Input Sought on Hand-Held Blender

[Cathy]

Is it coated with something?

Wood composite and phenolic resin, apparently. Clunk.

[Lippy]

If she doesn't want to use a wooden cutting board, she can use those roll-up pads that can definitely go into the dishwasher.

[winesonoma]

No wooden spoons, but I am going to buy some.

 

What about this Kitchenaid hand-held blender set with chopper accessory, in red?

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...garden&n=507846

That's the one I have.

[Lippy]

Cabby, do you want to cook or do you want to buy appliances?

[Daisy]

Does she put wooden cutting boards in the dishwasher too???

My sister is a germ-phobe and has horrid glass cutting boards that chip knife blades. And make the knife slip, raising the specter of digital amputation. She has one plastic cutting board which I will use. When I visit her, I am expected to cook. I bring my own knives.

[Wilfrid1]

Possibly the most straightforward approach would be to take the questions Cabby has asked at face value. If she wanted to learn how to cook, or for advice on cooking courses, I'm sure she'd ask.

[Lippy]

But she said she wanted to make sauces. Fancy equipment may not be the best approach for her.

[Orik]

I am reminded that when our Braun died, it was a bit of a tragedy, as it spewed what seemed to be rusty motor parts into the cream.

 

There are many easy but delicious sauces that require no special equipment: a Bercy, for example, which would be very nice with sautéed fish.

 

Or maybe even a Beurre Blanc? no blending required, just a little bit of chopping.

[Wilfrid1]

I give up. I look forward to seeing what you all cook up between you.

[Kikujiro]

If she doesn't want to use a wooden cutting board, she can use those roll-up pads that can definitely go into the dishwasher.

Yeah, but if you roll them up how can you be sure they're washed?

[g.johnson]

Wooden chopping boards (and by implication, spoons) are naturally anti-bacterial and more hygenic than plastic.

[Wilfrid1]

Unless someone has a very good reason, I am going to split the thread. There's no utility having a general discussion of sauces under a sub-topic about blenders in the Good Buys forum.

[Kim]

I own the Kitchenaid immersion blender that you referenced, (in boring white) and it's acceptable. I don't use it often...the food processor and Kitchenaid blender get more of a work out...but the immersion blender is great with hot things, like soups that need to be blended . I suspect every cook, novice or pro, has a story about hot soup exploding in the blender. My friend does not have a home that works for entertaining, so I had a pool birthday party for her 6 year old and friends over the summer..we used the blender for ice cream blend ins for each kids...it did a respectable job on the crushed oreos, but not so great w/ the frozen snickers bars.

[Lippy]

Is it cordless? How heavy is it? I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these for soup pureeing in the pot, but I don't have any space left in my kitchen for anything, really. I was hoping that the hand-held could simply replace the countertop blender, but I'm not convinced that it can.

[omnivorette]

It definitely can't replace the countertop blender.