[MelodyL]

Hi all.

This may sound like an unusual question but I am indeed sincere. I have osteoarthritis and here in NYC the weather is like zero lately.

I like to make meatballs. Well, sometimes, my hands don't work so good so if I put all the meatball mixure in a big bowl, like the chopped meat, the grated cheese, the egg beaters, the parsley, etc. etc. (you know, the stuff you make meatballs with), as of late I'm having trouble putting my hands and mixing up all the meatball stuff and making them into meatballs.

I tried using a good processor but I had to make so many batches.

Now here's my question for all you cooks out there.

Let's say I have 3 lbs of ground turkey and all the other stuff to make turkey meatballs, .,... if I can get my hands on a kitchen aid mixer (you know the ones that people make cakes and mix batter with, they come with the big hooks and the big bowls and cost a lot of money..... if I can get my hands on one of those, can I use it to make my meatball mixture?? Then I can get an ice cream scooper and make the meatballs. My problem is getting all the stuff mixed up properly.

The other day, my hands were so bad, I used a potato masher and it took me a long long time to mash every thing together. A lightbulb went off in my head. Why not get one of those big mixing tools (like from kitchen aide) and put all the mixture in the big bowl, (I have no idea if you use the kneading hooks or whatever) but I'm imagining it mixing all the chop meat and stuff and soon I'd have a complete bowl of meatball mixture.

Have any of you ever thought of this, done this, or am I wrong in thinking I can use this mixer to make up a batch of meatball mix (or even a meatloaf mixture)

Any thoughts will be welcome!!!
Thanks much.

Melody