Handy, useful, easy to clean, I'd buy it again!
Written: Dec 29 '00
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Pros: handy, useful, easy to clean, cheap, sturdy, dishwasher safe
Cons: not cordless
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| efud's Full Review: Braun MR 430 HC MultiQuick Single-Speed Handheld B... |
Mashed potatoes, blending soups in the stock pot, eggs, home-made salad dressing, batter, baby food, whipping cream, pancakes, omlettes, chopping nuts, latkas, potato pancakes, milkshakes, blending fresh fruit into yogurt... tons of uses! Very practical, it always stays on my counter at the ready, because, I actually use it a lot.
Easy to clean (I throw all the parts - except the motor handle obviously- into the dishwasher), easy to use, ergonomic, stands up without the holder, practical, useful, sturdy.
I did burned out the motor of the first one I brought home: I was blending a really really heavy gooey batter of matzoh meal and potato starch for gnocchi like dumpling dough. Obviously, this stick is not meant to knead bread. My mistake. Oops, live and learn. But, I took it back and the store replaced it, and one year later, it is still going strong.
It is outstanding for soups (think creamy mushroom, or curried squash, or tasty tomato soup). It is liberating to blend smooth soups that otherwise would have to get dumped into a blender, then, dumped back into the stockpot, which makes for quite a mess on the counter, stove, and extra dirty dishes. The stick makes soups so easy, suddenly, soups are blended smooth as silk effortlessly. Ultra-easy to make baby food, and far more economical too than buying mushed peas or fruit in a jar!
Home made salad dressing: olive oil plus vinegar, plus whatever else you like (honey, mustard, spices...), the stick whips it into a wonderful emulsion. Home made mayonaise with fresh herbs and/or garlic is easy.
Very good for chopping nuts. It is so quick and so easy, and so nice that the nuts do not go flying from your knife's edge all over the counter and floor, which is what happens when you chop by hand.
My Braun was a gift from my mom, and now that I have it, I wonder why I never got one for myself sooner. Mine was $20 at Burlington Coat factory, and it is 200 watts, so this model rated at 250 watts is even better. This is a really handy gadget, with a few core uses (for me, blending soup, blending salad dressing in the breaker it comes with, mashing potatoes, and blending eggs, either alone, or in an pancake batter). I have chopped herbs like parsely and chilantro, which works, but is not perfect, because the chopped stuff gets too fine, and sticks to the bottom of the beaker (I usually just use a knife for herbs). But, certainly herbs along with of something else ( like blending with eggs or potatoes or salad dressing or tomatoes) works perfectly.
Knowing what I now know, I would buy this again. For $20, it was a bargin, and now, I do not have to lug out the blender, and, I get smoothly blended things, like mashed squash or potatoes, that I use to do by hand and get lumpier results. In fact, a friend who saw me using mine asked whether I liked it (she had gotten 3 as wedding gifts, and returned them all). After I told her yes, she bought one for herself, and loves it. I saw that Williams Sonoma sells one for $100, well, forget that. Buy the Braun, and you will get the same utility and save $80! Although, cordless might be nice, and worth the extra price if such a thing existed...
Recommended:
Yes
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