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- From: macrakis@osf.org (Stavros Macrakis)
- Subject: Re: Comments on hand blenders?
- In-Reply-To: stanton@haas.berkeley.edu's message of 16 Nov 1992 04:31:40 GMT
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:53:46
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- In article <1e787cINN49a@agate.berkeley.edu> stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
-
- I'm considering buying a hand blender, basically a plastic covered motor with
- a blade at the end, which is supposed to be able to chop/puree/blend etc.
- with much less cleanup required than a regular blender or food processor (the
- main reason I almost never use them)
-
- Does anyone have any comments about these? In particular, how useful are they
- for whisking? How do they compare with portable whisks (with 2 balloon whisk
- attachments)? Are they worth buying, and if so, what's a good brand/price.
-
- The hand blenders are excellent for mixing liquids, pureeing thin
- mixtures (like soup), making mayonnaise and bearnaise sauce. With the
- mixer attachment, they're OK at whipping cream or egg whites.
-
- Other appliances do a better job on many things:
-
- Full-size mixer:
- Does thick mixtures (cake, bread, hard sauce).
- Whips cream and egg whites better.
-
- Portable mixer:
- Whips cream and egg whites better.
-
- Food processor:
- Chops dry things like vegetables, meat, etc.
-
- Blender:
- Grinds spices.
-
- Whisk:
- Whips cream and egg whites better, but tires your arm if you're not
- used to it.
-
- By the way, what is a non-portable whisk? Does it have lead in the
- handle? Is it chained to the wall?
-
- -s
-
-