On 8/7/2012 10:02 AM, John Sorell wrote:
>
> Thanks David,
>
> I found out that my wife was shopping for one of these for my birthday. She
> went to several stores for demos. It seems the model sold exclusively by
> Williams Sonoma is considerably quieter than all the other models she
> tested. It also cooks and freezes. It is also considerably more expensive
> than the other models. She gave up on it as a gift when she got propelled
> into the $799 stratosphere. That's a lotta inedible dough...
>
> John
>

What a blender! I never could figure out how they were able to get
steaming hot soup out of those things. Now you're telling me that it
also freezes - holy smokes! I better make something with this crazy
contraption.

P.S. Tell your wife to use the money for a down payment on a new guitar.

On Aug 7, 2:16*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 8/7/2012 10:02 AM, John Sorell wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks David,
>
> > I found out that my wife was shopping for one of these for my birthday. She
> > went to several stores for demos. It seems the model sold exclusively by
> > Williams Sonoma is considerably quieter than all the other models she
> > tested. It also cooks and freezes. It is also considerably more expensive
> > than the other models. She gave up on it as a gift when she got propelled
> > into the $799 stratosphere. That's a lotta inedible dough...
>
> > John
>
> What a blender! I never could figure out how they were able to get
> steaming hot soup out of those things. Now you're telling me that it
> also freezes - holy smokes! I better make something with this crazy
> contraption.
>
> P.S. Tell your wife to use the money for a down payment on a new guitar.

It makes hot soup because the blades create enough friction to warm up
whatever you put in the blender.

It freezes because it pulverizes the ice you use in your
recipe....Ice....pulverization......frozen stuff.

On 8/7/2012 11:53 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> It makes hot soup because the blades create enough friction to warm up
> whatever you put in the blender.

Heating food up through friction is a cool idea. I found a recipe for
broccoli cheese soup on the Vitamix site - will try it. I suspect you
can do this on a regular blender too except that the motor would
overheat if left on high for 5-7 minutes.

>
> It freezes because it pulverizes the ice you use in your
> recipe....Ice....pulverization......frozen stuff.

There's a recipe for ice cream on the Vitamix site that's made with milk
and ice cubes. That don't sound so hot.

On Aug 7, 4:42*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 8/7/2012 11:53 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
>
>
> > It makes hot soup because the blades create enough friction to warm up
> > whatever you put in the blender.
>
> Heating food up through friction is a cool idea. I found a recipe for
> broccoli cheese soup on the Vitamix site - will try it. I suspect you
> can do this on a regular blender too except that the motor would
> overheat if left on high for 5-7 minutes.
>
>
>
> > It freezes because it pulverizes the ice you use in your
> > recipe....Ice....pulverization......frozen stuff.
>
> There's a recipe for ice cream on the Vitamix site that's made with milk
> and ice cubes. That don't sound so hot.

When she craved sweets, my mother the perpetual dieter would make a
pseudo milkshake out of skim milk, diet root beer, and ice cubes. The
Osterizer was up to the challenge of shattering the ice cubes.

On 8/7/2012 2:28 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Aug 7, 4:42 pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>> On 8/7/2012 11:53 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> It makes hot soup because the blades create enough friction to warm up
>>> whatever you put in the blender.
>>
>> Heating food up through friction is a cool idea. I found a recipe for
>> broccoli cheese soup on the Vitamix site - will try it. I suspect you
>> can do this on a regular blender too except that the motor would
>> overheat if left on high for 5-7 minutes.
>>
>>
>>
>>> It freezes because it pulverizes the ice you use in your
>>> recipe....Ice....pulverization......frozen stuff.
>>
>> There's a recipe for ice cream on the Vitamix site that's made with milk
>> and ice cubes. That don't sound so hot.
>
> When she craved sweets, my mother the perpetual dieter would make a
> pseudo milkshake out of skim milk, diet root beer, and ice cubes. The
> Osterizer was up to the challenge of shattering the ice cubes.
>

That's a heck of a milkshake. I can't imagine what that would be like -
sounds like water and air. She must have been a lightweight. Hopefully,
she had more substantial fare during the day.