GadgetGuy
(Formerly Shermie)
It's true. That your grandmother's stuff lasted far longer than the things that you'd go out & buy today. For instance, things made in this day & age, most of them are made to incorporate some kind of electronic component or two, such as refrigerators, stoves, washers & dryers, all designed to break down sooner & give you more headaches than you would have had if things were made the normal way.
Thake Kitchenaid for instance. For many years, Hobart Corporation has made Kitchenaid mixers which were very reliable & people loved them to death. You never heard a peep out of them except to say how good they were. Then around 1986 or so, Whirlpool bought them out. Then down went the quality & up went the price. They started making the mixers with cheaper quality. The gears were cheaper nylon, the gearcases were plastic, even the grease for the gears was made cheaper. Where is it written that you must run the mixer for two minutes to mix up the grease to keep it from separating & leaking out?!! Your grandmother never had to do that!!! The stainless steel bowls that come with them has a kind of black matter in them. It you don't prewash it 3 or 4 times before using it, your cake batter or anything that you mix in it could turn gray or almost black!!! Owning a KA mixer now means that there is work involved just keeping it on the counter to look at it, much less using it. Yes, the stuff that your grandmother bought when you were a child was more reliable than today's things. It's a shame. Sad, so sad.
Thake Kitchenaid for instance. For many years, Hobart Corporation has made Kitchenaid mixers which were very reliable & people loved them to death. You never heard a peep out of them except to say how good they were. Then around 1986 or so, Whirlpool bought them out. Then down went the quality & up went the price. They started making the mixers with cheaper quality. The gears were cheaper nylon, the gearcases were plastic, even the grease for the gears was made cheaper. Where is it written that you must run the mixer for two minutes to mix up the grease to keep it from separating & leaking out?!! Your grandmother never had to do that!!! The stainless steel bowls that come with them has a kind of black matter in them. It you don't prewash it 3 or 4 times before using it, your cake batter or anything that you mix in it could turn gray or almost black!!! Owning a KA mixer now means that there is work involved just keeping it on the counter to look at it, much less using it. Yes, the stuff that your grandmother bought when you were a child was more reliable than today's things. It's a shame. Sad, so sad.
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