On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:16:54 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:

>I am considering buying one of these, and am just wondering, for those that
>own them, how often do you use them? Do you find them to be very useful? Or
>are they something you use once or twice and store the rest of the year?
>
>Thanks!
>kimberly
>
<lurker coming out of the closet>

I have a Bamix hand blender for years now and I love it! The best part
is I can make frozen orange juice in seconds.. verses having to wait
for it to thaw.

It's also wonderful when you screw up the gravy and it's got lumps.
Carefully tilt the pan and let it whiz.. Perfect gravy

What else do I make.. mayo, protein shakes (again, no lumps),
scrambled eggs, ground spices or coffee beans (seperate attachement),
slushies, smoothies, puree squash soup (or any soup for that matter),
BBQ sauce pureed in the pot, grinding meat, aerating skim milk for low
fat topping, turns sugar into icing sugar in a pinch, grind peanuts
into homeade peanut butter (no preservatives), stale bread into
breadcrumbs and loads of other stuff.

It's a more pricey model, but have found it's able to take more abuse.
My mom bought a Braun and it has no power..The bamix has two power
levels too. It comes with some nice recipes in the manual as well.
You can find them at most Home Shows or Shopping Channel used to carry
them. It's where I got mine. I found their website if you are
interested.

http://www.bamix.com/english/index.htm
Sincerely,
Tonya

(email inquiries to uknewme at yahoo dot com)