On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:07:41 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
>> If you use one, please tell what you use it for and if another tool
>> would do as well.
>> Thanks, kitchen dwellers.
>
>
>There are 2 distinct advantages to an immersion blender:
>
>1. it's portable and can be used almost anywhere in the kitchen.
>2. If one filled the bowl on a regular blender with hot liquid and then
>turns it on - one creates an explosive situation and the food to be blended
>ends up either on the ceiling on scalding the face & hands of the user or
>both. This does not happen with an immersion blender.
>
>Dimitri

It doesn't happen if the cook has half a brain and knows how to use a
blender, either.

Boron