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Juicers - any recommendations?

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taramac · 14/08/2004 20:15

Following on from the bread machine thread which resulted in me finally buying one after hearing your recommendations!!

Would now like to know if any of you have juicers and which you would recommend?

Also does anyone know which one Which? magasine recommend? (how many times can I use recommend!!)

Thanks

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merrygoround · 14/08/2004 20:29

I have a magimix Le Duo which is good - comes in nice colours too but when I saw the display models in John Lewis it put me off as were a bit scuffed (I have chrome/black one, but would have loved a funky colour). Do you use a food processor? I didn't realise till a few days ago that all my juicing attachments (a squeezer for citrus and a centrifugal thingy for everything else) actually fit in it (also Magimix). So I don't need to have two large pieces of equipment taking up space, although the juicer is convenient as it has a spout. (If I kept them in the cupboard I would never use them). The washing up issue is important - some are buggers to clean. I always run a bowl of soapy water as soon as I am juicing so that I can chuck the bits straight in. If you leave it then the fruit residues can get very difficult to remove.

pepsi · 14/08/2004 20:53

Taramac hope you dont mind me joining in and asking about juicers, I want to buy one too. I was wondering from Merrygoround if the magimix if difficult to clean and can it go in a dishwasher. Is the juice that comes out of these things fairly thin or is it more smoothie style?

merrygoround · 14/08/2004 21:36

Yes, the juicer attachments can go in the dishwasher, but unless you are running it straight after using it then I don't think a dishwasher could be expected to remove dried on bits of orange pith etc. The bowl where the juice collects is fine to do in the dishwasher though. The worst bit to clean is the round centrifugal thing that you use for juicing apples and other hard fruit - a spatula came with mine that is helpful, but it never feels 100%.

As for the texture of the juice, it totally depends on what you have put in. You are asking the right person, as this week I finally made my first ever smoothie (Dr Gillian has a lot to answer for....) and learned that the main thing about a smoothie is that the whole fruit goes in, whereas a juicer removes the fibrous stuff. So to make a smoothie you don't necessarily have to use a juicer - a blender/food processor is better. But if you wanted to make a smoothie that contained, say apple and banana and peach, then you might juice the apple and add it to the banana and (peeled) peach that you chuck in the blender. I am sticking to softer fruits in the blender, hard ones in the juicer. With a smoothie you might also add some yoghurt, or milk, and ice cubes, which you wouldn't put in a blender.

Was that as clear as mud? I've just looked in a book I bought this week for inspiration to see if it makes it any clearer. It says

"Smoothies can be made in a blender simply by chopping the fruit, removing skin and pips and blending it all to a pulp. Additional ingredients can be added (they mention spices, chocolate etc). In this way the whole fruit can be consumed, fibre, juice and all. Juicing however, is the extraction of the juice from a fruit or vegetable, leaving behind the fruit's fibre and pulp in the juicer. Almost all fruit and veg are suitable for juicing."

HTH

twogorgeousboys · 14/08/2004 21:48

I've got the Juicelady Stainless Steel Professional Juicer (bought from John Lewis £99).

It's brilliant, very, very powerful.

All the bits go in the dishwasher and its easy to assemble and take apart. It has a really big "waste bin" bit (where all the pulp etc goes). This means you can juice all day and just empty it out at night and stick relevant bits in the dishwasher.

poppyseed · 14/08/2004 22:10

Another vote for the Magimix here.

merrygoround · 14/08/2004 22:25

Twogorgeousboys, yours sounds great! My Magimix was a v similar price but I can't imagine using it all day and chucking in the dishwasher at night. If that was the case I'd definitely do a lot more juicing. Yours must work on a different system I think? Mine doesn't have a waste bin as such so I can't visualise how yours must work. Do you have to do any preparation of your fruit/veg - for example do you need to peel and take the pips out of an apple, or can you throw it all in?

taramac · 15/08/2004 10:28

bump

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pepsi · 16/08/2004 21:53

Any more votes for best/worst juicers.

shrub · 17/08/2004 10:04

i bought a champion juicer after loads of recommendations for it. its a 'masticating' juicer so it chews and squeezes the fruit/veg rather than using discs/blades which heat up and destroy some of the vitamin and enzyme content. its the one that the gerson institute (famous cancer therapy centre) and leslie kenton (author 'raw energy' recommend. i managed to buy mine for £209 from uk juicers a couple of weeks ago. really easy to clean aswell!

shrub · 17/08/2004 10:07

don't know where the wink came from! also forgot to add i found the juicer cheaper on another site but the p & p was more expensive so they matched the price. plus there are 3 main bits to the champion which means its easier to put together and wash

shrub · 17/08/2004 14:07

just been reading that the person who was a pioneer in raw food and who helped to develop the technique of juicing lived until he was 106 - he was called n w walker

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