Do you have a juicer?

[ejpint]

What kind? Do you like it? Is it easy to clean?

I'm looking to start the Weekly World News Garth Brooks Juice Diet, but haven't been able to find a Juice Tiger.

[80sjunkie]

I have this juicer and I don't use it as often as I'd like. It isn't very difficult to clean but it isn't easy either. You do have to clean it immediately (as in wait to drink your juice immediately) and the blade had a very fine mesh surround that can be difficult to get perfectly clean. Still, it's a good juicer for the price point.

www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/juicers/breville-compact-juice-extractor/s393878

Best juice was a pineapple, ginger juice that we turned into a martini. I used the leftover pulp to make bread, it was amazing.

[ejpint]

Okay, I've heard a lot about the Breville - when you say "clean immediately", do you mean by hand? Or can I chuck stuff in the dishwasher? I'm not even kidding when I say I've washed one thing by hand in the two years that we've been married.

[80sjunkie]

I rinse everything by hand then throw it in the dishwasher, but the critical piece is the blade. I use the faucet's sprayer setting on the blade because the pulp really does get stuck in there. Unless you were going to immediately run the dishwasher, I'd worry that it wouldn't remove those particles.

[yellowumbrella]

I have had mine for 4 years and have used it about 10 times total.

I actually really like it, but it's huge and a beast to clean. If I had more space in the kitchen to store it (it's in the storage closet now) I would probably use it more often.
ETA: Mine is a Jack LaLanne juicer.

[kangaroo11]

We have a Breville juicer and it sucks to clean because it needs to be done immediately or the pulp sticks inside. It's easy to use, just a pain in the butt to clean out each time. We try to make a big batch of juice for the week, so we don't have to use it too often.

[chicken]

I also have a Breville. I pour myself a small glass of juice to drink while I clean the blade so I have motivation to clean it immediately after using it. It probably gets used about once every three weeks. Maybe more now that it's summer and fresh produce is so abundant.

One thing I do with the some of the sweeter juices is freeze it in those plastic homemade popsicle containers. DH won't drink the juice, but he'll eat it in popsicle form.

[agnes]

We have a citrus juicer circa 1960. It was my grandma's.

I add no value to this thread.

[ejpint]

May 18, 2012 20:57:24 GMT -5 agnes said:

We have a citrus juicer circa 1960. It was my grandma's.

I add no value to this thread.

Cheers for stopping by, though!

[agnes]

Anytime!

[angnshaun]

Waring Pro. We love it.

[sarahlindsay]

I meant to tweet you that I am loving our Breville - I do cleanly right away (the mesh part) but that's not a huge deal....to me, it's the same as cleaning up right after baking or something.

[ejpint]

May 18, 2012 22:59:56 GMT -5 sarahlindsay said:

I meant to tweet you that I am loving our Breville - I do cleanly right away (the mesh part) but that's not a huge deal....to me, it's the same as cleaning up right after baking or something.

Ooh, I hoped you'd chime in - good to see you here!

It's sounding like Breville is the way to go!