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Blenders have become very familiar in many households today. However, not everything can be put into a blender if you want to ensure safety and avoid damaging your machine.
1. Homemakers should be mindful of what not to put in the blender
Hot porridge, soup
Many mothers have the habit of blending porridge or soup for their children to eat. However, you should not put liquid foods into the blender while they are still too hot. Because the steam from boiling water combined with the speed of the blender's blades will create pressure, causing the lid to pop off and the boiling water to splatter everywhere, posing a danger to the user.
Instead, you should let the soup cool for at least 10 minutes before pouring it into the blender. The blender should not be filled more than half full at this point, and you should keep the lid secure with a clean cloth to prevent any accidents.
If you have young children at home and need to blend porridge regularly but want to save time, you can choose a handheld blender. These types of blenders can safely blend hot porridge and soup without the risk of burns.
Potatoes
You might fail if you use a blender to process mashed potatoes. The blades of the blender can make the potatoes gluey because they have produced too much starch.
Additionally, when blending potatoes with a blender, the blades are very easy to get stuck and not rotate, causing electrical problems and potentially dangerous explosions. If you want to make mashed potatoes, you should only mash them with a spoon or fork.
Dried fruits
If your blender is a good quality one with a high power of over 500 W, there is nothing to worry about. But if the blender has low power, when blending, the hard fiber components of dry foods can stick to the blades, damaging them. To avoid this, you should soak the dried foods to soften them before putting them into the blender.
Wild crab, bone-in foods
Wild crabs
Crabs often have hard shells, if you put wild crabs into the blender, the blades are prone to damage, dullness, even the crab shells can prevent the blades from rotating, leading to electrical shorts. The best way to process crabs is to put them in a mortar and use a pestle, which will be more effective.
Bone-in foods
Many people have the habit of blending both meat and bones to cook sweet broth, however, bones are quite hard, even some soft bones like chicken bones, pigeon bones... should not be blended, as they will cause the blades to break, become dull, and the blended food won't be smooth.
Whole spices
The blades of the machine are not designed to grind hard dry ingredients. The volume of the blender is also not suitable for grinding very small seeds. If you want to grind dry seeds, you should choose blender models that come with a dry grinding cup.
Large-sized ice cubes or frozen foods
Unless you have a high-quality blender, otherwise, you should limit putting frozen foods, ice cubes into blenders with low power and not specifically designed for crushing ice.
Large ice cubes may be too hard, frozen foods may not be completely crushed but still remain in chunks. Under the high pressure of these hard foods, the blades are also prone to damage.
If you want to crush ice cubes, you should put them in a bag and crush them finely, or you can put shaved ice in the blender to ensure the durability of the machine.
Coffee beans
Technically, you can grind coffee beans with the machine, however, similar to other whole spices, the machine cannot perform well, there are specialized machines for grinding these hard seeds. Using a blender can lose the flavor of coffee and quickly wear down the blades.
Flour
Flour is definitely not something you should put in a blender. When the machine operates, the flour will be mixed and clump together, causing the blades to rotate slowly or not work at all, damaging the machine. Hand-processing flour is the best choice, but if kneading dough is a bit difficult for you, then try using some more specialized equipment such as a mixer or food processor.
Avoid putting spoons, forks, knives,... into the food while the machine is running
This is probably a habit of many consumers, when the machine is running, they use items like spoons, forks,... to mix ingredients to make the blending process more even. This is completely not advisable, because if you do this, the blades may collide with these objects, causing damage to the machine, and may lead to dangerous electrical shorts.
Above are things you absolutely should not put into a blender for effective use and longevity. Don't forget to follow Media Mart for quickly updating useful news.
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