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Default Stick (handheld) blenders vs. tabletop blenders.

On 4/26/2012 4:15 AM, AL_n wrote:
> Ed > wrote in
> :
>
>> Tabletop is going to be more versatile. You can grind and chop stuff
>> in it, it is going to blend better and faster in most cases and can
>> even store the results if need be.
>>
>> The stick is the least used appliance we own.

>
> Hi Ed,
>
> Thanks for the input. It's funny, but I would have thought that a stick
> blender would be more versatile than a jug blender, cosidering that it
> doesn't restrict you to one single container for blending.
>
> I too, have tended to gravitate towards jug blenders, but I often wonder if
> that's just force of habit, as I grew up using those things (in the days
> before stick blendes emerged).
>

I stopped using jug blenders when I got my first stick blender.