Soup Makers

Go for it, Indinana! If you don't like it, I'll change my user name.

Thanks Maggie. Temptation is gaining ground

Well, count me in - I said in my first post that I used to make soup the traditional way, as have several other people. I've been making soup for around 40 years, the last 6 months with a soup maker. Would I go back? Never! I'd as soon ditch my dishwasher and go back to the washing up bowl.

There's only one person on here who's actually tried one and didn't like it, which says a lot!

But it's only a good sign really if all the people who love them had been regular soup makers before buying one, and are now converts to this method over the pan and blender method. If they'd never made soup until buying a soup maker, then I can see they would be impressed by them.
You see, I'm quite tempted, because I love buying things but want to hear from people who are firm converts, not new to soup making!

You will love it, NotTooOld! There's only one person on here who's actually tried one and didn't like it, which says a lot!

It's all too late! I've ordered it now. I keep checking my e-mail to see if it's on the way but no sign yet.

I like to make batches of soup in the pressure cooker using home made chicken stock (also thanks to the pressure cooker). I then freeze it in plastic Chinese takeaway containers which is the right amount for two portions.

A hand held liquidiser easily deals with a large panful and the dishwasher takes care of the washing up....

I sometimes puree soup in my liquidiser but prefer a chunky soup, it seems more like a proper meal. That cuts down on the washing up too.

I got rid of my pressure cooker- I never really liked it.

But the whole point is that you don't need to blend CariGransnet!
There are different recipes, railman, so if you don't want a purée soup don't make one!

I think it comes down to choice- some of us wouldn't want to be without it and some can't see the point- you just need to decide which side you fall.

Well mine was utterly delicious and plenty left for DH tonight!

I've used my pressure cooker to make soup all of my married life - my mother used one so naturally I did, too! Pressure cooking soup keeps all the goodness in and speeds up the soup-making process. When it's cooked, you can always blend the soup if you prefer it that way.

Don't get one - most soups nowadays seem to come out as sloppy watered down baby food - I've always had a good moan about it whenever DW and I have been in cafes, but nowhere been able to get a clear vegetable soup, etc.

I think it must be me, but I think the stuff coming out of soup machines is just a fashion thing - a bit like the so-called superfoods.

Nice clear vegetable soup made in a pan is pretty easy - even for a grumpy old g.. like me. Does take a bit longer though I admit.

With a soup maker you don't have the work. You chop everything- put it in the soup maker and switch on. About 20 mins later you pour out the soup.
Immediately fill the soup maker with water and leave to soak. Rinse out after you have finished eating.
I would recommend it over blenders etc which all require work and more washing up.

Ooh, loopy. Can I come to lunch? You can come to me when my soup maker arrives.

I've been using mine for nearly 4 years, today it's cooking pea and ham soup, and the rye bread is in the oven

If I have a thick soup, such as leak and potato, I take my potato masher to it, before I use the blender!

You just can't win, Indinana!

anno I have a stick blender (as well as the blender on my Kenwood Chef) and it is a good one, very powerful. But it really isn't up to the job of blending a stockpot filled 8" deep with thick soup - I've tried it, and it's very difficult to be sure that the soup has been thoroughly blended. The thing is that the sheer depth of liquid means that the blender doesn't reach the bottom, so the only way to do it properly would be to pour some of the soup into another container to reduce the depth, and that would be self-defeating in the washing up stakes

Indinana, this is where a stick blender comes into its own. You don't have to transfer the soup to a separate blender, just bring the blender to the pot and it's a gadget that takes up hardly any room - mine is on a wall-mounted fixture - and they're comparatively inexpensive. So don't waste money on a soup maker!

I will still not be tempted. I have no more room in my kitchen cupboards for such things.
That is it I tell you! I will not buy any more kictchen gadgets. NO! NO! NO! not until something else fails.

I make soup regularly and use just a stock pot and blender. I don't think I could stand another gadget, having to find space for it. On the other hand it would cut out so much mess - one of my most frequently made soups is lentil and bacon, as the whole family loves it. I make about 3 litres at a time, so have to blend it in batches. Obviously this means that I have to decant the blended soup into another container so I can use the blender for the next batch. I end up with so much washing up, and so many blobs of spilled soup all over the worktop!
I'd never heard of soup makers before. Wish I hadn't read this thread
#Icanresistanythingbuttemptation

Sounds like a useful gadget, but only if other methods are not practical.
I use my pressure cooker and can knock up a veg based soup in minutes. If I have a surprise visitor and the veg shelf is looking depleted, a packet of frozen spinach, a potato, a Litre or so of Marigold vegetable stock and 10 minutes is all I need including "whizzing" time.