# Making the best use of an immersion blender

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367 "2024-12-09T00:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367/21 "2024-12-09T21:04:40Z")

</div>

> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
>
> > [@Chefguy](#):
> >
> > Otherwise, I’d have to pour the pot contents into a blender,
> 
> Yes, often in batches. Sure, that’s “all it does,” but it’s such a time saver.
> 
> It’s also got a tiny footprint. A lot of unitaskers take up much more space than they’re worth but you can just toss the immersion blender in a drawer.
> 
> Love mine. Maybe my favorite kitchen gadget of all time.

So much this. For us we use it most when we get the tomato bonanza for a few months in summer to make quarts of fresh tomato sauce, and any other high volume hot soup (or in my case, slow cooker saag). And like @Johnny_Bravo I can untwist the working head and wash it fast, unlike breaking down my blender or food processor which takes up a lot of space in use and in cleaning.

I have a blender, a food processor, and an immersion blender (thankfully I have a house), and right now if I had to downsize it’d be the food processor. Not that I don’t use it (probably every other week) but because it’s the hardest to clean and takes up the most space, and the other two are smaller and still versatile.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367/22 "2024-12-09T21:56:00Z")

</div>

> [@ParallelLines](#):
>
> slow cooker saag

It’s absolutely wild how quickly the immersion blender turns a pot of digusting leaf glop into delicious, perfectly blended saag.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367/23 "2024-12-09T21:57:50Z")

</div>

To be honest, I _like_ saag paneer, but the color can be off-putting.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367/24 "2024-12-09T22:03:05Z")

</div>

Dammit, now I have a craving. If it weren’t snowing, I’d go and get the fixings and do a skillet sized batch…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367/25 "2024-12-09T23:46:21Z")

</div>

[Toum!](https://forksandfoliage.com/easiest-toum-garlic-dip/)

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-best-use-of-an-immersion-blender/1011367.md?page=1)