Occupy Tulsa Releases Its Demands

[AquaMan]

Got a great fix for that - need a Magic Bullet blender to implement.

1/4 cup Wild Turkey - you could stop here, but the rest is nice add on.
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
8 ice cubes

Put all ingredients into the Magic Bullet.  Blend until have a nice frozen frosty cure for the kick donkey aches and pains.  Yum!!

Thank you sir. I'll try that after work tomorrow.

[Red Arrow]

Got a great fix for that - need a Magic Bullet blender to implement.

I don't have a Magic Bullet (By that name) but do have a Waring Commercial Blender.  About 7.5A/120V.  It's the same as a Margarita Madness blender but without the graphics.  I bought it for my dried hot peppers.  The ordinary kitchen variety blender got too hot to touch when chopping up a batch of peppers.

Model HGB140
http://www.waringcommercialproducts.com/catalog.php?pcID=84_95&products_id=303
go to the spec sheet for more accurate numbers.  It's a pdf and it had no direct URL to link to.

[nathanm]

[Red Arrow]

That one is the next step up from my blender.   

[dbacks fan]

Not an iPhone4s but..........

[heironymouspasparagus]

I think Dan Akroyd's SNL "Amazing Bass-O-Matic" is still the classic of blender moments...


There have been two items from the "as seen on TV" category that I have actually tried and found the results to be at least as good, IF NOT BETTER! than advertised.  First is the Magic Bullet.  One worked so well, we bought a second!  The first has now worn out the bearing in the grinder blade base and is slated to be replaced - probably within the next couple weeks.  After about 8 years of perfect frozen drinks, smoothies and the occasional salsa.  (The second takes up the slack well, and continues in daily use - two years old.)  My only complaint would be that the gasket is a pain to take out and clean properly by hand.  Gasket out and put in dishwasher.

A Baby Bullet was given to a granddaughter when one of the great grandkids showed up, and while only an experiment, it worked as advertised allowing her to do what they say with baby food preparation.  Now the kid is past that, so it has been relegated to smoothies, salsa and frozen margaritas.  Very handy thing.


The second item was the magic cloth for cleaning up spills.  The Sham Wow! cloth.  During the 'new water heater' event mentioned previously elsewhere, there was a container - the drip pan under the old heater - that was full, but not draining properly and very difficult to reach.  A large bath towel was enlisted for a few minutes, but then I remembered I had one of those clothes.  The magic cloth, even though only about 1/4 the size of the bath towel, was able to pick up 3 to 4 times as much as the towel.  Cut the time of painful water bailing by the proportionate amount.  Excellent.

[Red Arrow]

I think Dan Akroyd's SNL "Amazing Bass-O-Matic" is still the classic of blender moments...


There have been two items from the "as seen on TV" category that I have actually tried and found the results to be at least as good, IF NOT BETTER! than advertised.  First is the Magic Bullet.  One worked so well, we bought a second!  

You must be one of the lucky ones.  It appears that the Magic Bullet is a love it or hate it appliance.
http://www.consumersearch.com/as-seen-on-tv/magic-bullet-blender

[heironymouspasparagus]

You must be one of the lucky ones.  It appears that the Magic Bullet is a love it or hate it appliance.
http://www.consumersearch.com/as-seen-on-tv/magic-bullet-blender

No surprise.  It is small, lightweight and I could see how people would think it's flimsy.  I just don't bang it around much, and it keeps on cranking.  Just last night, the 8 ice cubes required close to a minute (reference; lightweight - above).  It made a magnificent frozen whiskey sour!  The last ice cube was diced up by about 40 seconds, but I kept going 'cause it seems to make a better drink if run it to entrain some air.  Better texture - flavor is unchanged...  At the end, the motor was still cool - didn't feel any heat rise - which may be just the one I have.  First one didn't get hot, either, though.

Ya gotta find its limitations.  Salsa is one of those things - the stuff we make in the MB is very well chewed up - I like a 'juicy' component to salsa/chile sauce.  I use a food processor or dice by hand when I want the coarser texture.  Can mix the two and have a fantastic dish.  Or if am in a hurry, I just open a can of Rotel tomatoes and mix it with the MB sauce (gives a more "Pace" like consistency).

Almost forgot - it chops up coffee beans very quickly - but noisy!  Also makes them too fine a powder for SWMBO's taste.  She uses the coffee grinder more than MB.

[Gaspar]

No surprise.  It is small, lightweight and I could see how people would think it's flimsy.  I just don't bang it around much, and it keeps on cranking.  Just last night, the 8 ice cubes required close to a minute (reference; lightweight - above).  It made a magnificent frozen whiskey sour!  The last ice cube was diced up by about 40 seconds, but I kept going 'cause it seems to make a better drink if run it to entrain some air.  Better texture - flavor is unchanged...  At the end, the motor was still cool - didn't feel any heat rise - which may be just the one I have.  First one didn't get hot, either, though.

Ya gotta find its limitations.  Salsa is one of those things - the stuff we make in the MB is very well chewed up - I like a 'juicy' component to salsa/chile sauce.  I use a food processor or dice by hand when I want the coarser texture.  Can mix the two and have a fantastic dish.  Or if am in a hurry, I just open a can of Rotel tomatoes and mix it with the MB sauce (gives a more "Pace" like consistency).

Almost forgot - it chops up coffee beans very quickly - but noisy!  Also makes them too fine a powder for SWMBO's taste.  She uses the coffee grinder more than MB.

We are on our second Bullet.  Love it!  Because I grow and blend a lot of spices, peppers, and herbs for cooking, I can't live without it!

First one lasted about 6 years, but they were rough years. 

[Red Arrow]

Almost forgot - it chops up coffee beans very quickly - but noisy!  Also makes them too fine a powder for SWMBO's taste.  She uses the coffee grinder more than MB.

My brother is a coffee fanatic.  He said to always use a burr type coffee mill rather than whirling blades.

[Gaspar]

My brother is a coffee fanatic.  He said to always use a burr type coffee mill rather than whirling blades.

I use whatever they have at Starbucks.  I'm supporting the economy by paying other people to grind my coffee.

[rdj]

Burr grinder is the only way to go.  The friction of the blades interacting with the beans creates heat which causes a loss of the oil from the beans.  The oil is what gives you a great cup of coffee.

I just can't get over the name the Magic Bullet.  I feel like its something that would be purchased at Priscilla's...yes my mind is firmly in the gutter.  I use an old Oster beehive base with a glass jar.  Two speeds and works great.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Another piece of the puzzle that makes the thing so great for us and friends that I forgot to mention. 

SWMBO will only drink frozen margaritas.  And I don't like them at all - whiskey, rum, anything else is good.  Friend likes a non-frozen whiskey concoction.  4th likes wine.  So I can make the 3 drinks in individual containers and be done in about 2 minutes if I don't do a lot of talking between times.  No need for several large blender containers or compromise of what each one wants.

[nathanm]

SWMBO will only drink frozen margaritas.

For shame! Buy the lady some good tequila.

[heironymouspasparagus]

For shame! Buy the lady some good tequila.

I do...but she mixes it anyway.

Well, ok, I admit it...I say I do, but it's still only Cuervo gold.  But it's what she likes, so....SWMBO!