I don’t know why people are so addicted to blenders. i mean, think about it – even places like banks will give them out like some sort of super prize. ever see the movie Enemy of the State? he was very possessive of his blender.
anyway, my mother just got a “Magic Bullet” blender, which is a really small one or two person blender that’s supposedly FABULOUS. we played with it this weekend, because it seemed like it would be a really good idea for a single bachelorette like me, but i made cream of broccoli soup ( maybe a bad place to start, because it’s harder to find a good version of this), and it was pretty bad.
mom convinced me to finally pull out my vitamix blender, the king of blenders that can even cook the soup while blending, which has been in the back closet since i got it, cause i thought it would be too big and bulky to get out, i already had a perfectly good blender (from when mom and dad got married), etc, etc…
but i pulled it out anyway. kind of bulky, but not with too many extra pieces, and supposedly easy to clean if you blend it with soap right after you use it. (boy, am i lazy – what a reason not to get something out, right?) – so, i thought i’d clean it before using it, right? didn’t look too complicated (and truthfully, i didn’t really inspect the dials before turning it on). put a little dish soap and some water in the pitcher, plunked the top on, and turned it on……………..
stupid, i know. but oh boy, really funny. this thing has a lot of spunk! blew off the lid, and half of my kitchen plus my entire front literally got a bath by explosion. at least my kitchen is half clean now!!
ahahahaaa!!! THEN i looked at the dials and realized it was on high, and even found out that the top has to kind of SNAP into place. {ooohh…it ‘SNAPS’ into place!!!!!} so when i finally got everything cleaned up, i made some cafe latte with mocha (not bad at all) and finally some cream of spinach soup (cause i have the ingredients already), which also wasn’t bad! so i guess i should just stick with what i have instead of buying some other stupid piece of newfangled machinery someone is touting. i’ll have to keep playing. easy to have fun when you have such fun toys!!