Hi Andy - spot on, almost exactly what I broke! The deceased mini-chopper was almost exclusively for breadcrumbs, and the hand whisk gets used for cake making & meringues.
I'm sure there must be a hand whisk out there somewhere with a metal gearbox, it wouldn't surprise me if there's no...
Hi all -
1st time poster; my son suggested I should put out a cry for help after thrashing my third hand mixer, and second mini-chopper this weekend. Managed to strip the gears on both of them. Apparently stale sourdough bread is not the best thing to make breadcrumbs from; tasty, but tougher...