New Toy

[Dewesq55]

So my trusty Cuisinart stick/immersion blender crapped the bed last week when I was trying to mix up a can of tahini that had settled hard on the bottom. Something I had done before successfully. Anyway, the shaft end started smoking and stinking. Apparently some bushing or bearing burned up from the stress. So I had to get an immediate replacement, of course, and bought this, which was The Wirecutter's top pick. It's the Braun Multiquick 7 3-in-1. So far, I really like it. The mini chopper cup is quite a bit larger than the one that I used to have with the Cuisinart and it did a great job turning a medium onion, 5 cloves of garlic and a 1 inch knob of ginger onto a smooth paste for the Indian dish I made last night. I used the stick as well to turn a can of diced tomatoes into crushed. It was fast, and ready to clean since it doesn't have vent ports on the side of the bell to grab a hold of stuff as it's chopping.

[Skip]

Looks nice David...and Fun!

[dpearce]

We've had a Braun immersion blender with attachments since about 1997. That thing is still running strong! Wish it was stainless steel, like that one you have.

[LA Pork Butt]

Nice!

[SheilaAnn]

And if memory serves Dewesq55 you were the one to turn us on to 2-min mayo with the immersion blender. When I saw the taller cup, that was the first thing I thought of. My accessory set-up is roughly the same with the Cuisinart brand. But my cup is labeled with measurements.

[Dewesq55]

SheilaAnn you do remember correctly about the mayo. The cup on this one has marked graduations also, but they don't have any contrast so that are really difficult to read. A minor blunder by Braun in my opinion. I still have 2 of the Cuisinart cups with the black graduations. I love them and am not getting rid of them any time soon.

[SheilaAnn]

Against the black granite in the photo, the markings are hard to see. Glad you saved the old cups!

[Dewesq55]

SheilaAnn - trust me, they are hard to read against any background. It's like they are just etched into the plastic but not given any coloration to keep make them visible. Really a bad design, but it's a relatively minor point.

[Henrik]

That looks like a solid blender to me! I have the Braun equivalent. The accessory I use the most (by far) is the whisk, since I make hollandaise/bearnaise sauce every now and then.

[Dewesq55]

I make Kenji's bearnaise or hollandaise using the immersion blender. Recipes are in his Food Lab book.

[Sweaty Paul]

Looks awesome! Enjoy!

[Huskee]

Our stick blender came with that contraption and I finally tried using it just a few days ago to grind peppercorns for steak au poivre, didn't do so hot on pepper corns. My wife tells me I picked the one thing it's not good at. Enjoy the new toy!

[Sweaty Paul]

Off topic, just noted your new photo avatar (or new to me because I sometimes miss these details). Great catches!