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zxcvbob

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> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> Jim wrote:
>>> I just bought a Mehu-Liisa steam juicer.
>>>
>>> I have a question about the juice it creates... Does it have to be diluted
>>> or can it usually be used straight?
>>>
>>> We have 20-30 lb. of wild cranberries we're juicing today.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jim in Maine
>>
>>
>> I have one, and I don't like it (you may see it on eBay soon.) The
>> yield is low and the juice always tastes watery (maybe I'm not doing
>> something right.) If anything, I have to boil the juice down a little
>> to concentrate it.
>>
>> I prefer the old fashioned way of boiling the fruit in a little water
>> and squeezing it through a muslin bag.
>>
>> Bob
>
> I dunno Bob, I think you'd be adding more water that way.
> I ran a test some years ago with my Mehu juicer in an attempt to
> determine how much water it actually added to the juice through
> condensation. I filled the pan with water but added no fruit to the
> basket, put on the lid and boiled it for an hour. There is no way that
> you could boil any amount of fruit in the water this test produced.
>
> Ross
> To email, remove the "obvious" from my address.

I know I'm adding more water, but I think it extracts more flavor and
more pectin by boiling the juice. I don't know why; I like the steam
juicer concept, but I have not been happy at all with the juice it produces.

Bob