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Isn't the immersion blender the long slender hand held plug in blender, you stick it in bowls of say pudding you want whipped up, or in a pan to make soups? I have one i received as a gift a long time ago. I still use it for many things. It's fast and easy..but you have to make sure it's in whatever you are blending, not on top, because there will be a gigantic mess all over the place. Don't ask me how i know that.
I have the cuisinart 'boat motor'. Works quite well and the easiest way to clean it is to stick it in a tall glass with hot water and detergent. Took me a while to figure that out! I use mine for blending soups and sauces.
Isn't the immersion blender the long slender hand held plug in blender
That's the one I have, it isn't manual but maybe that is what the original poster meant.
I puree soups, blend things quickly (like a bunch of eggs for a crowd), make salad dressings, mine came with a chopper attachment so I use it to chop garlic, onions, herbs...it was well worth the purchase. I think mine is a Braun.
Yes, Mels, mine is handheld and plug-in, it bills itself as an "immersion" blender so that's what I called it. Pink String, the instructions have a conspicuous warning about keeping the beater thing way down in whatever it is you're blending.
I bought mine (an Oster) yesterday at Target, I still can't find the beaters to my handheld mixer and I am tired of using my big Cuisinart for every little thing.
A friend told me she uses her long handheld blender for soups and whatnot, and i had always wondered if I might like one of those things, I do like homemade soup during the cooler weather.
Another friend always praised her potato ricer and I always wondered if having one would indeed make my mashed potatoes fluffier. I do so enjoy mashed potatoes.
I love my immersion blender. I upgraded to the 400 watt Braun (most are 200 watt). This is my favorite "power tool."
I puree tomato sauce and make my own marinara, and I make soup just about every week in fall and winter. I am partial to blended soups. Often after I blend I add some water to the soup because it becomes so thick.
It's especially great if you are making a recipe like pea soup that tells you to puree half the soup because you don't have the messy job of transferring soup from blender to bowl to soup pot. You just blend half-way and get the same results.
I love my manual immersion blender ( Braun 400) and couldn't be without it. I loathe cooking and it just makes everything so much easier. It's fantastic for quick smoothies, soups, pasta sauces and many more things and best of all incredibly easy to clean ! In fact, I am just about to use it for my carrot and coriander ( cilantro) soup.
I have a ricer ( I assume you mean what they call a "moulis" in Europe and that is the best for mashed potatoes. It has 3 different "grilles" and i can therefore vary the coarseness of the potatoes. I also love to make Parsnip, carrot or beetroot puree . Really handy and also relatively easy to clean.
Do you put nutmeg in your mashed potato? I love it or even a tiny pinch of "Chinese 5 spice". In France we add an egg yolk to it ( and cream if you are not counting calories) as well to give it an extra dimension.
Thanks Moose
Actually, the past few years I've put parsnip in my mashed potatoes.
I've always put a bit of milk--and cream when it's the holidays.
For more flavoring, I tend to go the chive/roasted garlic route.
I save nutmeg for the sweet potatoes.
I used to have a small mouli but it disappeared, and I think I'd like to get another, larger one.
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