tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post2855160938747633440..comments2024-03-23T11:23:04.366-05:00Comments on Wretha's Adventures Living Off Grid: Human Powered GadgetsWrethaOffGridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941116263529261885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-48768575803784958332009-11-03T21:47:40.409-06:002009-11-03T21:47:40.409-06:00judyofthewoodsthose, thanks for the link, too far ...<b>judyofthewoodsthose</b>, thanks for the link, too far away to order though, also looks too similar to the cheapie chopper I have now, doesn't look very robust. I hope to someday call my place the house of cranks too. :)<br />.<br />.<br /><b>Bellen</b>, I have one of those ricers, looks like a giant garlic press, it works good for cooked food, I want to be able to do more than just that, IWrethaOffGridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941116263529261885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-22505915442550151872009-11-03T21:11:39.123-06:002009-11-03T21:11:39.123-06:00You'll have to keep us posted if and when you ...You'll have to keep us posted if and when you find something that works, OK?HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-21380168958703926432009-10-31T10:49:49.305-05:002009-10-31T10:49:49.305-05:00Not knowing what you use your blender for perhaps ...Not knowing what you use your blender for perhaps a ricer (like a very large garlic press) or a food mill (like a pot with holes in the bottom that you turn a blade over) would work. Obviously they are not as fast nor produce as fine a product as an electric blender, but they will work.<br /><br />The food mill my mother had had 3 interchangable bottoms - coarse, medium and fine. You can still Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249001827113998376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-8112459146291097442009-10-31T09:19:36.704-05:002009-10-31T09:19:36.704-05:00I don't have one of those, but it has been on ...I don't have one of those, but it has been on my list for a few years. Can't afford it - the postage would also double the cost to the UK. Anyway, crank powered kitchen gadgets has been my thing for as long as I've been off-grid (about 14 years). I have even nicknamed my house "house of cranks". I even converted a Champion juicer to crank drive, which didn't work - needsadminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915238889263579309noreply@blogger.com