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OT - Broke down, bought a Blendtec

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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    HeavyG said:
    blasting said:

    The powerful blenders take a little practice on the things you want to leave a little chunky.  Once you master it, it can do a lot of tasks.

    Tonight I used the Vitamix tonight to make some marinara sauce.  Tried my hand at homemade pasta.  Turned out great, but some smoked meatballs would have put it over the top.

    When I first got my Blendtec I put a batch of my marinara in it thinking it would really "smooth it out".

    My fault, but the Blendtec whipped it so well it turned into a foamy kind of thing. It might have made an interesting thing for some wild molecular gastronomy kind of dish but just wasn't any good on pasta.

    After that experience I decided to stay with the stick blender in the future if I wanted my marinara a bit less chunky. 

    I've done that myself.  Got it figured out now though. 
    Phoenix 
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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 599
    Phatchris said:
    I just ordered a vitamix for my wife, Mother's Day sale... Only cost me $550 for smoothies  :o
    If I bought my wife a blender for Mother's Day I would not be getting any more smoothies:open_mouth:
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  • Phatchris
    Phatchris Posts: 1,726
    edited May 2016
    MJG said:
    Phatchris said:
    I just ordered a vitamix for my wife, Mother's Day sale... Only cost me $550 for smoothies  :o
    If I bought my wife a blender for Mother's Day I would not be getting any more smoothie



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  • Phatchris
    Phatchris Posts: 1,726
    edited May 2016
    Hopefully she'lll be ok with the whole appliance as a gift thing... She truly loves smoothies and making soup/salsas/guacamole so we 'll see.... Maybe I should've just gotten her more David Yurman....
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  • malligator
    malligator Posts: 102
    We got a vitamix last week. We've been having a blast with it.

    We've made...

    We had friends in town all weekend so it's already made gallons of margaritas.
    Tomato basil soup
    hummus
    green smoothie every morning
    pineapple frozen yogurt
    banana ice cream
    vanilla ice cream
    Bitchin' Sauce clone
    mayo
    asian wing sauce
    powdered sugar
    cauliflower rice
    bloody mary mix
    bbq sauce

    LBGE in PHX

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