2009 Year of Pleasure #46

Meet Pearl.

Isn’t she a beauty?

I had a great little cobalt blue kitchenaid for about eight years, and it finally gave up the ghost a bunch of months ago after one too many batches of bread dough. It served faithfully like a good little soldier. She is missed.

We went a couple months without a mixer, because who has $300 just lying around for mixer emergencies, and finally we just said That’s It! We Need A Mixer!

Bear and I made each other a promise. If we stopped eating out and buying processed foods, then we could get the mixer now and then it would pay for itself by the end of the year. For the first month we were absolutely religious. I made homemade crackers, Bear brownbagged it for lunch everyday, and then the whole family got sick and picking something up on the way home was all any of us could manage.

But we still look for excuses to use Ol’ Pearl. She runs like a dream.

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6 thoughts on “2009 Year of Pleasure #46”

  1. I have the exact same one. Her name is Trusty. I love her. She will forever be mine! Ahhhh… love! I would suggest calling KitchenAid and ordering the ENAMELED beater and dough hook. They are far better than the plated ones it comes with (for one: DISHWASHER SAFE! for two: less sticky!)Loves!

  2. ahhh… it's the big girl huh? i have a cobalt blue big girl. i found her at a department store on the clearance rack for less than 200 bucks. she retailed for over 500.

  3. I had to stick with the British equivalent, but I love my kenwood and don't use him nearly enough. Hopefully he will be leaping to my aid after this weekend as I plan to do some home cooking this year.Finally a year of normality! My son is already glaring at me, he says no baking on his week for dishwasher duty.Here's to trusty mixers everywhere, spare them a thought at this busy time…

  5. Ok seriously, everytime I click on here to see if there is a new post I wonder why there is a picture of a dalek, then I remember it is Pearl. It does look like a Dalek though.

  6. That is absolute kitchen porn. I've been saving for one for a while now, and can't wait to finally get a nice new KitchenAid mixer. So pretty.

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