On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:27:23 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> I have a blender, I have a food processor ... and I'll never use
>> those for pureeing batches of soup again. Even if I enjoyed that
>> activity and the mess involved, it couldn't be easier to clean the
>> stick blender, and no other containers are messed up, either.
>
> How much soup can a stick blender puree at one time? It might be worth
> getting one for my cream of asparagus soup.
>
> And what brands and models of stick blenders do you recommend?

the post had a run-down a few months ago. i have the one pictured on this
page:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021900696_2.html>

it's not in constant use, but it seems to do the job, and the price is
right, at about twenty dollars. i did have to get mine by mail from the
hamilton beach people because no store seemed to have it in stock, but
shipping was maybe five bucks additional.

your pal,
blake