On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:46:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> blake wrote on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:59:39 GMT:
>
>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>> Janet wrote on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:39:51 -0500:
>>>>
>>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>>> Another thing that I miss is the ability of older blenders
>>>>>> to use a Mason jar.
>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to visualize how one gets the blades into the
>>>>> bottom of a Mason jar. I can see this with a stick blender,
>>>>> but not an old-fashioned Osterizer.
>>>>
>>>>> Be so kind as to enlighten me.
>>>>
>>>> This might interest you.
>>>> http://www.elise.com/recipes/archive..._mason_jar.php
>>>>
>>> Thanks, that really explained it to me. I get all kinds of
>>> weird mental images. Must just be my weird brain.
>
>> don't feel bad. i had trouble visualizing it myself, the
>> first time i heard about it.
>
>Just for interest, there seems to be something called the "Magic Bullet"
>that has used the above Mason Jar technique to design a blender. I'm not
>going to try it especially since "as advertised on TV" is a turn-off to
>me.

I've done the mason jar trick and it works. Blades these days don't
fit?


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