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16 years ago
baltochef
Dilute concentrations of either bleach or vinegar are recommended to neutralize the organo phosphate compounds sprayed onto our fruits & vegetables in the form of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc..Rinse off any soil, soak them for 10-15 minutes in the dilute concentration, rinse well, dry off, & consume..
Both bleach & acetic acids (vinegars) are corrosive substances..Bleach
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
sprout
The Benriner horizontal turning slicer has blades that are approximately 50% thicker than does the vertical slicer..This means that the prongs on the julienne blades are much less prone to bending..The horizontal slicer will accommodate a larger diameter piece of veg so that more end product can be produced before needing to insert a new piece..The horizontal slicer has a longer throw w
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
Oshinn
There are superfine wire mesh cones with handles called chinoise..The better ones are all stainless steel with a triple wire mesh & SS rods reinforcing the outsides of the mesh for protection..Most are made in France, as was the one I purchased from Bridge Kitchenware years ago..
Unfortunately they are not inexpensive, costing approximately $100.00..All good restaurants use these
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
Yeah, the main drawback of the Excalibur dehydrators is the noise pollution that they produce..And, I don't find it that easy to clean the inside of my 9-tray model..
Back in the late 1970's I saw a wooden dehydrator assembled from a kit at a Mormon friend's home that was constructed from various thicknesses of cabinet-grade plywood..It was significantly quieter than the Excalibur..
The out
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
185. Re: I got a Vita-Mix
Lee_123 Wrote:
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> The moral is: Don't drive your VitaMix underwater
> or try and make smoothies with your Jeep.
Unless, of course, both your Jeep & the Vita-Mix blender have a PTO attachment (Power Take Off) on them..
Imagine the raw foods that you could create with a 250 hp 6-cylinder blender..
And, if you put a snork
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
186. Re: I got a Vita-Mix
angie 1
Your recipe seems fine to me..
I always advocate adding the frozen fruits at the end of the blending cycle, AFTER all of the other ingredients have been pureed..This puts the LEAST amount of stress on the blender's motor..If before adding the frozen fruit to the already pureed mixture, you see that the mixture is very thick, I would recommend adding additional liquid before adding t
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
beet-mama
The Vita-Prep 3 currently provides me with ALL the features that I need in a blender..I do not anticipate my needs changing to the point that I would need a more powerful blender..Or one with different controls..I'm a hands on kind of guy, so the Blend Tec blender with it's computerized controls has no appeal for me..
The only circumstances that I could ever foresee that might cau
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
WY
Where did you purchase the 48 oz carafe from??..
Bruce
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
Both glass & ceramics have a crystalline grain structure which could theoretically lead to chipping.. Or breakage..
That being said, the glass carafe on the Oster Osterizer blender was as tough as it needed to be..Which is to say that I have read of extremely few instances in where a hard food placed into one of these carafes led to it chipping or breaking when the hard food was being blen
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
beet-mama
Cavitation equals aeration of the food in the carafe..Air equals oxidation..Oxidation equals the breakdown in the enzyme content of the raw food in question..
So the less cavitation the better..That being said, all blenders cavitate to one degree or another..For a blender to work properly it must create a vortex..Vortexes have air in them..It's the nature of the beast..
Persona
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
WY
The Vita-Prep 3 is one of the best kitchen tools that I have ever owned..Easily in the top 5 tools, hand or electric, that I have used professionally or purchased for my own use in the home..Properly used & cared for it should give several decades of use..
I hate to sound like I'm beating a dead horse again, but I do not feel that the following points can be made often enough..
On
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
192. Re: I got a Vita-Mix
Without getting into another long post, let me say that food processors are even less suited to making frozen banana ice cream then are high-powered blenders..Food processors were NEVER intended to process frozen foods of any kind..Short of putting stones in the bowl, frozen foods dull the blades quicker than do ANY other foods..A food processor ABSOLUTELY depends upon the blades being sharp in o
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
193. Re: I got a Vita-Mix
rost0037 Wrote:
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> Ice cream with frozen bananas and a little water
> or nut milk. Other fruits and carob/cacao if you
> want.
Be careful with frozen chunks of ANYTHING, especially large chunks of dense fruits..
A 1" chunk of frozen banana is probably 50 times more difficult to blend then the same size piece of ice..
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
La Pieta
Sorry I took so long to respond to your request for info on a manual nut grinder..I somehow skipped over your post, & read the ones after it..
I am unaware of any manual grinder that handles both nuts & seeds..To my knowledge a manual nut only grinder along the lines of a seed or meat grinder does not exist..At least I have never encountered one..That is not to say that one
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
robinbird
I own & occasionally use an Excalibur 9-tray dehydrator..
My main issue with it is the noise pollution that it creates..Because the machine is basically a hollow plastic box the noise that the fan makes is magnified by echoing within the dehydrator..As well as the noise that the trays make rattling..
The majority of the recipes that I have executed with it took no less then
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
Mauigirl206
I have no personal experience, nor do any of my acquaintances, with re-furbed Vita-Mix blenders..
I've read mostly positive things about the experience on the net..
Good luck
Bruce
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
geekinthehood
The major problem that I have with any type of supplement powder that significantly thickens a smoothie during the short time that it is being blended is this:
If it is thickening a smoothie in the 30-60 seconds that it is being blended, then it MUST be absorbing the liquid in the smoothie..
And if it's absorbing the liquid in the smoothie, then by design it must also be ab
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
geekinthehood
My experience, & that of the friends and acquaintances that have owned Vita-Mix blenders is the exact opposite of la_veronique's..
The problem with ALL modern kitchen appliances is that the majority of them are not used properly..
Allow me to expand on this theme a little..
I was born into a family of artisans, mechanics, good cooks, & people who generally unders
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
volcomchick8797
Juicers juice..Blenders blend..Food processors slice & shred foods..
Expecting one tool to do what another tool is designed for is unfair, both to the tool itself, & to yourself..
As la_veronique has stated you can make a very liquid smoothie, but this is not juice..
Juice, by the commonly accepted definition to be found on most raw foods forums, will be the li
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
bobati
The answer to your questions is no..
Food processors ARE NOT blenders, nor are they juicers..
In my 53 years on this planet I have come to realize that there is NO such thing as a multi-purpose tool that does all things even moderately well, much less extremely well to excellent..
Blenders blend..Juicers juice..And food processors slice, shred, & process food..The absolute
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
veggiefreak
The current going price, before shipping, for the Vita-Prep 3 will range from between $425.00 to $475.00; depending upon where you purchase it..
I'm not sure, but I believe that the suggested retail price is $595.00..
Bruce
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
geekinthehood
I'll recap briefly some points that I've made in previous posts, although for more complete info I'd suggest going into search mode & finding my earlier posts..
First, by moving up to the Vita-Prep 3 you will be purchasing a motor that is designed for continuous everyday usage in juice bars, restaurants, by caterers, etc..A better motor then is spec'd in the 4000 & 500
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
veggiefreak
I am perhaps not the best person to advise you on the green smoothie vs. green juices path..The following will further explain..
When I started on this journey in earnest last year, I went ahead & purchased all the goodies (read tools) that I didn't already own as a chef..
These included the following:
1. High-powered blender (Blend Tec, returned, didn't like it --then
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
La Pieta
I have never used a single or twin-screw juicer to homogenize nuts or seeds..I do not own a juicer of either type..From what I know of these machines it would seem to be a lot of work to clean them compared to a food processor..Perhaps the owners of these types of juicers will chime in with an opinion as to your question..
Yes, small hand crank seed mills can be used to grind flax
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
WY
I too was putting raw oats in my smoothies for the longest time..Reduce the cholesterol & all that..Then I came to the realization that every time I did so my stomach would become upset as a result..So I stopped..
Bruce
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
La Pieta
Yes, all Vita-Mix blenders can be equipped with a dry mix container for an additional cost..
I personally do not own the dry mix container for my Vita-Prep 3..From dozens of posts that I have read on various forums the consensus seems to be that while the dry container WILL process grains (what it was designed for) better then will the wet container that comes standard with all Vit
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
WY
Any appliance that is rated exactly at or near to (18 amps plus) 20amps, will be best served by being plugged into a 30 amp circuit..
Such appliances WILL work & run fine on a 20 amp circuit, as long as they are not being used at their maximum rated capacity..It is when the appliance is drawing it's full 20 amps that trouble can & will occur..As soon as the appliance draws enough
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
Wheatgrass Yogi Wrote:
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> Chive Wrote:
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> >Dedicated 20 amp circuit required
> > for operation". Does anybody know exactly
> >what this beast requires to run?
>
> A special outlet is required. It's
> a simple task for a Handyman..
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 16 years ago
baltochef
Any recommended reading on fasting??..
Short term??..Long term??..Water??..Juice??..Other??..
Bruce
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
baltochef
Some points that I wish to make that I've been dancing around in regards to this thread's topic of proper blender & food processor usage, & longevity are this:
My grandmother, who turned 104 in late November 2007; was born into, & lived the majority of her life in an era where TIME was the major component of kitchen life..In other words, it was an accepted fact of life that whateve
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