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Does anyone own a blender that can do this? I'm think of a Waring Classic Pro but I don't know if it's capable of this.

I would prefer it if you only recommend blenders you're sure can do this.

I want to be able to toss some veg, including potatoes, into the blender, then pop the resulting pulp into my slow cooker with some meat and some bone broth, leave it overnight, and put the result in my heat-retaining thermos flask to eat at lunch. The reason I want pulped potatoes in my slow cooker is that it means I don't have to add as much water as I would do if the potatoes were merely chopped. This means the resulting broth will be thicker, tastier and more filling. I realise I can always remove any excess liquid and store it as stock, but this is a hassle I'd ather avoid. I'd rather just not have any excess water in the first place.

I'm just trying to devise a way to make a paleo lunch that I can take every day to work. It needs to be as convenient as possible, which is why I want to avoid cooking and chopping the potatoes before liquidising them. That would add another stage to the cooking process which, repeated every day, would be a significant burden.

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Why wouldn't you cook them first? – Dragonfly Dec 31 2011 at 17:53
And why wouldn't a food processor work? – syrahna Dec 31 2011 at 18:33
Maybe it's just a quality test... I doubt anyone wants to eat raw potatoes. – Bruno Dec 31 2011 at 18:39
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I've updated my question with replies to your comments – Coja Jan 1 2012 at 16:47
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Use less broth then. Or cook whole and then stir periodically once potatoes are cooked, they'll begin to break down and naturally thicken it. Of course, if you want pureed soup, blender it up. – Matt Jan 1 2012 at 23:27
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A used Vitamix would be what I would go for...you can get replacement parts, and they are fabulous machines. I just sold an old school one at my yardsale for $25, and the jealous woman who arrived right after I sold it said she'd been scouring Craigslist for a used Vitamix and would gladly have paid three times as much for mine...my point being that there are more people out there like me who would sell one for cheap :) !

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My Oster 12-speed was fairly cheap and it's done anything I've asked it to do--including whip my home-made eggnog into an amazing texture. :-))

I agree with thhq that anything called a blender will do that. They can chop ice and frozen bananas to mush after all.

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please let us in on your eggnog recipe and technique! :) – paleoprimal Jan 1 2012 at 17:21
I put the recipe here: ancestralcrone.blogspot.com/2011/12/… – Nance Jan 1 2012 at 18:33
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My cheap-y $20 special from Wal-Mart can manage most evertyhing (disclaimer: I haven't tried raw potatoes into a pulp). Why do you want to make raw potatoes into a pulp anyway?

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I've now added an explanation in the question details. Let me know if you decide to experiment :) – Coja Jan 1 2012 at 16:56
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  1. Anything you can find at Goodwill that runs.

  2. A meat hammer.

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Ninja! Seriously the blender called a Ninja.

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An actual ninja could probably manage this task as well. – Kasra Dec 31 2011 at 23:40
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Why not chop the potatoes and then mash them after they are cooked? Then you will have a nice, thick broth, and save yourself the extra step and cleanup. I have both and Vita-Mix and a Waring, and I would not want to try to puree raw potatoes in my Waring....I think you could burn the motor out sooner or later.

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Thanks for the infi about your blenders. I suspected as much :/ Chop -> cook -> mash seems like more steps, and more washing up, than Blend -> cook – Coja Jan 1 2012 at 23:00
I just noticed you didn't rule our liquidising raw potatoes in your Vita-Mix. Does that mean you think it would work? – Coja Jan 2 2012 at 21:23
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Perhaps I'm missing something, but I suspect that if you throw raw, unchopped potatoes into most blenders what you're likely to get is a burned out blender motor! Seems to me you'd be better off with a grater or thin-set mandolin.

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A Breville juicer will readily turn the potatoes into a pulp, and juice, both of which you can throw in the slow cooker.

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