No More Handmade Bread

What's Cooking Chez Dirtbunny?  A lot less than there should be.  The reason for this is that she broke the stove again.  PSYC!  Not really.  The reason for this is that Mr. Kitchen Aid Mixer has gone to the big small appliance junkyard in the sky.  He died this morning at about 11:20, while mixing flour into creamed butter and sugar for his last ever batch of cookies.  Needless to say, this makes Dirtbunny seethe with rage very sad.  Dirtbunny needs Mr. Kitchen Aid Mixer to bake bread, knead pasta dough,  and make stiff cookie doughs like biscotti.  Dirtbunny needs Mr. Kitchen Aid Mixer to make a proper cake batter.  Dirtbunny can use the crappy underpowered hand-held mixer to whip egg whites, and she can make whipped cream by hand with her biggest bowl and her biggest whisk.  Dirtbunny can still make pastry dough in her Cuisinart.  But cookies, cake, and bread are oh you tee out.

How I loved his power and his 5 quart mixing bowl!  Alas!

Now here's the surprising part.  Dirtbunny has decided not to replace him just yet, even though that means no biscotti, no cake, and crappy store-bought bread for The Man's sandwiches.  Bunny can temporarily do without these things.  *sigh*  Maybe come springtime, Dirtbunny will replace him as a reward for her own good behavior.  *sigh*  Not just replace him, but go for the upgrade.  I hope all my attachments, accessories, and pieces parts will still fit.  Grrr!  Bunny likes the powerful big boys after all.