Makes babies into food? Does this work with older kids too? I told my kid once (as a teen) that there are good reasons why some species eat their young. She told me I hated to cook and wouldn’t know how to cook her. I told her there was always the internet. NOW I could have a better solution. This thing. If this makes babies into food hopefully a larger size is sold to use to make older kids into food.
@blaineg Now that is the fast and easy solution - oh wait - It’s the easy solution for when you said, after you have a kid, “I’ve changed my mind. Can I give it back?”.
@blaineg@Kidsandliz@yakkoTDI I was going to put the infamous SNL Puppy Uppers and Doggy Downers sketch here, but NBC only shows it on their app and it’s not on YouTube. Boo!
@blaineg@Kidsandliz@pakopako@yakkoTDI Yeah, I saw it on archive.org, but I didn’t want to post the whole episode and didn’t feel like trying to find out how to post just that clip. Thanks for the link and time stamp.
Hey you, with the baby. The one who is getting ready to finish bottle feeding. I bet you’re looking at this and thinking that you can save a bunch of money on baby food. Well don’t bother. You don’t need to give baby food to a baby.
Babies are little chimps who love to pick stuff up and put it in their mouths. They’re testing it out to see if it’s good. Just give them stuff that is soft and tastes good to put in their mouth. Ripe bananas, spaghetti, roasted sweet potato, avocado, mango, fresh mozzarella, green peas. If you can smash it against the roof of your mouth with your tongue, then they can eat it without choking.
I know I’m just some random guy on the Internet but google ‘baby led weaning’ and check it out. I did 2 kids without smearing a bunch of gross mush all over their faces.
@acwest I would suspect you had to dip them upside down in water to clean up the top half of them after self feeding. Actually the 20 month old grandkid does a pretty good job of cleaning her fingers off in her mouth if she likes what is on them so possibly she is self cleaning provided she is fed the right stuff.
@acwest A friend of mine did that, and her daughter never went through the “I’m only eating these three foods” phase and she ate all kinds of food you wouldn’t expect a kid to eat. My friend just mashed up the food and fed it to her with a spoon until she could pick the food up herself. That’s what they do in a lot of cultures.
So this may not be particularly necessary for babies… but any input from people dealing with special needs pets?
I’m pretty certain my cancer-ridden dog would have lost a year if I couldn’t switch her food to steamed rice/ veggies/ ground meat. Which also works well as a staple for humans overwhelmed by the care needs of pets.
So, basically a small blender to blend food into blended baby-food?
I wonder what would happen if one did that in a none baby-designated blender. Like, pureed peas or sweet potatoes with a splash of olive oil. Have to ask my kids, how they survived it.
Also, immersion blenders.
@formfeed based only on the description, you could buy frozen or “fresh” vegetables, and just chuck them in and get out baby food. Because it steams/cooks them.
Is this a good idea? IDK. Sounds. Not awful. If it works
@unksol@kyeh True, true. If owning a bread machine is the thing that gets you started baking, get a bread machine. If this is the time saver into your own baby food, get it. And at this price, if you have upcoming baby showers, or any friends that gained weight, get it.
And it looks like it can do a couple batches at once. Which, I think, is critical for time management. You will not get up well rested and spend your day running through flowering fields with little food blending in between. Just make some extra baggies and freeze them.
(And larger batches is one reason, the immersion blender worked better for me.)
@Kyeh@Telanis that and the seeds (coriander, cumin, peppercorns), the salt, chilies and the galangal too.
It’s a really thick paste when finished…not something a blender was designed to handle.
It’s A LOT of work to crush it all into the paste the traditional way and my hands completely lock up nowadays…so, I’ve been trying to find alternatives.
@PHRoG sounds like what you need is a mill. It runs a stone around a bowl similar to a mortar and pestle. You might be able to get away with a spice grinder.
@PHRoG I got intrigued by this and found some info about “wet grinders” which are evidently used in India for making curry pastes. They work by having rotating wheels inside a blender-type cup that turn and grind, but they’re pretty expensive. I bet that fresh-made green curry IS fantastic!
@djslack@Kyeh oh wow, that might just work. I haven’t made it myself since before summer when I gave up after I spent almost 2 hours crushing, waiting for hands to free up, back to crushing, etc, etc.
I finally found a local place that makes their own and have formed quite the expensive addiction, . They won’t sell me just the fresh paste either…I’ve easily spent over $600 on takeout green curry from this place in the last 4 or 5 months.
$200 on a powered way to do this is nothing! Will def go on a deep dive in these when I have time tmrw! Thank you!!!
@Kyeh I bet it might also be awesome for making masa for tamales, but it can get in line behind the breville/polyscience control freak as far as cool but pricey specialty kitchen gear I want Meh to sell me cheap.
@jozseph@PHRoG@djslack Oh, that’s a neat possibility!
I bet it would be good for masa.
PHRoG, if you do get one, I hope you do a thread demonstrating how it’s working for you, kind of like the thread @unksol is doing for his Geo Metro restoration.
I own a pricier European sounding version of this and confirm that, yes, it works, but no, the kiddo didn’t care too much for the carefully prepared food I made him with it. And I had to clean it. And now, just a blink of an eye later, he’s past it and just wants to eat what we eat, or not eat what we eat depending on whether he thinks it’s good (note that what was good yesterday may not be good today).
Unless you have a baby with specific dietary needs that you need to prep all their food, or you have some magical fountain of extra time, this is one of those things that seems like a good idea but in practice it’s quicker and easier to just give them what they’ll eat. It kind of sucks to chop, steam and blend a sweet potato to find out that he doesn’t want to eat anything orange today even though yesterday he couldn’t get enough.
And I’m reminded I need to put that gently used other machine up on eBay or something and quit storing it.
Pro tip if you do get it (or anything that steams): feed it distilled water to cut down on scale buildup.
Back when the kids were small this is what we used:
Only extra food prep involved spooning in whatever you were having for supper into the Gizmo and giving it a couple of quick cranks. Worked a treat, was easy to clean, gave the kids the opportunity to eat what you were eating and expand their palate. It was a winner.
Oh, and non-electric to boot so, useful when you went out.
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Makes babies into food? Does this work with older kids too? I told my kid once (as a teen) that there are good reasons why some species eat their young. She told me I hated to cook and wouldn’t know how to cook her. I told her there was always the internet. NOW I could have a better solution. This thing. If this makes babies into food hopefully a larger size is sold to use to make older kids into food.
EDIT - First!!!
@Kidsandliz Soylent green just took on a whole new meaning.
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67
People, Soylent Green is [really little] people!!!
/giphy soylent green
@Kidsandliz Well, if they can make Girl Scout cookies out of real Girl Scouts…
@Kidsandliz - Jonathan Swift has entered the chat
Second!
@blaineg Now that is the fast and easy solution - oh wait - It’s the easy solution for when you said, after you have a kid, “I’ve changed my mind. Can I give it back?”.
@Kidsandliz LOL.
Read the fine print on the label.
@phendrick Right. I did. That is why I said, “oh wait” and then said what follows that.
@blaineg @Kidsandliz There’s always this.
@blaineg @Kidsandliz @yakkoTDI I was going to put the infamous SNL Puppy Uppers and Doggy Downers sketch here, but NBC only shows it on their app and it’s not on YouTube. Boo!
@blaineg @Kidsandliz Sorry, store is closed.
@blaineg @Kidsandliz @lisagd @yakkoTDI I can’t believe the official SNL channel is region locked… but Archive.org has it (though the full episode).
Saturday Night Live s02e07 (0:07:00 mark)
http://www.snlarchives.net/Commercials/?197611133
@blaineg @Kidsandliz @pakopako @yakkoTDI Yeah, I saw it on archive.org, but I didn’t want to post the whole episode and didn’t feel like trying to find out how to post just that clip. Thanks for the link and time stamp.
@blaineg That is fucking hilarious.
So as I age and lose my teeth, I should have one of these on hand for my food prep?
And the bit about margaritas, is that in the recipe book?
Hey you, with the baby. The one who is getting ready to finish bottle feeding. I bet you’re looking at this and thinking that you can save a bunch of money on baby food. Well don’t bother. You don’t need to give baby food to a baby.
Babies are little chimps who love to pick stuff up and put it in their mouths. They’re testing it out to see if it’s good. Just give them stuff that is soft and tastes good to put in their mouth. Ripe bananas, spaghetti, roasted sweet potato, avocado, mango, fresh mozzarella, green peas. If you can smash it against the roof of your mouth with your tongue, then they can eat it without choking.
I know I’m just some random guy on the Internet but google ‘baby led weaning’ and check it out. I did 2 kids without smearing a bunch of gross mush all over their faces.
@acwest I would suspect you had to dip them upside down in water to clean up the top half of them after self feeding. Actually the 20 month old grandkid does a pretty good job of cleaning her fingers off in her mouth if she likes what is on them so possibly she is self cleaning provided she is fed the right stuff.
@acwest A friend of mine did that, and her daughter never went through the “I’m only eating these three foods” phase and she ate all kinds of food you wouldn’t expect a kid to eat. My friend just mashed up the food and fed it to her with a spoon until she could pick the food up herself. That’s what they do in a lot of cultures.
@acwest Eating real food also aids jaw development. Underbite can happen because of never chewing while small.
So this may not be particularly necessary for babies… but any input from people dealing with special needs pets?
I’m pretty certain my cancer-ridden dog would have lost a year if I couldn’t switch her food to steamed rice/ veggies/ ground meat. Which also works well as a staple for humans overwhelmed by the care needs of pets.
@brainmist This. Thanks for asking, I wondered the same.
Many years ago, I need this. In a few years, I may need it again.
So, basically a small blender to blend food into blended baby-food?
I wonder what would happen if one did that in a none baby-designated blender. Like, pureed peas or sweet potatoes with a splash of olive oil. Have to ask my kids, how they survived it.
Also, immersion blenders.
@formfeed This one also heats it up. There are full-sized blenders that do that, but they’re pretty expensive.
@formfeed based only on the description, you could buy frozen or “fresh” vegetables, and just chuck them in and get out baby food. Because it steams/cooks them.
Is this a good idea? IDK. Sounds. Not awful. If it works
@unksol @kyeh True, true. If owning a bread machine is the thing that gets you started baking, get a bread machine. If this is the time saver into your own baby food, get it. And at this price, if you have upcoming baby showers, or any friends that gained weight, get it.
And it looks like it can do a couple batches at once. Which, I think, is critical for time management. You will not get up well rested and spend your day running through flowering fields with little food blending in between. Just make some extra baggies and freeze them.
(And larger batches is one reason, the immersion blender worked better for me.)
Hmmmm…wonder if this would this work as a substitute for a mortar and pestle to make Thai green curry with?
@PHRoG Just get a real blender, you don’t cook the food inside your mortar and pestle lmao
@Telanis Thought I read the heating was optional…to be fair, I didn’t spend more than a few seconds reading the specs.
You’ll murder a blender trying to make green curry paste in it.
(I know, I’ve done it).
Was hoping that maybe this used some sort of crushing mechanism?
Food processors and hand blenders cut Vs crush so it’s just not the same and I can absolutely tell the difference in the final product.
@Telanis @PHRoG Is it the lemongrass? I guess ginger is pretty tough and fibrous too?
@Kyeh @Telanis that and the seeds (coriander, cumin, peppercorns), the salt, chilies and the galangal too.
It’s a really thick paste when finished…not something a blender was designed to handle.
It’s A LOT of work to crush it all into the paste the traditional way and my hands completely lock up nowadays…so, I’ve been trying to find alternatives.
Store bought paste just isn’t the same as fresh.
@PHRoG sounds like what you need is a mill. It runs a stone around a bowl similar to a mortar and pestle. You might be able to get away with a spice grinder.
@PHRoG I got intrigued by this and found some info about “wet grinders” which are evidently used in India for making curry pastes. They work by having rotating wheels inside a blender-type cup that turn and grind, but they’re pretty expensive. I bet that fresh-made green curry IS fantastic!
@PHRoG like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Premier-Small-Wonder-Grinder-SS/dp/B004OPIBV2/ref=asc_df_B004OPIBV2/?
@Kyeh yes, I think I used the wrong word but this is what I was thinking of. Thank you for translating it to useful information!
@djslack well, I’d never heard of them before; they sound very cool but pricey. Hmm, maybe meh should offer them?! @ChadP? @troy?
@djslack @Kyeh oh wow, that might just work. I haven’t made it myself since before summer when I gave up after I spent almost 2 hours crushing, waiting for hands to free up, back to crushing, etc, etc.
I finally found a local place that makes their own and have formed quite the expensive addiction,
. They won’t sell me just the fresh paste either…I’ve easily spent over $600 on takeout green curry from this place in the last 4 or 5 months. 
$200 on a powered way to do this is nothing! Will def go on a deep dive in these when I have time tmrw! Thank you!!!
/giphy my hero
@Kyeh I bet it might also be awesome for making masa for tamales, but it can get in line behind the breville/polyscience control freak as far as cool but pricey specialty kitchen gear I want Meh to sell me cheap.
VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@Kyeh @PHRoG Wet grinders are a common Indian wedding gift. But they often go unused. Check craigslist for barely used ones.
@jozseph @PHRoG @djslack Oh, that’s a neat possibility!
I bet it would be good for masa.
PHRoG, if you do get one, I hope you do a thread demonstrating how it’s working for you, kind of like the thread @unksol is doing for his Geo Metro restoration.
Life hack…. This thing is a great way to cook meat as well.
Shouldn’t that last pun have been “Turmerican Pie”?
@werehatrack Yes! And shouldn’t it have been “(Allsp)ice (Allsp)ice Baby”?
I own a pricier European sounding version of this and confirm that, yes, it works, but no, the kiddo didn’t care too much for the carefully prepared food I made him with it. And I had to clean it. And now, just a blink of an eye later, he’s past it and just wants to eat what we eat, or not eat what we eat depending on whether he thinks it’s good (note that what was good yesterday may not be good today).
Unless you have a baby with specific dietary needs that you need to prep all their food, or you have some magical fountain of extra time, this is one of those things that seems like a good idea but in practice it’s quicker and easier to just give them what they’ll eat. It kind of sucks to chop, steam and blend a sweet potato to find out that he doesn’t want to eat anything orange today even though yesterday he couldn’t get enough.
And I’m reminded I need to put that gently used other machine up on eBay or something and quit storing it.
Pro tip if you do get it (or anything that steams): feed it distilled water to cut down on scale buildup.
Back when the kids were small this is what we used:
Only extra food prep involved spooning in whatever you were having for supper into the Gizmo and giving it a couple of quick cranks. Worked a treat, was easy to clean, gave the kids the opportunity to eat what you were eating and expand their palate. It was a winner.
Oh, and non-electric to boot so, useful when you went out.
First substantial order in a while. Gotta justify the VMP tax. New grandkid in March and new grandniece last month. In for 2.
/giphy broken-sloppy-koala
