Small is beautiful (Braun Multi Quick Hand Blender)

Member Name: platypus

Product:	Braun Multi Quick Hand Blender
Date:	27/02/04 (505 review reads)
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Advantages: Compact, powerful, well built

Disadvantages: none perceived

Maybe because of my dimensions (5' nothing) I like everything but Hubby to be small. As soon as my household was reduced to its present size of two, I did what every good Mother in Law does to free up cupboard space, namely, presented my big combo- mixer-blender-grinder to the younger generation.
Oh! What bliss! I could actually clean inside by moving a few objects, without having to take everything out and put it back in.The problems arose when Hubby found a recipe for a dietetic cream-of-leek soup and I had no way of making it. With a heavy heart ( thinking of the bulk) I went out to look for a blender. One with removable blades (for good cleaning) and a strong motor.
Most of the available blenders did not qualify, but sitting next to them on the shelves was an array of hand-helds, many with a mini chopper and a whisk. Thinking of the 200 watt gutsless wonder I had at home, I turned my nose up in disdain, when, lo and behold, what caught my eye? Braun Multiquick(Professional) hand-held of 500 watts. Yes FIVE HUNDRED WATTS. Wow! My veteran power horse of a combo was 400 watts.
I was drawn to it as if by amagnet. A great urge to posses it overtook me, still I hesitated. The jolly thing cost as much as a full blown equally powerfull stand-alone blender. Shall I? Shan't I? Shall I.....? Needless to say miniaturisation won out.
I brought it home and haven't regretted it yet.
Its long, stainless steel shaft is ideally suited to plunging into a pot of boiling soup and pureeing it to perfection, obviating the need to transfer to blender and dirtying another utensil. I also prepared some heavy pancake batter (for the grandchildren) right in the dispensing jug. Naturally the same goes for fruit milk shakes etc.
The mini chopper is perfect for herbs, nut meats, tearless onions and (odourless fingers) garlick. Add a tomato and your sauce base is ready. In other words a success.
The whisk looks flimsy and is recommended for relatively s
mall quantities of cream and eggwhites. As these are absent from our straitened fare I can not comment on its quality or usefulness. I also presume that the variable speeds are intended for this attachment, as anything needing a bit of whoomph is done on the turbo setting, either by pulses or a limited continous setting.

That at least is what I surmised from the instructions. In contrast to everything else about the device, these were far from adaquate. The compiler must have known that most people (Hubby included) read instructions only when everything else has failed, and wrote them accordingly.
This is an excellent device and it comes apart into five parts which fit very neatly into my deep gadget drawer.
You think I'm revelling in surfeit available space? Afraid not. I had to buy an electric mincer to ensure really lean mince, and a small hand mixer with a stand and bowl for the occasional cake, but these deserve ops of their own..

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