Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 OK, got my Vitamix in today -- the first smoothie went great -- oranges, frozen bananas, rice milk and yogurt, not in that order, of course (I did read directions). Then, I tried the Emerald Ecstasy green smoothie and the half apple didn't get mixed in, chopped up at all -- I used the tamper and everything else mixed up great -- the kids loved it, minus about 1/4 an apple that just was left at the bottom of the carafe. What could I have done wrong? Liz -- Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough? (Psalm 106:2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 When I first got mine I had tended to not run it long enough. It sounds like it just needed more time. Did you have it on high speed?Sent from my iPadOn Mar 5, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Liz <lizsmithnc@...> wrote: OK, got my Vitamix in today -- the first smoothie went great -- oranges, frozen bananas, rice milk and yogurt, not in that order, of course (I did read directions). Then, I tried the Emerald Ecstasy green smoothie and the half apple didn't get mixed in, chopped up at all -- I used the tamper and everything else mixed up great -- the kids loved it, minus about 1/4 an apple that just was left at the bottom of the carafe. What could I have done wrong? Liz -- Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough? (Psalm 106:2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hi Liz,I don't think you did anything wrong. I think it was a naughty apple...Was that 1/2 of an apple (well, the 1/4 that was left) stuck under the blades? I quit doing 1/2 apples and went to 1/4 of an apple at shows, because something about the shape of 1/2 apple makes it really easy to get caught up under the blades and go spinning round and round and round with the blades. I can tell when this is happening and rarely can I get the tamper to knock it loose (it is all spinning under the blades way down at the bottom).I have even had this happen on rare occasions with 1/4 of an apple, or sometimes the core of my pineapple slice. It REALLY looks bad when I have to stop and take the lid off and use my knife to pull the offending fruit out from under the blades. In a show I put things in as whole as possible (admittedly) to impress the audience. At home I cut apples into 1/4s or 1/8s and I cut my pineapple cores in half :-) Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< On Mar 5, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Liz wrote: OK, got my Vitamix in today -- the first smoothie went great -- oranges, frozen bananas, rice milk and yogurt, not in that order, of course (I did read directions). Then, I tried the Emerald Ecstasy green smoothie and the half apple didn't get mixed in, chopped up at all -- I used the tamper and everything else mixed up great -- the kids loved it, minus about 1/4 an apple that just was left at the bottom of the carafe. What could I have done wrong? Liz -- Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough? (Psalm 106:2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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