I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
motor).

Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
lumps of carrot whizzing around.

Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.

On Mon, 10 May 2010 16:07:34 +0100, "john hamilton"
> wrote:

> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.
>

You're dead set against using a juicer? http://tinyurl.com/2effj69
or
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...actor&gs_rfai=

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Mon, 10 May 2010 16:07:34 +0100, john hamilton wrote:

> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.

John HAMILTON, as in HAMILTON BEACH?

The most you'll achieve is carrot puree. A carrot milkshake.
And you need a better blender. Try it without water (you can add
that later).

-sw

john hamilton wrote:
> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.
>
>


AFAIK a blender is not a juicer although it will make smoothies
out of soft fruit and vegetables.


gloria p

john hamilton wrote:
>
> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.

You could try steaming or boiling the carrots
to make them soft before blending. Usually,
cooking reduces the nutrition available from
vegetables, but carotenoids are not damaged
by a little heat, and cooking makes them more
available than from raw carrots.

john hamilton wrote:
> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.
>
>


The only blender that might can liquefy a raw carrot is the Vita-mix,
but the juice might not be what you expect because it will still have
all the fiber.

You might want to look into one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000050FB5

Or these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GHIVO4


(What do people do with the pulp from juice extractors, throw it away,
or save it to add into whole wheat bread dough, meatloaf, etc?)

Bob

"john hamilton" wrote:

>I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
>water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
>motor).
>
>Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
>lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
>Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
>wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.

With a blender the best you can hope for is carrot puree... you can
attempt to strain out the bits and pieces but that's not really the
way to go. For carrot juice you need a juicer, it separates the pulp
from the juice. Then if you like you can add back some pulp or use
the pulp for quick breads, meat loaf and the like... or just toss it
in the composter.

In my experience it's a whole lot easier and less expensive to simply
buy carrot juice... typically somewhere (ask) in a stupidmarket
refrigerated case.... not long ago I bought a three pack of 1 liter
bottles at Sam's Club; $6, and this was orgnic carrot juice (whatever
that means)... you'd be lucky to get 1 liter of juice with a juicer
from $6 worth of carrots. Even the best quality juicers for home use
are expensive, a pain to clean, are heavy, occupy a lot of storage
space, are noisy, and don't work very well. Actually I don't see the
point to juicing, I much prefer to eat my raw fruit and veggies whole.
The carrot jusic I bought was a first and last time, wasn't really
enjoyable, more medicinal, and don't think vodka would improve it. In
fact I never finished it, dumped 1 bottle and part of another into my
yard (right afterwards I realized the deer probably thought it was a
mean trick). Eating carrot sticks is much tastier... can't eat carrot
juice with onion dip! LOL

Mark Thorson wrote:
> john hamilton wrote:
>> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
>> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
>> motor).
>>
>> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
>> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>>
>> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
>> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.
>
> You could try steaming or boiling the carrots
> to make them soft before blending. Usually,
> cooking reduces the nutrition available from
> vegetables, but carotenoids are not damaged
> by a little heat, and cooking makes them more
> available than from raw carrots.


Just eat the %$**&% carrots, willya?

gloria p

zxcvbob wrote:

>
> (What do people do with the pulp from juice extractors, throw it away,
> or save it to add into whole wheat bread dough, meatloaf, etc?)
>
> Bob



Dunno. Vegetable juice has never had any appeal for me, but
the "remains" would probably make good compost.

gloria p

In article >,
"john hamilton" > wrote:

> I roughly chopped a raw carrot into about twelve pieces, added a little
> water and put them in my blender (moulinex model 530 which has a 380 watt
> motor).
>
> Was expecting to get a raw carrot juice, but all i got was the undamaged
> lumps of carrot whizzing around.
>
> Do I need to get a different type of blender or am I approaching this the
> wrong way to get raw carrot juice? Thanks for any advice.

Imho, if you are serious about this, a Vitamix is your best bet.
But they are expensive. ;-)
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zxcvbob wrote:

>
> (What do people do with the pulp from juice extractors, throw it away,
> or save it to add into whole wheat bread dough, meatloaf, etc?)

I used to do one of the following things with it:

1) Add it to the stock bag in the freezer for veggie stock
2) Put it on the compost heap
3) Toss it

Serene

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