Immersion Blender

Although this blog is directed toward Tips on food, this needs to be said.

My first mistake in Kitchen gadgets was listening to all of the accolades on the “net” about how wonderful the thing is, it is in the Top 10 most useful gadgets on many a list. Well I bought one! Wrong decision big waste of money.

Summary: The immersion blender has been around for home use about 20 years. Also called a hand blender or stick blender they have a blade on the end of a shaft allowing it to blender in any container. Its primary purpose is pureeing small amounts of soups, sauces or smoothies. They have a tendency to splatter when placed in a liquid and turned on. They are also capable of chopping garlic, nuts or any small portion of vegetable.

Unfortunately, I don’t like “smooth” soup, I don’t even make soup, and sauces are better handled with a whisk. The other major “use” is whipping cream –NOT So! Use an ICI cream whipper with a N2O cartridge – it does it professionally and dispenses beautifully.

If you want a cream soup, and purred soups, go for it. Otherwise save your hard earned cash.

Just in case the thought is I got the wrong one – It’s the top rated Cuisinart! Anyone need a slightly used blender? It's going in the Yard Sale next week.     

11/12/10   SOLD IT TODAY thank god!