soup makers?

My soup maker is a large pan and a blender. Oh, and me with a chopping board and a knife.

I've never heard of a soup maker.

I eat soup for my breakfast most days, I make a large patch for the week.
I just put all the ingredients in a pan, bring to boil, cover lower heat, timer on. that's it
If I want a creamed soup blitz it with a hand held blitzer while in the pan, or mash with a masher.
Put servings into freezer boxes.
Very quick and easy.

I do a big bag of sliced/ chopped onions and put them in the freezer (use folder processor or by hand), doesn't take long to do. Also do same for peppers.

well yes- but then big uneven chunks- or be lazy and use frozen ready peeled and cut (but that IS really lazy!)

You would have to peel onions.

Nah- large chunks, no peeling unless you want to- easy peasy.

I have just read that you have to chop the veg up (quite small), yourself. After peeling it.

Back to the occasional tin.

I would like a coffee bean grinder - they are very useful for mixing various bits of fur required to make fishing flies that are irresistible to trout! Too much information? No, you don't grind coffee beans in it afterwards. Perhaps I'll do a swap for the soup maker!

Oh, I do need one, but where shall I put it?

I have lots of gadgets that hardly come out, but the soup maker is in use everyday. It is so much easier than a pan and blender. However I am not going to 'sell' it to anyone who doesn't see a need!

I can't see the point of a 'soup maker'. It's so easy to just chuck everything into a big pan and, hey presto, 20 minutes later the soup is ready. I have cupboards full of electrical gadgets which are hardly ever used. I gave the ice cream maker to DD ; The juicer is far too much like hard work to clean, the food processor hasn't seen the light of day in years nor has the electric carving knife, and so it goes on .........

One of the few things my DD's estranged H wanted when he got a house of his own was the electric coffee bean grinder!! DD said he was welcome to it.She also off-loaded the George Forman grill.

Yes, I get them out once a year and the results are delicious!

Do you think it's time for a clear out? I can't afford an extension.

Rosequartz - is there room in the cupboard for a pasta machine and a gadget for grinding your own coffee beans?

I will need to build an extension for all the gadgets I would like:
soup maker, nutribullet, icecream maker.
I could have a very large triple cupboard where they could join the juicer, breadmaker, coffee machine, percolator, mixer, food processor, liquidiser, George Forman grill, sandwich toaster ....... any advance on the last?

Thanks Jingl I hadn't spotted that, so have popped over for a look. Might be an expensive fad which ends up in the back of the cupboard. . . . . .

nutrIbullet thread

There is another thread for the Nutribullet Soutra.

I like to use my pressure cooker and can knock up a soup in 15 minutes including 'whizzing" time!
I did want to ask though if anybody has experience of a Nutribullet?
The best juicer ever, or another fad and scam?

I tend to use whatever vegetables I have at the time - stew them for a while then switch off the heat. Return to the pot when its cool and use a hand whisk to combine all the ingredients - when you want to have some soup just add some milk and warm through thoroughly - tip - better to leave it to the next day after you first make it - for some reason it tastes far better!

Oh dear mine is slow ;) 23 mins!

Wow! Only 20 minutes. No vitamins killed there then. V good.

I'm glad it is working out well for you.

mcem I wish there was someone like him near my son. Although now I have got him started, I suppose he will learn by trial and error. I must remember to buy him a stick blender before he goes back.

Well I went ahead and bought one after reading the comments of those who have them. Got it in a sale. All vg so far. Exactly as straightforward as the instructions said. Result lovely soup and not tied to watching a pan. Only took 21 mins precisely! Am now thinking up variations.