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Whenever you are cooking or making various drinks in your home, it is very important to have the right mixers and blenders. Let's take a quick look at them to see which the most suitable ones for your kitchen are. Actually, there are three kinds of mixers and blenders available on the market: the stand mixer, the hand mixer and the blender.
The stand mixer cannot be hold in hand and is always on the countertop. It includes the following basic attachments: the wire whisk, the dough hook and the paddle. The wire whisk is for whipping cream, for meringue and also for light egg whites. The dough hook is to make the dough for bread, while the paddle is to mix any other things you want, such as mashed potatoes, cookie dough and cake mixes.
Keep in mind, that a stand mixer do has certain disadvantages. It is rather expensive, it requires certain room on the countertop and it is not quite portable. On the other hand, the hand mixer is light enough to be easily held in your hands. The two attached beaters rotate and mix the food in the bowl. The hand mixer can handle eggs, cream, cake mix or even smaller batches of cookies. A hand mixer can be a great choice as it is cheaper than a stand mixer and it even fits in a small storage compartment in your kitchen, without taking up much room.
However, a stand mixer has several advantages as well: they perform well and they can be set allowing you to carry out various household chores while they execute the set work. Also, they can make you believe that you are a qualified cook!
Blenders are also useful items in any home and bar. Food can be cut in irregular pieces with them, but you can also do that with the use of a good knife. The main purpose of a blender is in fact to blend liquids. Liquids might be gravy or soup base, but in most cases they are mixed alcoholic drinks, smoothies and milkshakes.
These descriptions should have provided you with a clear picture of which of them you could use in the kitchen. In my case, the hand mixer is mainly for quick tasks or for those that don't need the countertop. The stand mixer is used for everything, while the blender is for soup purees and for drinks.
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