Hi Justin,

I have a really heavy-duty juicer, a Champion, that is WONDERFUL.  I juice
veggies and feed the pulp and juice mixed to the dogs, as well as making
juice for myself.  It is several hundred dollars, but is extremely sturdy
with a simple design.  I have met women online whose Champions are 30 years
old or older!

The only inconvenience with the Champion is that the chute, tube or whatever
you call it where you put the veggies or fruit in isn't very big around, and
when I am doing mega-batches of veggie meals for multiple mastiffs, a lot of
stuff has to be chopped small enough to go into the machine, and that's hard
on my arthritis. Apples have to be cut in quarters to fit in, for instance,
and I have to fold collard leaves into egg-roll shaped packages to run them
through.

One feature I really enjoy about the Champion is that you can set it up to
have juice coming out one place and pulp coming out another place, to keep
them separate, or you can have the pulp and juice come out together (which
is what I use for the dogs).

The Vita-Mix looks like a Waring Blender on steroids and that's about what
it is.  It costs twice as much as the Champion (about $400).  You don't have
to cut stuff small to fit it in, but I don't see how it could separate the
pulp and juice, you'd have to strain it, I imagine.

So for the "big guns" of the juicing world, the decision is really whether
you want to be able to get the pulp and juice separately, or if you want to
save preparation time, and strain the pulp from the pureed veggies or fruits
yourself.

For inexpensive juicers, people who don't do heavy stuff or use it all the
time swear by their Juiceman Juniors, which are around $30-40.

-- laurie brooke adams (Mother Mastiff)  mastiffs at mindspring dot-com
_________ still and always missing my beloved Madame Bitch _________
 ***If a DOG could choose whether to just be beautiful, or to be sound
      and healthy TOO, what do YOU think the dog would choose?***
 (C) 2001   My words are my own.  If you want to use them, ASK ME FIRST.
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Hasselman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: [P-F] Vegetable Juicers....


>Any suggestions on what's the best vegetable juicers to buy?  I'm trying to
>get all my phytonutrients, bioflavinoids, etc w/o eating salads all day
>long.  Plus I don't think I can handle all the chewing and it's too much
>fiber anyway.  Thought I'd try juicing some vegies now that the Farmer's
>Market is opening back up.  Any recommendations on blenders or recipes?
>
>justin
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