Comments on Want to be a free thinker but still a nice person: Gelotophia

Lisa, we've been using transformers too for ye...

2009-07-11T01:50:51.979-07:00

Lisa, we've been using transformers too for years. Some people in the expats group online say it's terrible and gave a lot of good reasons not to use them but I've never had any trouble so kept on using them. I think one girl had to have her house rewired after using one but we've been OK.

Still no sign of my ice cream attachment -- I guess that's OK since there's also no sign of summer lately.

Indefinite Leave to Remain. Basically unlimited r...

2009-07-10T13:51:33.565-07:00

Indefinite Leave to Remain. Basically unlimited residency.

That's good to know about the length of transformer use. The relo people tried to scare us about using them, but we did get some good ones, and apart from the crap ice cream maker biting the dust, we haven't had a problem.

What's ILR, Lisa? We also run our mixer on a ...

2009-07-09T05:36:07.690-07:00

What's ILR, Lisa?

We also run our mixer on a transformer and have been doing so since 1989. Shouldn't be a problem, provided it's a good quality transformer - ours is rated at 2Kw and so heavy it doesn't get moved very much.

Theresa, I think there are enzymes (lactase, I pre...

2009-07-09T05:07:28.693-07:00

Theresa, I think there are enzymes (lactase, I presume) that you can take so you can eat these things occasionally.

I've been using the mixer with the transformer for nearly a decade with no problems. On one of the transatlantic trips the movers dinged it, and chipped a tiny bit of paint near the base (on the back) and the insurance company paid us about $200 for the cosmetic damage. I always assumed it wouldn't last long due to the transformer, but so far so good.

Good luck on the citizenship, btw! We do ILR next month.

Love the party idea, even if I'm a wee bit lac...

2009-07-09T03:51:46.848-07:00

Love the party idea, even if I'm a wee bit lactose-intolerant, I still love ice cream!

As for my KitchenAid, my recent filing for citizenship and our house hunting means this temporary move may be a bit more permanent, after all, so depending on where and what we buy in the way of abode, we may be shipping everything from Texas.

Lisa, how well does the transformer thing work with your mixer?

PS The expats party is a good idea. I should get m...

2009-07-09T03:42:40.328-07:00

PS
The expats party is a good idea. I should get my mathematics genius husband to figure out the best location for all of us to meet based on our respective post codes.

I have to have a Kitchen Aid mixer because I make ...

2009-07-09T03:41:41.131-07:00

I have to have a Kitchen Aid mixer because I make my mother's gingerbread recipe every Christmas from the Betty Crocker recipe book from the 1950s and it blows the motor out of any of the others -- the dough is so stiff.

I ordered the ice cream attachment from Amazon -- it was expensive though. If it ever comes, I'll report back on how it is. We could have an Expats Ice Cream party even.

Rachella, I too, am envious. My beloved KitchenAi...

2009-07-09T03:25:56.210-07:00

Rachella, I too, am envious. My beloved KitchenAid stand mixer has been languishing in storage back in Texas for (*sob*...*sniffle*) forty-one months, but I did snag an ex-display (never used, only sat on the store's shelf) KitchenAid blender/liquidizer on eBay last year for 39 quid!

OMG -- I have Kintcheaid envy. I sold my Kitchenai...

2009-07-09T01:18:20.907-07:00

OMG -- I have Kintcheaid envy. I sold my Kitchenaid when I moved to the UK only to find they are three times as expensive over here.

I do have one, and this is the first I've hear...

2009-07-09T00:09:22.455-07:00

I do have one, and this is the first I've heard of an ice cream attachment. There's a little boy here who would be very keen to have one of those.

Did you have to order from the US? Those kitchen aids are everywhere here in the UK now, although they weren't when I moved here ten years ago. Mine is a US one, and I have to run it on a transformer.

Do you have a Kitchenaid mixer? I thought the ice ...

2009-07-09T00:01:50.884-07:00

Do you have a Kitchenaid mixer? I thought the ice cream attachment was a fab idea. You put it in the freezer first then put the ice cream in and mix it up with the mixer then put the bowl back in the freezer and voila. I need to nag them about shipping it though as summer will be over soon at the rate we are going.

I didn't know kitchen aid did an attachment ic...

2009-07-08T13:45:06.022-07:00

I didn't know kitchen aid did an attachment ice cream maker.

Our ice cream maker (like yours) died when we unearthed it a month ago (after not being used for ages), it would be handy to just do it in the kitchen aid. Let me know how it works - when it finally arrives.

Hehehe...I first read that as fear of ice cream!

2009-07-08T13:18:42.560-07:00

Hehehe...I first read that as fear of ice cream!

Ha ha. Now you've made me hungry for a gelato....

2009-07-08T12:26:23.459-07:00

Ha ha. Now you've made me hungry for a gelato.

I'll have to make some more homemade ice cream IF my Kitchenaid attachment ice cream maker ever arrives. It cost a fortune and it's been two weeks....

It's amazing that there is a condition with on...

2009-07-08T11:55:23.534-07:00

It's amazing that there is a condition with only one letter differing from that fear of italian ice cream. They must be conflated all the time.