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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

In A Healthy Kitchen - American Brands Are Best

By Nick Jaggs

This is a very bold statement to be made when you look at some of the aspects involved in American manufacturing. If you look at their automotive industry the cars that they now produce aren't world class today. However, in the kitchen for those who lead a raw food lifestyle or those who care about health and nutrition then buying American made kitchen equipment is vital.

Both raw foodists and health enthusiasts expect considerably more from their kitchen gadgets than you or I would. The juicer they have in many cases will often be used as a kettle. Whilst the blender they have not only will be used a lot more regularly but will be required to complete very demanding blending tasks as well.

As for a dehydrator or food dryer these will be used more than the oven that the person has in their kitchen to ensure that the nutrients found in foods are preserved so providing them with a wide array of nutritious foods to eat. If you are someone who is thinking about buying such equipment to improve one's health and change one's lifestyle there are certain things you need to be take into consideration to ensure that you select the right sorts of kitchen equipment.

Of course value for money is an important consideration especially over the long term. Typically one would expect to pay 2 or 4 times as much for an American made blender, juicer or dehydrator, but over the long term the returns you get from these machines when used in a healthy kitchen makes the most economical. Yes you want equipment that will last but you also want equipment that can tackle more demanding tasks and this is where the American made equipment outshines the normal kitchen appliances one can purchase.

You may have a juicer at home already however this one is unlikely to be able to grind nuts into butter or create a fresh sorbet from frozen foods instantly. However, if you choose to buy the Champion Juicer manufactured in California getting these types of tasks done is very easy to do. But be aware you pay for what you get and when you realize just what this machine is capable of and how durable it is the price seems to pale somewhat.

Don't expect the blender you got in your local electrical store to be able to create flour from dried chick peas in less than 1/2 minute or to create a vegetable or raw fibrous greens smooth soup, because they can't. These machines don't have the capability and within a few weeks of using one in such a fashion it will begin to fail. This however is not what will happen with the American VitaMix or Blendtec blenders.

Raw fooders who fail to recognize the above fact in the beginning will end up wasting considerable amounts of money on some normal domestic blenders before they realize that the American ones we mention offer them in the long term better value for money. If you are after versatility and variety where food is concerned a food dehydrator that can create dried snacks and recipes is to be considered. There are many machines available but the Excalibur Dehydrator from California is not only far superior to many other models but it is much larger as well.

When it comes to juicers I have to agree that the Champion Juicer that declares it is "The World's Finest Juicer" is. The first Champion Juicer I had has now been given to my son because when they brought out a new black one following more colour choices being made in the UK I wanted to replace it. However the juicer that my son now has I had for nearly 20 years and yes it looks a bit rough around the edges, but who cares?

There are other juicers available, but not many that you can say have been used regularly for more than 20 years and still work like they have just come out of the box. Plus this one hasn't been used solely for juicing, it has been regularly used to create healthy fruit ice cream by having frozen bananas and raspberries rammed through it with some considerable force. Over a period of more than 50 years there have been over a million of these juicers sold worldwide. But more would have been sold if like the today's brand managers the producers of this juicer had remembered to use "built in obsolescence" when marketing it. Today the Champion Juicer which comes in four different colours is available in the UK through UK Juicers Limited visit them at www.ukjuicers.com.

As for the Blendtec Total Blender most people will have seen this featured on an episode of "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" where he showed that it can easily blend a mobile phone. When you visit the manufacturer's website for this particular food blender there are series of videos showing that it is able to blend anything from baseballs to lava lamps. This may well be overstating how powerful this kitchen equipment is, but it does provide you with the assurance that the money you spend will provide you with a piece of equipment that can cope with any task set for it in a raw fooder's kitchen. Whereas a normal domestic blender will begin to disintegrate very quickly.

Dehydrating allows you to create a range of healthy foods with gentle heat such as fruits, fruit leathers, energy bars, crackers, vegetables meals and complete meals that an outdoor enthusiast can carry with them. Not only does this equipment help to keep more of the foods nutrients within them but it enables you to store them for much longer. Aficionados of these dehydrators soon learn that the best ones are those that offer horizontal air flow drying like that found in a fan oven, instead of the stacking tray kinds. These ones dry out the food less evenly and to ensure that everything does get dried out evenly during the drying process you will need to move the trays up and down.

The Excalibur Dehydrator which is made in Sacramento, California for more than 30 years now is one of the most reliable on the market today. It comes from a part of the US where seasonal produce is readily available and where people still like to prepare and store foods in their homes for future use using traditional methods. To get hold of the Excalibur Dehydrator and other kinds of American health food machines mentioned they are being imported into the UK by health enthusiasts at UK Juicers.

You may find it difficult to understand why as a Brit I am recommending that health enthusiasts look abroad to purchase reliable kitchen appliances rather than here. But if performance and long term value are vital to you then, just as they are for other health enthusiasts then these American brands should be your only choice as they will certainly deliver what is required of them. - 17274

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