[Sca-cooks] Immersion blenders

[K C Francis]

Mine has three blades, but I just use the blend/puree one.  As mentioned, 
great for smoothing out a sauce or soup right in the pan.  The best thing 
about it is the ease of cleaning over a regular blender.  I used my 
cuisinart yesterday for marzipan and it did a superjob on the nuts.  I used 
my kitchenaid (I no longer have a hand held mixer) for whipping up a great 
eggnog.  I just replaced my blender with one that does a real number on ice 
cubes for ramos fizzes (the old one left lumps).  Each does something 
perfectly.  I have ordinary, non-electric tools that would do all these 
jobs, but the time and effort is so greatly reduced I am very happy to have 
the plug in ones.

FYI, back when, I was intrigued by a demo of an immersion blender where the 
fellow made mayo in the cup that comes with it.  Haven't done that but I can 
still picture the speed and ease with which the emulsion was created.  And 
again, way easy clean up unlike a blender.

Enjoy your new tool!

Katira


>-----Original Message-----
>From: sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org
>[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org]On
>Behalf Of Stefan li Rous
>Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:09 AM
>To: SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Immersion blenders
>My wife's family does a "secret Santa" arrangement for gifts and my
>Santa (One of my sister-in-laws) got me a Cuisinart "Smart Stick"
>Hand Blender with Whisk and Chopper Attachment, Brushed Stainless
>Series.
>
>I believe we've talked about immersion blenders before, but I don't
>remember the details. I did purchase a hand held mixer last year and
>I bought a food processor before that. So, when are the best times to
>use these other two kitchen tools and when is the best time to use
>this new immersion blender? When would you want to use the whisk
>attachment and when would you want to use just the basic blender?
>
>Thanks,
>     Stefan
>--------

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