Time to Update? Maybe. Maybe Not.

We got a blender as a wedding gift. I didn’t do all that much blending, in the way of milk shakes and smoothies. But, I did use it a lot for making baby food. After two kids, I’d pretty much worn the thing out. I got a new blender, which, honestly, didn’t get used all that much. But, when you need a blender, not much else, at least at the time, does the work.

For a while, when I went to Curves most mornings, I made nice breakfast smoothies. Then, when winter came, ice-cold smoothies weren’t all that attractive, and I choose other, warmer breakfasts. Then, I just never went back to the smoothies.

So, for several years, the blender has sat on the topmost shelf of a kitchen cabinet. I really don’t recall when I last used it.

This week is Spring Break for us and also for Fort Worth. Peter has come for several days. We decided to try the Chocolate Bread recipe again, learning from out mistakes last time. I got the bread flour down from the top cabinet shelf, along with the sugar. We gathered the rest of the ingredients and mixed up everything. At one point, I needed one of the liquid measuring cups. I opened another cabinet door and … KABOOM!! Down came the plastic blender container and lid. When I got down the bread flour, I apparently scooted the blender’s container over, just enough, to put it on the shelf edge.

We took a few deep breaths and laughed a bit, and I moved them out of the way so we could keep working on that bread. It was several minutes later, when we’d finished mixing the dough, and I had kneaded it and put it a bowl for its first rise, that I picked up the blender container to put it away. Uh,oh. There was a crack down one side. Hmm. So long, old blending friend.

Now, I’m trying to decide if I actually need a blender. I went online and asked “What Do I Do with a Blender?” And got this:

Fifteen Creative, Delicious Things You Can Do with Your Blender

1. Pancake and Waffle Batter-maybe

2. Sauces (like pizza sauce and Hollandaise sauce)-I don’t think so

3. Soups-unlikely

4. Condiments (like mayonnaise and ketchup)-nope

5. Quick Breads-probably not

6. Protein Shakes-almost positively not

7. Peanut Butter-oh, absolutely not

8. Milkshakes-possibly

9. Dressings-nope

10. Sorbet-unlikely

11. Gluten-Free Pizza Crust-I don’t see that happening

12. Smoothies-well, maybe

13. Dips-no

14. Cocktails-more no

15. Pudding-We just don’t eat lots and lots of pudding.

And-

Here are the two most significant mistakes that blender owners often make:

Layering ingredients incorrectly (I don’t really make the sorts of things that have to be layered correctly.)

Not cleaning it well enough (I think I can handle this one.)

I may walk through Wal-Mart and Target and Bed, Bath & Beyond to see what’s out there.

Pay attention to advice and accept correction, so you can live sensibly.

Proverbs 19:20 (Contemporary English Version)

 

I also need to be sure that whatever I might purchase will fit easily and safely (and sensibly) on the shelf where I want to store it.

Stealth soldier, preparing a sneak attack on an enemy.

Peter spends lots of time at our house barricaded behind pillows, on one bed or another, weaving elaborate scenarios in pretend play. Sometimes he likes company on these adventures. Sometimes he plays alone.