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Does it take a special type of blender to make smoothies?
Or am I just doing it wrong? I have what I consider a typical blender that you might find in any American kitchen. It's a glass container with a cross shaped blade. The problem I have is that pieces ...
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What to look for when purchasing a blender?
I currently don't have a blender after purchasing my own home and am looking to get one for making smoothies primarily, but also for pureeing for soups, etc.
I had a smoothie maker that I won as a ...
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Perfect Hollandaise every time using a blender/food processor?
I was a cook at a cafe recently that was buying in Hollandaise. I started making the sauce from scratch following the same basic procedure each time but got varying results. sometimes the Hollandaise ...
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How can I safely use a blender with hot liquids?
One instruction in a new barbecue sauce recipe I'm trying out is to take the pot of simmering sauce and run it through a blender or food processor.
I have now learned the hard way that blending hot ...
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How important is RPM in a blender?
I'm looking at getting a new blender, basically the main things I want to be able to do with it are make curry pastes, ultra smooth restaurant quality purees and soups and grind small amounts of ...
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Why heat soup in a blender?
Several times lately I have seen people recommend a particular brand of (very expensive) high powered blender.
Each time one of the main selling points for them is that the blender is so powerful ...
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Olive oil gets bitter in blender?
I read somewhere -- maybe a James Peterson cookbook? -- that putting olive oil in the blender for more than a few seconds will make it bitter. However, many recipes for hummus, aioli, and other things ...
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Good (cheaper) alternative to Vitamix Blender
I've just got back from a department store where they happened to be doing a demonstration of the Vitamix TNC Blender. Obviously, now I want one. Is anyone able to recommend a good alternative, thats ...
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How can I thin out my ice cream mixture?
I'm trying to make a McFlurry/Blizzard-like dessert in my blender, but the ice cream isn't coming out at the consistency I'd like. I tried adding milk, but that didn't seem to do much. The ice cream ...
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How can I make a foam without an immersion blender?
I want to try some experiments with molecular gastronomy foams, but all the recipes I've seen involve using an immersion blender to create the foam. Can I use a whisk to make the foam? What about my ...
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DIY blender lid replacement
I just got a used Braun MX32 CDN from a thrift store. It's in great shape. Unfortunately, it came with a lid from some other model that apparently somebody tried to cut to make it fit. Naturally, ...
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Couldn't make pesto in a blender
I was making pesto one day and couldn't find the lid to my food processor. So first I tried mixing it all in a blender. Didn't work, the leaves wouldn't go down to meet the blade. I had this pastey ...
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Can you make orange juice with a blender?
I have a box full of clementines. Can I make orange juice in a blender?
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Any tips for degassing blended soup?
I find creamy soups and many other thicker liquids too fluffy for my liking after blending.
I could do it the old fashioned way by forcing through a mill/sieve; must I?
Any other tips to knocking out ...
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Do all blenders have the problem of food sticking to the side away from the spinning blades?
We have a fairly cheap (50$) blender and when we puree food the food constantly sticks to the sides so we have to stop the blender 10 times to push the food back down so that the blades hit it. Is ...
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Pre-blending Potatos
What would happen if you put your uncooked potatos in a blender and then cooked the result?
Would you get mashed potatos? Faster?
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Blender Buying - Square vs. Round Container
After looking at this blender question, I had a follow-up question.
I've seen both square and round containers/lids for blenders. Is either better?
I tend to see square blenders at smoothie shops - ...
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Technical name for a manual food processor
I am looking to buy a food processor to do very small batches of fruit and vegetables.
Very basic, very cheap....and i am looking for something manual(not electricity).
Is there a manual version ...
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What features should a food processor have in order to make nut butters?
I'm looking for a food processor that I can make nut butters (peanut & almond) in. No reviews on Amazon show any promising information about being able to blend nuts to a buttery texture and the ...
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Improve flavor of Sorbet made in Magic Bullet?
I'm trying to create a sorbet using a frozen fruit (specifically strawberries) using the magic bullet. The way that I do it is by literally putting a bunch of frozen, ice-hard strawberries into the ...
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Carrot soup and avoiding the use of a blender?
Most recipes for carrot soup I encounter require a final stage of blending/whizzing to get the creamy texture. Eg:
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Can the blender/whizzer be avoided? How must the recipes ...
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Preparing Salsa with a Magic Bullet
I'm trying to make some salsa with a magic bullet using the given recipe from the cookbook that comes with it. Here's the recipe with a picture of how it turns out at best.
The final product comes ...
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What is the best company that makes blenders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to look for when purchasing a blender?
I want to buy a blender for my kitchen and I want to know what company does the best blenders.
What do you recommend?
