Re: nut flour & soaking

[Guest guest]

At 05:10 AM 5/6/2010, you wrote:

On the topic of Vitamix.

How are they in general? Right now it's definitely on my long-term

wish list (very expensive for my budget). I really would like to

have one. We have a fp and a (forget the name) but it blends and

chops, etc. I think with a Vitamix, I'd only need one instead of

both. But you're saying it doesn't do nutbutters very

well?

Vitamix makes superior mayonnaise, superior mustard, and spectacular

smoothies and blended soups.

It's not a substitute for a food processor.

Among other things, it's hard to scrape all your mayo, mustard or other

thick stuff out of the bottom. I like it much better than my

beloved old Oster which finally succumbed to 7 years of SCD.

Unless you want to add significant amounts of oils to your nut butters, I

don't think it does them very well.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Debbie,The Vitamix is fantastic for nutbutters! I was trying to say that it isn't good at making nut FLOURS. I definitely would not give up my food processor for my Vitamix. They do different things well. The Vitamix is great for making really smooth whatever -- nut butter, nut based pancake batter, fresh soups, smoothie/milkshake/instant ice cream, and the like. I like my food processor for grating large quantities of things like carrots/zucchini, nut based muffin batter and such, fishcake mixtures, salsa, pesto, etc. -- more control over how small the chunks are when 'chopping' or making chunky things. Hope that helps.AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 11:10:05 AMSubject: Re: nut flour & soaking

On the topic of Vitamix. How are they in general? Right now it's definitely on my long-term wish list (very expensive for my budget). I really would like to have one. We have a fp and a (forget the name) but it blends and chops, etc. I think with a Vitamix, I'd only need one instead of both. But you're saying it doesn't do nutbutters very well?

Debbie 41 cd.