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Will seeds effectively sprout after blending and leaving them in water?
It´s very likely that the blending will destroy the germ/embryo in the seed and also will separate it from the endosperm which delivers the required energy for the sprouting. So the seed will not ...
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What are the main differences between a stand mixer, a countertop blender and a food processor?
While two of the three items you mention are similar (though not identical) - the food processor and blender - the third is completely different - the stand mixer. There's actually a pretty awesome, ...
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What is the use of different blender speeds?
There are many reasons for having a blender with selectable speeds:
Not every time you want to liquify or make a mush of your food; quite the opposite, usually you want to keep a bit of texture into ...
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Making tomato mix thicker without surge in calories
Your primary option if you want to add a thickener, you can use any hydrocolloid you wish. I will not list them here again, since it isn't necessary that every single question on thickeners on the ...
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Making tomato mix thicker without surge in calories
Your "drink" sounds a lot like gazpacho. When making gazpacho, bread is often blended in, primarily to increase the viscosity...not necessarily "calorie thin", but an option. ...
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Making tomato mix thicker without surge in calories
The reason that your "drink" is thin, is that you are not removing the water and seeds from the Tomato. Peel them and take away the water and seeds before you put them in the blender.
Go ...
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Does a 1500W blender produce a less viscous smoothie than a 400W blender?
The measure you should use for making the smoothest purées is RPM, not wattage. You could put a blender jar on a 4500 Watt floor standing mixer and it wouldn't do anything more than roughly chop some ...
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How to achieve freeze dried strawberry flakes?
First off, if they're the texture of raisins, they aren't the sort of freeze-dried strawberries the recipe wants - what it wants is something totally dry, almost the texture of styrofoam. They should ...
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Blender part in dishwasher, poisonous?
It seems that oil has been driven out of the bearings.
For getting rid of oil contamination, soap is actually very useful. One or two empty runs should certainly get rid of what is left in the ...
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Will washing a certain part of my blender in the dishwasher ruin it?
Many blenders can be decently cleaned by just blending a couple changes of water, sometimes with detergent added in the first change, in them.
If the manufacturer says the part is dishwasher safe (...
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Can I use my blender for food processing the ingredients in my Gazpacho?
The main difference between a food processor and a blender is its shape and how the food is mixed while it is being "cut up".
In a blender, it relies on the funneling action of liquid to mix the food ...
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Why is the skimmed milk fizzy?
During blending, air is put into the milk mixture. Once you switch it off, not all air is kept inside the milk but makes it's way to the surface. These are the bubbles that make you think your milk is ...
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Will dry ice damage kitchen equipment?
I haven't tried dry ice in kitchen equipment, but have destroyed a plastic measuring jug with liquid nitrogen (the scale had become illegible so I took it into work where it would be handy, then ...
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Buying a "blender" that can purée a potato
Your requirements appear to be for a "raw food" blender, the motor on those units are typically well above 500 watts (1000+ Watts). This enables harder/tough foods (such as ice, kale, nuts) to be ...
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Buying a "blender" that can purée a potato
In general, how do you shop for one when the only information a seems to be total power and the number of presets?
Product reviews from real users is your best tool. Problem: it is time consuming to ...
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Pre-blending Potatoes
You absolutely can blend raw potatoes! You will need one of the more powerful blenders and not a $30 Walmart one. The result is a potato puree which you can mix ingredients and then pour like a batter ...
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How can I improve the texture of my whole grain pancakes?
Debbie's right about the gluten - overmixing is a reliable way to get tough pancakes.
I'm not sure what the best solution is within your process. By far the easiest thing would be simply to use ...
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Freezing Soup Made Partly from Tins
There's really nothing to worry about. As long as it's safe when it goes into the freezer, and it's in a reasonably-sized container so it doesn't take forever to freeze, it's going to be safe when it ...
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How to achieve freeze dried strawberry flakes?
You are using the wrong tool for the job, what you need is a food processor, not a blender. A blender is designed for liquids, not solids, and the blade doesn't reach the edge. The blogger may have ...
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Taste-wise, is there a difference between tomato from a blender vs. chopped tomato?
It may depend on how much blending they got.
I find that if you blend them for too long or too fast, you strip the 'jelly' part from the seeds, then the seeds themselves start to break up. That ...
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Blender for mincing bell pepper?
The device pictured at the beginning of the video you attached is called a food processor. There are several sizes and ranges of quality. Just type "food processor" into the Amazon search ...
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What is the use of different blender speeds?
Blender speed selection can be part science and part personal preference. It also depends on the power your unit provides.
Some general guidelines I would recommend adjusting to your liking:
Low: ...
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Mixture of ingredients has a bitter taste
Likely the bitterness has nothing to do with this particular combination of ingredients. Rather, the blending process can break down the structures of each of the ingredients far more thoroughly then ...
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Is pouring hot stock into a blender safe?
Yes. At the link you provided in the specifications section, it says "Capacity: 1.6 quarts cold liquids; 1.2 quarts hot liquids". The word "hot" is a bit arbitrary, but stock will be fine.
Also, it's ...
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Structure of tomato, ginger and garlic after blending in a blender
I suspect the culprit is the tomato, which does a good job taking on air and looking 'foamy'. I've noticed this if I use my stick blender when making pasta sauce from a few jars of canned tomatoes as ...
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What would happen if I blended (liquified) onions and then reduced the result?
You would first boil the onions and then most likely burn them.
1st: boiling. Caramelization needs higher temperatures than 100 Celsius but as far as there is water in the mixture, temperature won't ...
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What would happen if I blended (liquified) onions and then reduced the result?
I attempted this as an experiment and the result was very similar to traditional caramelized onion:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/yoSwO.jpg
I'm not expert so it is hard for me to comment on the changes ...
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Making tomato mix thicker without surge in calories
I suggest adding flax meal. This is very high in fiber, but not very high in digestible carbohydrates. It won't take too much, so the surge in calories won't be so bad. You will have to measure it out....
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Will dry ice damage kitchen equipment?
Not unique to dry ice, any kind of ice apparently dulls sharp blender blades over time. If you're going to crush any kind of ice, you should get dull square heavy blades or even specific "ice ...
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Making spice pastes with a food processor
It sounds like you are doing it wrong! :) Grind spices in a spice grinder first (a rotary coffee grinder works fine for that). See How do you finely grind coriander seeds?
Garlic, ginger, fresh ...
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