Can’t Choose between a Blender or Stick Blender?
Without these simple, yet feature-packed, appliances, a good deal of today’s simple jobs such as mixing, blending and pureeing would be a great deal more time consuming or simply not possible at all. Selecting the right appliance is a matter of determining what recipes and features you will need the appliance for, researching the features of each model, and identifying the most reputable brands of blenders and food processors.
Do not limit your use of a blender to just those smoothies and cocktails, because they are a lot more versatile than that. Certain soups can be smoothed in the blender and it is a big help when making homemade dressings and sauces. Heavy duty blenders, like those offered by Vita-mix are extraordinarily versatile and even have dry blade containers that can be used for jobs normally associated with the food processor.
While there are many different brands of blenders available in today’s appliances market, a few makers stand heads and shoulders above the rest. These include KitchenAid and Cuisinart, both of whom are well known for their exceptional standards.
Food processors have been used in the food industry since the early 1960s and in the early 70s the food processor was available for home use, courtesy of Magimix in France and then Cuisinart in the USA. The key difference between blenders and food processors is that food processors use interchangeable blades and disks instead of a fixed blade and they do not require liquids to function efficiently. Their bowls are wider and shorter, too, which works better with solid or semi-solid foods.
The essential functions of today’s domestic food processor include chopping fruit and vegetables, grinding nuts and seeds, kneading tortilla and bread dough, shredding salad, mixing soup and grating cheese.
KitchenAid, Cuisinart and French-made Magimix are traditionally the largest and most renowned producers of food processors. Recently, Morphy Richards (makers of the famous Iluma Kettle) have launched a line of food processors to challenge these traditional giants of the appliance market.
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