Re: [MBZ] OT - blender vs. "food processor"?
My wife has been using the Cuisinart fro almost a month now, and is VERY pleased with it. She grumbled about it taking yet more precious counter space at first, but has come to appreciate how much it does so fast. Thanks for the recommendation - I haven't had fresh pesto since last night, with more tonight :-) > On 8/9/15 9:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto. > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - blender vs. food processor?
Observe what it does to your waistline as well. ;) On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: My buddy finished his baking courses at the local CC and is now into the ice cream phase. He brought me a sample of his recent homework, it is like a big ice cream ball thing with avocado/lime/coconutmilk (you put de lime in de coconut drink it all up) in the middle and mango something on the outside which is made with cream. The avocado lime coconut is very light and refreshing, almost like a sorbet but a bit more heft to it. You can't really taste the avocado but it also gives some fat and thickness to the blend, and the green color. He put a crust on it of roasted hazelnuts and chocolate bits. it is quite awesome. I look forward to grading more homework assignments. When this class is over he starts bread. --R On 8/10/15 9:17 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Coconut milk would be quite rich. I was thinking regular milk, perhaps with some half and half thrown in. I also probably overblended - went past the point when the mixture gelled to a solid, causing it to then relapse to a smoothie/slushie texture. On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yes to what AS said. Try coconut milk in your next batch of ice cream. --R On 8/9/15 9:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto. Made blueberry ice cream from almond milk, frozen blues, sugar, vanilla, and ice cubes. Took less than a minute in the Blendtec and it was smooth and surprisingly tasty (although next time I will halve the sugar). The vanilla compensated for the non-dairy aspect to give the illusion of dairy creaminess. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:52 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would a food processor work for making pesto? (I'm too old to do it the authentic way, with the mortar and pestle, now that I've done it that way once). -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - blender vs. food processor?
Yes to what AS said. Try coconut milk in your next batch of ice cream. --R On 8/9/15 9:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto. Made blueberry ice cream from almond milk, frozen blues, sugar, vanilla, and ice cubes. Took less than a minute in the Blendtec and it was smooth and surprisingly tasty (although next time I will halve the sugar). The vanilla compensated for the non-dairy aspect to give the illusion of dairy creaminess. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:52 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would a food processor work for making pesto? (I'm too old to do it the authentic way, with the mortar and pestle, now that I've done it that way once). -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - blender vs. food processor?
Coconut milk would be quite rich. I was thinking regular milk, perhaps with some half and half thrown in. I also probably overblended - went past the point when the mixture gelled to a solid, causing it to then relapse to a smoothie/slushie texture. On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yes to what AS said. Try coconut milk in your next batch of ice cream. --R On 8/9/15 9:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto. Made blueberry ice cream from almond milk, frozen blues, sugar, vanilla, and ice cubes. Took less than a minute in the Blendtec and it was smooth and surprisingly tasty (although next time I will halve the sugar). The vanilla compensated for the non-dairy aspect to give the illusion of dairy creaminess. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:52 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would a food processor work for making pesto? (I'm too old to do it the authentic way, with the mortar and pestle, now that I've done it that way once). -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT - blender vs. food processor?
So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would a food processor work for making pesto? (I'm too old to do it the authentic way, with the mortar and pestle, now that I've done it that way once). -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - blender vs. food processor?
Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto. Made blueberry ice cream from almond milk, frozen blues, sugar, vanilla, and ice cubes. Took less than a minute in the Blendtec and it was smooth and surprisingly tasty (although next time I will halve the sugar). The vanilla compensated for the non-dairy aspect to give the illusion of dairy creaminess. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:52 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would a food processor work for making pesto? (I'm too old to do it the authentic way, with the mortar and pestle, now that I've done it that way once). -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
