juicers

2 Apr 2009

nope not some sex toy but a fruit juicer..
found one out here the other day and thought what the hell ill try it out..
take two nice oranges...60 pence worth....erm about the same price as a litre of asdas own orange juice, give or take a few pennies... ok not Delmonte but nice enough..
anyway
read instructions..
chop the skin off...
cut into chunks small enough to slide into juicer..so thats less than quarters at best,
then feed them into juicer...
while chopping the skin off im thinking,i could be sitting with a glass of juice by now ...
still onward and upward i mean we wouldnt buy these things if they werent worth having would we?
so I continue to feed bits of orange into juicer...
ermmm messy fingers, how nice...
the fridge is talking to me now saying ...' staggy i have juice, lots of juice , juice with juicy bits juice without' i try to put it to the back of my mind and carry on feeding bits of orange into my juicer as it whirs around and dribbles out the tiniest droplets of fresh orange juice..btw when does it stop being fresh? one or two days after its been picked or several weeks of travelling around the world to end up in Tescos and finally splattered all over my kitchen work surface ?
finished ! i have my bowl of juice just under a quarter of a litre for my troubles... i pour it into the glass and feel quite pleased with myself ..then take a sip..its an odd colour kind of milky from all the bubbles in it and it tastes fizzy..so i pop it in the fridge ..funnily enough next to the cartons of juice stacked up in there ... cheap rubbish not for me ...i think ...im healthy as fuck me..drinking this real orange juice..i then wander off to the kitchen sink appliance in hand and start dismantling it..it iwll give me something to do while the juice settles and chills..
this will be easy ..ill take it apart quick rinse then into the dishwasher..not so..instruction fifty three says in bold type THOU SHALT NOT DISHWASH
i throw the bits of juicer that come off into the sink and start scraping at it to get the bits of sticky messy pulp thats attached itself to everywhere, especially the sandpaper like metal bit that does the damage to the fruit..and my knuckles..still ive got that lovely juice sitting waiting for me...
so its now been twenty mins since i made the juice ..nearly thirty minutes since i started it must be ready now..i go to the fridge and rose asks how im getting on, after she has complained about the amount of pulp there seems to be attached to the kitchen walls these days..i walk proudly into the dining room glass in hand...and ask her would she like to try some.. its still frothy at the top and almost clear at the bottom of the glass ..she declines..undeterred i sip at the juice .. it tastes like cardboard ...wet cardboard with a hint of orange..
my son strolls past..what ya got..orange juice ..yum grabs carton pours and drinks .. and fucks off to play footy in the field..
hrmmmph
still its got a blender attachment so i can make tomato sauce...... fuck it wheres the HP
staggy

2 Apr 2009

I have a smoothie maker but it's still in it's sealed box. I suspect it may be heading for e-bay rolleyes

2 Apr 2009

The old ones are the best :lol2:
Says she who does not own a microwave
Gadgets and fancy gismo's are just that wink

Although my bread maker gets used lots :twisted:

2 Apr 2009

as an aside but relevant to the whole juicer issue ,, the sink is now blocked with pulp... i went to town with an orange smile ..thank god rose pointed it out.. and the kitchen remains a tip
staggy

2 Apr 2009

Quote by Tan--Kinky

The old ones are the best :lol2:
Says she who does not own a microwave
Gadgets and fancy gismo's are just that Although my bread maker gets used lots :twisted:

we have a bread maker...scarey stuff its in the box hidden away
for the last 6 years

2 Apr 2009

Loved that post Staggy!!!

2 Apr 2009

This is why I dont bother with all that fancy home made malarkey!

2 Apr 2009

Quote by fluff_n_stuff
I have a smoothie maker but it's still in it's sealed box. I suspect it may be heading for e-bay

I have a smoothie maker but its now used to make frozen margarita's!! Most supermarkets have a bottle of margarita mix- just add ice and smooth it!!
So it was bought to make healthy fruit drinks and now its only used for alcoholic ones!! redface

2 Apr 2009

Funnily enough I have just finished a nice healthy meal of fruit which I liquidized with some semi skimmed milk ... yes a smoothie. I used apples, bananas, strawberries, blackberries and grapes and it was delicious. I don't eat enough fruit but this is a nice easy way of getting more down me and I just use a bog standard liquidizer ... not a posh smoothie maker. What's the difference anyway? Maybe I might get that weight off yet. rolleyes

:happy:

2 Apr 2009

Quote by wild rose and the stag
we have a bread maker...scarey stuff its in the box hidden away
for the last 6 years

I'll take it off your hands. wave

:wave:
I had to give up custody of mine to my ex - it was that or the dishwasher.
I love fresh made bread.

2 Apr 2009

i know im gonna regret this but next week you can read the follow up to juicers called 'bread' i can see the similarity right now between this thread and that and a tiger loaf in my bread bin...

2 Apr 2009

i know im gonna regret this but next week you can read the follow up to juicers called 'bread' i can see the similarity right now between this thread and that and a tiger loaf in my bread bin...

3 Apr 2009

I reckon you have been having lessons off Dave_notts!! lol

3 Apr 2009

a lesson learned lol
I did eaxcactly the same gave it a couple of trys .....just in case it was my lack of expertise in the kitchen
still shit.......
tan got it right...old ones are the best.

3 Apr 2009

The difference with a bread maker is, IT does all the hard work :lol2: Measure water - empty packet & water into the pot - switch on - flick a couple of buttons - leave for a few hours and bobs your uncle

Unless you are my mother :shock: who ends up with deformed loafs that are still gooey in the middle lol

3 Apr 2009

Quote by Tan--Kinky
The difference with a bread maker is, IT does all the hard work :lol2: Measure water - empty packet & water into the pot - switch on - flick a couple of buttons - leave for a few hours and bobs your uncle

Unless you are my mother :shock: who ends up with deformed loafs that are still gooey in the middle

Or me! Who ended up with something that looked like the Quatermass Experiment, because I forgot to put the little paddle back in after washing and cleaning the machine.
:silly:

3 Apr 2009

Quote by bbw_lover

Unless you are my mother :shock: who ends up with deformed loafs that are still gooey in the middle

Or me! Who ended up with something that looked like the Quatermass Experiment, because I forgot to put the little paddle back in after washing and cleaning the machine.
:silly:
:laughabove: :laughabove:

3 Apr 2009

I just can't be arsed with machines for making bread - I prefer to make it the good 'ol fashioned way....via Waitrose - saves the hassle

3 Apr 2009

best place for any juicer is in the shed gathering dust like ours is. Fruit, don't touch it, it's poisonous biggrin

4 Apr 2009

bread maker out of garage and unwrapped and cleaned , its been in there for several years never used.. ...bread making commences and shit its a whole lot easier than making a glass of fruit juice with a juicer.. two mins measuring then sit back and chill for hours and hours ...
i like this .. results later ..much later

4 Apr 2009

Quote by wild rose and the stag
bread maker out of garage and unwrapped and cleaned , its been in there for several years never used.. ...bread making commences and shit its a whole lot easier than making a glass of fruit juice with a juicer.. two mins measuring then sit back and chill for hours and hours ...
i like this .. results later ..much later

Yes but while your waiting you get to smell lovely fresh bread cooking and you can plan what you will have on the warm bit lol

remember to leave it for 5 minutes or so to cool down though wink

Get the butter out the fridge ready :lol:

4 Apr 2009

Quote by Tan--Kinky
bread maker out of garage and unwrapped and cleaned , its been in there for several years never used.. ...bread making commences and shit its a whole lot easier than making a glass of fruit juice with a juicer.. two mins measuring then sit back and chill for hours and hours ...
i like this .. results later ..much later

Yes but while your waiting you get to smell lovely fresh bread cooking and you can plan what you will have on the warm bit lol

remember to leave it for 5 minutes or so to cool down though wink

Get the butter out the fridge ready :lol:
Tanny... can I come and live with you?! :wink:

4 Apr 2009

Quote by noladreams
bread maker out of garage and unwrapped and cleaned , its been in there for several years never used.. ...bread making commences and shit its a whole lot easier than making a glass of fruit juice with a juicer.. two mins measuring then sit back and chill for hours and hours ...
i like this .. results later ..much later

Yes but while your waiting you get to smell lovely fresh bread cooking and you can plan what you will have on the warm bit lol

remember to leave it for 5 minutes or so to cool down though wink

Get the butter out the fridge ready :lol:
Tanny... can I come and live with you?! :wink:
Yes :twisted: I'm making soup today though so the bread maker might be on :lol:

4 Apr 2009

from the depths of despair of juicers..to the glory of bread making ....
totally ace, completely easy from start to finish and hardly any washing up...ive discovered a new toy yayyyyyyy
thanks for the suggestion
( been out bought several types of flour more yeast several types of dried fruits and sugars more bread cooking as we speak)
staggy the baker
which leads me to another thread...

4 Apr 2009

Leave it in an extra half hour and you can have a loaf of ready made toast, time saved .

4 Apr 2009

two loaves in now ...im turning chez wrats into a bakery ,,, raisin bread this time and its yum
Ramsey stay away from my kitchen i just dont need ya
staggy

6 Apr 2009

i have a to speck kenwood juicer great thing useit alot can mix up all the tropical fruit guess its a bit wasteful with the pulp thou but can always make a smoothie biggrin