#Most cookbooks from just 20 years ago and before don't ASSUME you have this equipment! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

stellaluna33 · 1 year ago

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Modern recipe-people's over-reliance on stand mixers is really starting to annoy me. "Oh no! How could you possibly make bread dough without a stand mixer and a fancy dough hook attachment?!" "How can I be expected to cream butter and sugar without a stand mixer?!" Well, I don't know... MAYBE USE A SPOON LIKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF YEARS?!!!

Look, I KNOW it's tiresome to mix stuff by hand, but you have GOT to stop assuming that every person has both the money and the space for fancy kitchen equipment, and you have GOT to stop acting like this equipment is NECESSARY to the process! It's NOT! You should AT LEAST acknowledge the low-tech, low-budget alternative instead of implying that it's "impossible" without a fancy appliance! How hard is it to say, "use your stand mixer OR use a spoon/whisk/hand mixer"????

#Cooking #Stella rants #This change has occurred WITHIN THE PAST 10-15 YEARS #Most cookbooks from just 20 years ago and before don't ASSUME you have this equipment!#Creaming butter and sugar is SO BASIC you guys! 😭#You are all SOFT LITTLE BABIES!#Use a freaking SPOON and get your cardio for the day!#(this obviously doesn't apply to people who NEED accomodations. I'm glad stand mixers exist! But most people don't 'NEED' them!)#They are merely a CONVENIENCE! Not a NECESSITY!

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