# Would an immersion blender improve my kitchen life?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833 "2022-02-03T03:17:48Z")\
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“You’re not using it right.”

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> [@lobotomyboy63](#):
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> If you have a tabletop blender you could use that as well.

Not as well. Blending hot things in a closed tabletop blender is a recipe for disaster. It’s also severely limited in volume compared to a soup pot. If you’re trying to go directly to the plate after blending the process of batching it into a traditional blender is a nightmare.

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833/43 "2022-02-10T22:48:45Z")

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We use our immersion blender pretty frequently, typical stuff we use it for is:

- whipped egg whites (using whisk attachment and the blender cup)
- berry coulis
- homemade mayo
- tomato soup, or other blended soups
- Sauce for indian [butter chicken](https://www.seriouseats.com/pressure-cooker-butter-chicken)
- [verde salsa](https://www.seriouseats.com/charred-salsa-verde-tomatillo-salsa)

Yeah, you can do most of this stuff in a regular blender (except the mayo), but the immersion blender is much easier to clean, and doesn’t need to work in batches or transfers.

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833/44 "2022-02-11T02:06:19Z")

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I use mine for making frappes and German pancakes. The latter suggests to me it might also be handy for egg custard.

Pro tip: Command’s mop & broom gripper works beautifully for hanging an immersion blender.

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833/45 "2022-02-11T13:00:50Z")

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> [@YamatoTwinkie](#):
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> whipped egg whites (using whisk attachment and the blender cup)

I do all the breakfast cooking. If my gf wants an omelette, I separate one of the eggs, whip the white, the fold it into the beaten eggs. My gf has no clue why my omelettes are so puffy good.

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