Liquidiser or Smoothie maker

[Kazal]

I want to use my excess tomatoes to make some soup but do not have a liquidiser, having shopped around - what is the difference between a liquidiser and a smoothie maker - apart from price. Do they both do the same job?

[woofgang]

the smoothy makers I have seen have a stirring stick in and a tap which you may not need. I have a stick blender which i use for soup, I also have a big liquidiser but i never bother to get it out.

[pastafreak]

Don't get either one. Get a hand held blender instead.......cheaper and does it all.

[hc4361]

Shock news. Soup was made long before electricity. You don't need either.

[pastafreak]

Kazal-like me-may want a creamy soup as opposed to a chunky soup. This will be achieved with a blender......voila!

[ACB312]

Just use a fine sieve to pass the cooked soup through - press it through with the back of a spoon. Cheers, Andy

[bushbaby_de]

the hand blenders are just perfect for making soup.

[pastafreak]

Ans a lot easier to clean than a sieve.

[ethandron]

i simmered a load of veg yesterday, removed half from the pan and used a hand whizzer to whizz up the half left in the pan till it was thick and smooth. i then put back the unliquidised half into the pan and re-heated the whole lot. we had that with wholemeal pasta for our evening meal - perfect home-made vegetable pasta sauce, very healthy, very cheap, very tasty and very nourishing.
i would recommend anyone to get a hand-held blender, very quick and easy to use and far less washing up than a traditional liquidiser/blender, not to mention cheaper.