Gourmet Quality Kitchenware

１週間程前、久々に美味しい肉マンを作ろうとバーゲンで買ったミキサーで肉マンの皮をこねていた所、突然ミキサーから煙、次いで｢ボン！」という音と共にミキサーは動きを止め、、、とうとう壊してしまった。

About 1 week ago, Kozue was preparing the dough for pork buns with the mixer she bought on sale. During the mixing, she saw smoke from the mixer and then there was a sound "boof" and then the mixer finally stopped... it was broken.

このミキサーで肉マンの皮をこねるのは多分無理だろうと分かっていたが、限界に挑戦してみようというか、どのくらいできるものなのかと好奇心もあり、実験感覚で試してみたが、やっぱりだめだった。このミキサーの説明書には、かなりの量のbread flourをこねる事ができると書いてあったが、弾力のある肉マンの皮には力不足だった。引っ越し前の買い物は控えたいので取りあえずmarketing researchをしたところheavy duty　に使用できるミキサーをみるとやはり、ある程度の投資は必要という結論。

She knew that it would overwork the mixer to make the dough for pork buns. However, she was curious as to the limitations of her mixer or she wanted to try and see how much the mixer could accomplish. So she did an experiment but the result was no good. Disaster! According to the instructions for the mixer, she could use it for large amounts of bread flour to make bread dough however the dough of the pork buns was too strong. As she doesn't want to do any shopping before moving, she did some marketing research for a heavy duty mixer. Then she concluded that she needs a little bit of investment.

それで現在使っている包丁に思い当たった。非常に切れが悪く、かたいものを切る時は、包丁の刃で切るというよりは力で押し切りさくといった感じ。数日前にジャガイモとにんじんを切っていて、人さし指に水ぶくれが出来た程だ。テレビの料理番組で使っている包丁を見ると何の苦労も無く、薄切り、みじん切り等をこなし、さらにうちの包丁の切れの悪いのを実感した。考えてみると、自分で包丁を買った事が無く、現在使用しているのも貰い物。引っ越し前ではありますが、これ以上怪我をするのも嫌だし新しい包丁を買う事に決心！（決心するほど大した事じゃない）良い包丁を買おうと思うとやはりかなりの金額だが、買い物はいつものOUTLETで。見つけた包丁は最高の切れ！料理するのが嬉しくなるし、おまけにlifetime warranty.　やはり名のある会社のものは品質も良ければアフターケアも良いのだ。

The conclusion reminded her about her kitchen knife that we have now. It is very difficult to cut hard materials. As she used the kitchen knife, she felt like she was doing more pushing than cutting or slicing. Several days ago, she got a callous on one of her fingers during the cutting of potatoes and carrots. In addition, the cooking show on TV where the people sliced materials very easily with their cooking knives gave her the impression that her kitchen knife is in a worse condition. Actually we haven't bought any kitchen knife, all knives were given by others to us. So she decided to buy a new kitchen knife to avoid further injuries. For good quality kitchen knives, it still costs more. But she bought a brand kitchen knife at the Outlet. It is super! She' s now happy for cooking and the knife has a Lifetime warranty. The items from a brand company offer good quality and also good after-sale care.

アメリカのレストランではあまり美味しいものは見つけられないので、外食する事はあまりない。この状況を考えると、ほんの少しの投資でこんなに作業も楽になりhappy　気分になれるものなら、gourmet quality kitchenwareは決して贅沢ではなし投資する甲斐があると思う。とギャビンを説得し、stand mixerを買ってもらう約束をした。わっはは。

We don't see much good and tasty food in restaurants in the United States therefore we don't go out often to eat. Considering this situation, a small investment in gourmet quality kitchenware is not a luxury and is worth it to be happy and make easy work in cooking. Kozue said that and persuaded Gavin to promise to buy a stand mixer. Kozue: "hwa hwa hwa..."