Thor's Arrival

Thor was delivered today. He’s my new 5200 black Vita-mix and he’s a beauty. Such power, such lustful aggression. I know he’s got tens of thousands of brethren out there doing the same thing for others, but I feel Thor and I have something special.

It started as a blind date. My sister set us up. My career and passion has always been in food, but it took my engineering-minded sister to see the true greatness of this machine and turn me on to it. “It makes peanut butter AND ice cream,” she raved after having seen it demoed. I indulged her and even thought I understood. I had no idea. We got one for my mother’s birthday. I still had no idea.

It took a one on one, hands-on experience to convert me. I was visiting my sister and of course we played with her Vita-mix. The thing that really got me was making HOT soup. I’m talking piping hot, blow-on-it-first soup! Now that’s whacky. I finally understood why people get a little upset when the Vita-mix is referred to as a blender. It’s an insult. When was the last time you saw a blender crush ice and then turn around and make perfect pureed hot soup?

So, once I took the plunge and ordered this incredibly expensive piece of machinery ($600 if you want the dry container included for grinding grains), I counted the minutes until his arrival.

My boyfriend was a little bemused, all be it supportive, when we turned the corner to my apartment and I saw the box announcing Thor's arrival. You would have thought it was a box of kittens. I was giddy. This was better than Christmas. When my throat hurt enough to call in sick to work the next day, I was almost glad because it gave Thor and me a chance to get properly acquainted.

I watched the intro video and decided I’d make the peach ice cream and cashew butter. (I also made watermelon juice – straight up – and a smoothie with carrots, celery, orange, red grapes and cherry concentrate).

The instruction booklet tells you to clean out the container before the first use, but you know how senseless passion can be. I jumped right into my first whirl with Thor using no protection. I’m not advocating this, but it happens.