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good immersion blender?

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:36:37 +0000

i want to get my mom an immersion blender for her birthday, and the Cuisinart SmartStick Immersion Blender looks nice. Yet it seems so much cheaper than the other blenders…does this one have good quality? i’m not looking for a top model, but not a crap cheapo one either…

basically, does anyone have any good durable immersion blenders i can look at? thanks!

the higher the watts the better

this one looks good and is stainless steel 500watt

http://www.everythingkitchens.com/lequip-immersion-blender.html

can I use a hand blender in this pot?

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:35:28 +0000

Hello I am wondering if I can use a hand blender: http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CSB-76BC-SmartStick-200-Watt-Immersion/dp/B000EGA6QI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1264208056&sr=1-1

in this kind of a enameled iron cast oven: http://www.amazon.com/Creuset-Enameled-Cast-Iron-2-Quart-French/dp/B00004SBH4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1264208252&sr=1-1

or will it damage the pot?? I am thinking of blending soup right in the pot.
thanks

You can use it – no problem at all. That type of hand blender won’t harm the pot. It has two little feet on the bottom to keep the blades from doing anything to any kind of non-stick coating a pot might have. I’ve done it many times.

I just got a real nice Cuisinart blender/food processor…..what kinds of things can I use it for?

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:15:20 +0000

I use my blender a lot for liquidizing vegetables and fruits for things like salsa, sauce, spreads, salad dressings, home made milk shakes, malts, icy-drinks, etc.

As for the food processor, imagine egg salad, ham salad, minced onions, minced garlic, pico de gallo etc without actually having to be good with a knife. One thing I use a food processor the most for is preparation of onions, garlic, oil, and spices for sauces and such. Fresh garlic is kind of a pain to mince, as are onions, but the food processor will do it all for you. mixing in a little olive oil or grape seed oil and the spices that the recipe calls for to the mix in the processor does three things. The first is that the garlic and onion are more finely chopped, and that will help to bring out the flavor. Mixing the oil in will bring out the flavor of the spices and the garlic. Finally, any time you use dried spices, the flavor isn’t on the surface. breaking up the spice brings out more of the natural flavor, meaning your use a little less, and it’ll save you more, or for the same amount, more flavor.