Bizarre question, I know. I was making some batter-dipped fried fish last night, and used a hand-held mixer to whip egg whites. I mentioned to my 7 1/2 yr old son that it must have been mighty hard to do that without electricity, back in the 'old days' which is something we enjoy talking about. I assumed that wire whisks were around in the 1800's, but my husband thinks otherwise. Did they use something else? Or just did without whisking...I'm sure most women cooked more practical things that didn't need whisked egg whites or cream. So, does anyone know when the wire whisk was invented? I know bamboo whisks have been around for centuries in Japan. How about the metal hand-held eggbeater? Were there ever wooden whisks? Anybody know? I did search the 'net but didn't find much (try searching for whisk--you get lots of whiskey hits!).
If you can share any good websites that have good information about very early America (or other countries, of course) and how people lived, that would be great too. Thank you all for answering!
If you can share any good websites that have good information about very early America (or other countries, of course) and how people lived, that would be great too. Thank you all for answering!