothe rdisc shaped one with small cutouts. It also came with a coffee grinder, a 2-part chamber with a blade driven by a red extension shaft, the lower part was blue and the upper part clear. That mixer lasted for at least 30 years, had stripped it once to clean and lube the motor bearings. Mum also whipped up many a Bird's dessert with it - fond memories of Dream Topping, Angel Delight and Instant Whip!
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| Post# 1067933 , Reply# 1 4/18/2020 at 08:43 (1,462 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Wow, it has all been done before! We have a Philips hand blender/chopper/whipper from the 90's. The first one I heard of was the Thunderstick in the late 80's. | ||
Post# 1067988 , Reply# 2 4/18/2020 at 17:28 (1,462 days old) by ozzie908  (Lincoln UK) |
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Bamix 
At one point were available via Womens Institute and were not cheap, My Mum and my sister Mum in law bought one each, Mums was the 2 speed one with the same parts as described above but was brown and clear, M I L bought the single speed one which was blue and clear and was never taken out the box from the day it was bought until it was given to my mum when hers burnt out from being much used. Mind you it wasn't from tasty puddings we weren't pudding people. Now I believe we only have the Braun multipratic that's similar to the Bamix and its used most weeks for soups and whipping cream etc....
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Post# 1067990 , Reply# 3 4/18/2020 at 17:35 (1,462 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I found a complete Bamix set a few years ago at a thrift store.. THe stand, the cup, the coffee grinder and a few different blades. For years we'd see them being hawked at fairs and home shows but they were and still are outrageously priced. What I don't like about it is you cannot remove the shaft and put it in the dishwasher, it's a pain to clean the surround around the blade. I use it a lot for "scrambling" eggs. One of the tricks the hawker at the fairs would do is take a cup of skim milk, put that wavy disc on and turn the skim milk into a thick shake type drink.
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Post# 1068103 , Reply# 6 4/19/2020 at 09:19 (1,461 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Chuck.. I have a Can Do too but I only found it with the knife sharpener attached. I'll have to keep my eye out for those stirrers.
Nathan; I do whizz it in warm soapy water but bit still remain stuck on the surround etc, particularly egg. Righ now I can't even get the blade off , it seems to be stuck.. I've always lubricated it by holding it upside down and dropping some oil down the shaft, thats how I saw it done on videos.. I didn't know the blade surround unscrews.. on all models ? | ||
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Post# 1068105 , Reply# 7 4/19/2020 at 09:31 (1,461 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1068108 , Reply# 8 4/19/2020 at 09:37 (1,461 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1068111 , Reply# 9 4/19/2020 at 10:03 (1,461 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1068118 , Reply# 10 4/19/2020 at 10:37 (1,461 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Done , lubed, cleaned and ready to go again. I had to let the shaft sit in a pot of off boiling water for about 5 minutes to loosen the surround from the shaft, after which it just unscrewed,, albeit it's reversed thread. A drop or so of sewing machine oil and run for a few secs upside down and voila..
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Post# 1068195 , Reply# 12 4/19/2020 at 18:24 (1,461 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I tried that grinder attachment this afternoon on some onion and some mushrooms, toppings for a pizza. It's almost too fast and furious because I barely touched the button (about 2 seconds) and half of the mushrooms were pulverized, and much the same with the onions. At least know that I know I can take that end off and put it in the dishwasher, won't be so bad.
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Post# 1068567 , Reply# 14 4/21/2020 at 23:41 (1,459 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1068569 , Reply# 15 4/22/2020 at 01:54 (1,459 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Kitchenaid I had a kitchenaid and also gave it to my sister that was visited last year. She loves it. And I miss mine. I had the Achitect series, the TOL version of the corded models. I just with they made it in Empire red. | ||
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Post# 1070269 , Reply# 16 5/1/2020 at 10:41 (1,449 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1070289 , Reply# 17 5/1/2020 at 13:20 (1,449 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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| Post# 1070481 , Reply# 18 5/2/2020 at 14:35 (1,448 days old) by gfm8959 (Long Island, NY) | ||
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does anyone remember Jello 1-2-3 or Cool n' Creamy pudding | ||
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Post# 1070488 , Reply# 19 5/2/2020 at 15:52 (1,448 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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| Post# 1070979 , Reply# 20 5/5/2020 at 15:24 (1,445 days old) by Gfm8959 (Long Island, NY) | ||
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Whip n’ Chill??? | ||
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Post# 1070987 , Reply# 21 5/5/2020 at 16:07 (1,445 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Ick! I remember Whip 'n Chill from Jello. My mom bought it a couple times, but we didn't like it; thought it had a very artificial taste. | ||
| Post# 1071001 , Reply# 22 5/5/2020 at 17:37 (1,445 days old) by Gfm8959 (Long Island, NY) | ||
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Yes, it did Especially the vanilla | ||
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