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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Money Out, Things In
I’ve had a Kitchen Aid Classic Mixer for more than ten years–it was a Christmas gift from my parents in 1996 I think. A couple years in I had problems with it, and they replaced it for free, which was exceedingly awesome.
When that mixer had problems, it was in the middle of making Christmas cookies, and that was ugly. It didn’t explode, it just wouldn’t shut off. So to stop it briefly I had to shove the switch back, and to turn it off I had to unplug it. They sent me a reconditioned one, no charge, and all has been good.
I use my mixer a lot (we got the shredder/slicer attachment, which I like better than my Cuisinart food processor for many tasks) so I have definitely gotten my use out of it. But it’s started making unpleasant noises while kneading pizza dough, in addition to getting warm and making an odd smell, so I decided that rather than have my mixer explode on me one day in the middle of a batch of pizza dough or cookies, it was time to look for a new mixer.
I went to Amazon, because that’s where I get everything (why venture into the mall if I don’t have to?) and then spent a good deal of time debating.
I knew I wanted the Artisan series, but wasn’t sure about the color. My current mixer is white, which is nice because it matches all the other appliances, and matches the kitchen no matter what. But I love the color cobalt blue, and cobalt blue was in stock.
So go with white, which goes with everything, no matter what color the kitchen is? (and right now my kitchen is green, white, and terra cotta) Or get the color that makes me happy?
Cobalt blue won out, so now I get to look forward to a new mixer, in shiny cobalt blue, and who the hell cares that it doesn’t match the rest of the kitchen?
Maybe I’ll repaint the kitchen to match my mixer…
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Just add other smaller appliances in other colors, and it’ll look deliberate. :) Besides, blue doesn’t *not* go with green…
I think it’s fabulous you picked the color you loved.
May 4th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Well, the only other appliance that needs replaced right now is the toaster, and we’ve been considering silver/chrome for that. Otherwise, I’m all small applianced out. :)
And it’s not the green that’s the problem, it’s the terra cotta. Which I honestly have been thinking of changing almost as soon as we finished painting it. (We put up a chair rail and painted the wall below the chair rail terra cotta to hide all the cat footprints where Kat comes tearing up the basement stairs and then manages to get all four paws on the kitchen wall at once as he makes the turn into the living room.)
But I think I am glad I choose the cobalt blue. It’s such a gorgeous color.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I’d almost always go with what makes you happy over what makes you look normal/sane.
I had put a Kitchen Aid Mixer on my wishlist and picked out a couple colors that I liked. When my parents bought it for me for Christmas, however, they bought it at Walmart and it was the basic white. The sweetness of the gift and the extreme usefulness of the mixer make it quite OK, but I do look back on the color selection dilemma with fondness.
I was just looking at the pasta roller attachments online this morning. It’s *such* a useful machine!
May 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am
We’ve got the same mixer…6 months old… shiny shiny red!
We lurvz it, we do!
May 4th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
We have the shredder/slicer attachment, and use it constantly. For slicing and shredding it works better than the food processor I think. And it’s easier to deal with than dragging out the food processor.
And I love my mixer, which is why I order one proactively; heave forbid I be a week without my mixer!
I saw the red, but it just isn’t me. It was cobalt blue or white on white.
I’m hoping that the Artisan will have a better low power setting than my classic. The lowest speed is just a little too fast, and since I’m too lazy to get out the pouring shield, I always end up with flour everywhere.
Oh, if you purchase nothing else for your Kitchen Aid mixer, buy a second bowl. I inherited an old old bowl from my mother, but when I’m baking multiple things, that second bowl is the most wonderful thing in the entire world.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I love cobalt blue!
I am annoyed that I can’t find the box of chopping and slicing blades for my food processor. I made (sugar free & reduced fat) cheesecake this weekend and had to use a wimpy old hand mixer.