Thursday 11 August 2011

Not Just a Pretty Face...

I just have to say it -

I am seriously proud of myself!
I feel like the world of technology might have missed out on a 'genius'...

:-)
It wasn't so easy to see how it all fitted together when they are all in loose pieces!
Among all the things I brought over from Norway last week was my mother's kitchen machine.
I have long been honkering for a new KitchenAid machine from Kenwood, but this Bosch Profi 45 is great and it used to be Mamma's.
I have many good memories of her using and caring for it.

In the confusion of packing and going through boxes, we never found a manual for the machine.
Well, that could be a problem since NOT being a man, I actually read manuals...  
However, I thought it would be fine since I have used this machine many times in Mamma's house,
so how hard could it be?

All WAS fine until I realised I had a number of pieces I had never used before and just didn't understand how they fitted on the machine...
My first thought was that they belonged to another machine we no longer had.
But the color matched too perfectly so I realised that they must belong.
Hmmm.... perhaps I was missing a piece for the machine?
No, I didn't think so...

Then lightning struck - check the internet!

And lo and behold, yes! There were pictures of this old machine there!
And from them I could see that all the pieces I had belonged to this machine.
The challenge was even greater as I now KNEW they would fit somehow!

Another picture emerged on my internet search and I realised to my delight how the blender and various grating/chopping implements that can be attached to the machine.

I like it even more.

Even if it isn't the Kenwood KitchenAid Apple Red machine...


:-)

7 comments:

  1. Flinke du:-) Jeg har også lyst på den røde der. Vi sleit lenge med en Kenwood som i sin tid var bryllupsgave til Gemalens første bryllup. Etter 17 år (?) og minst tre fall i gulvet var den såpass herpet at jeg kjøpte meg en ny - akkurat lik den gamle. For å kunne bruke alt ekstrautstyret jeg selvsagt egentlig aldri bruker. Kjøttkverna, spaghettidelen, you name it.

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  2. Hehe.. =}
    Ja, jeg har sporet opp mange bruksanvisninger på nett selv.
    Denne maskinen du har avbildet var "min første" kjøkkenmaskin.
    Men den er kastet for mange mange år siden.
    Men husker at den var bra!

    Her står det også Kitchen Aid på ønskelisten...
    Selv får en gammel Kenwood duge i mellomtiden =}

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  3. Ja, de derre fargerike KA-maskinene er flotte. Men svindyre. Og det funker jo greit med andre varianter.

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  5. Hei!! Det ble kluss i kommentaren min tidligere idag....
    Men det jeg skulle si var: Den røde Kitchen-aiden er fin å se på, men det finnes bedre kjøkkenmaskiner enn den!! Det er hyggelig at du kan bruke den so moren din brukte!! Og at du klarte å montere den!! Bravo!! AnneK:-)

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  6. Hos oss er det Studenten som bruker internett som bruksanvisning. Jeg liker best at andre leser bruksanvisningen og forteller meg etterpå hvordan apparatet fungerer....håper du får mye glede av kjøkkenmaskinen og jeg er litt forundret over at den kan brukes på det britiske strømnettet..eller kanskje du bruker adapter.

    Ha en nydelig augustkveld

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  7. Den røde er bare RÅ! Et herlig blikkfang!

    Kos med de gamle gode som rommer masser av minner :)

    Ha en fiin fredag og helg!

    Klem fra Tove

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