On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:31:32 -0400, "Lou" wrote:

:
:"Dan Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
: I've made nut butters in the kitchen for many years, usually peanut
: butter. It's a money saver and you can see with your own eyes exactly
: what the ingredients are.
:
: I roast the nuts in the oven, although I have made raw cashew butter a
: time or two. My sometime problem is getting a machine that's up to the
: task. I used to work with a Waring blender, and after burning out a few
: motors (they were available for user replacement), I bought an Osterizer
: 10 speed and it lasted for over 20 years on the original motor. It
: finally burned out about two months ago. This old Osterizer was 125
: watts only. Besides the glass blender jar I had a $10 plastic accessory
: that they called a food processor attachment, which I have only used for
: grinding meat on occasion. It's designed very well and does a very nice
: job of meat grinding.
:
: So, in looking for a replacement for my old Osterizer I figured I'd get
: another Osterizer, naturally, inasmuch as the old one lasted 20+ years
: and I still wanted to be able to use the meat-grinding food processor
: attachment. I did some homework and found that the current Osterizer
: blenders are rated at much higher power -- from 450 watts up to 600
: watts or so. About two months ago I picked up a #6694 450 watt 12 speed
: Osterizer Blender at Walmart for around $25. However, it burned out this
: morning making a new batch of peanut butter. I suppose I can get a
: warranty replacement which will work fine for smoothies and such and
: grinding meat, but evidently I need something more robust for nut
: butters. I had been eyeing the "Beehive" Osterizer, which I can get for
: around $55 at Walmart. It's supposed to be 600 watts, supports 2 speeds
: and a flash button (the food processor attachment requires flash). I
: thought I'd post first to get people's opinions and experience before
: shelling out more money, perhaps vainly.
:
:
:Peanut and other nut butters were around long before food processors or
:blenders, or for that matter electricity, were available. I don't know how
:much peanut butter you make, but an old fashioned hand mill ought to do the
:job.
:
I'm not familiar with old fashioned hand mills and have no idea
concerning finding and buying one. Seems like it might be a lot of work,
and it's yet another thing to store. A blender, at least, serves
multiple functions as long as it doesn't burn out. I'm ****ed that they
don't make better motors. I think they're fully aware of the problem and
just choose to keep making machines that burn out because their net
profit is better served with that m.o. I will not hesitate to take
advantage of their warranty when possible.

Dan