Gwen Bruington

I’ve got one of those vortex blenders and it actually works quite well. I tried it out by making a smoothie with frozen fruit and it wasn’t particularly difficult. The main dislike I have of it is that the bowl or pitcher is rather flimsy plastic and I have my doubts about how long it might last under heavy use.

I also have that Tupperware food processor and love it. It’s a great manual resource for making mayonnaise.

I have a hand grain mill set up in my garage and keep the hopper full of wheat. My policy is that every time I walk into the garage (which is often) I need to grind several turns of the mill. Also, I have a mentally disabled adult daughter who loves helping with the grinding. She also loves bagels, so yesterday I made a batch of bagels and we had pizza bagels for dinner--delicious!