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mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 09 5:20 pm Post subject: Juicing

A couple of weeks ago a juicer came up on our local Freecycle. I thought to myself hmmm... a good way of getting more vits. and mins. down me to help deal with this bl**dy blood pressure thing.

It's wonderful! I bunged a small pot of defrosted raspberries, a large apple, a kiwi fruit, a biggish pear and a medium orange in it. Almost a pint of really yummy juice! I'd get bored trying to eat that much fruit in a day and there are plenty of berries in the freezer...

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45704
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 09 5:21 pm Post subject:
Bored eating fruit? How is that possible????

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 09 5:25 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Bored eating fruit? How is that possible????

I know: I sound such a philistine, don't I? But I do.

gnome

Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 730

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 12:43 am Post subject:
i got a juicer once - but i didnt get on with it. it was messy, hard to clean, and i found i had to put in loads of fruit just to get a cupfull of juice - and then had a huge pile of waste pulp to throw away - such a waste of good fruit. i got rid of it and just use a liquidiser instead - far less waste and tastes just as good.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 12:53 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

tahir wrote:

Bored eating fruit? How is that possible????

I know: I sound such a philistine, don't I? But I do.

I get bored with it too. I've not got much of a sweet tooth I suppose.

ksia

Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 2320
Location: Mayenne, France

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:11 pm Post subject:
I like my juicer too. And there's no fruit juice that can't be improved with a dash of gin.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:28 pm Post subject:

ksia wrote:

I like my juicer too. And there's no fruit juice that can't be improved with a dash of gin.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:39 pm Post subject:
I just use a jug blender. I chuck yoghurt and honey etc. in, too.

oliveoyl

Joined: 18 Sep 2008
Posts: 425

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:45 pm Post subject:
I just use a jug blender too... it does mean that you get all the seeds and skin (unless you peel first obviously).... so it's more of a lumpy than a smoothie.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:48 pm Post subject:

gnome wrote:

i got a juicer once - but i didnt get on with it. it was messy, hard to clean, and i found i had to put in loads of fruit just to get a cupfull of juice - and then had a huge pile of waste pulp to throw away - such a waste of good fruit.

Couldn't agree more - but I might search ot out of the losft if I get a real excess of fruit/veg this summer.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 1:49 pm Post subject:
I rely on my smoothie maker to make sure I eat enough fruit, and it's great!

gnome

Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 730

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 09 5:14 pm Post subject:
i have to add more backup to the jug blender - i prefer them. maybe i was just unlucky enough to get a really crap juicer, it just seemed to consist of a rotary grater and an over complicated drainage system that didnt work. the jug blender is great for smoothies though.

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