pressing the juice out of blackberries
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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Pear juice
Comments (1)I always end up with a little sediment no matter how much I strained the pear juice, so I quit worrying about it. I do let it settle in the refrigerator 24-48 hours and strain several times prior to processing. I wash the pears thoroughly, cut off the stems and ends of the pears, and cut them up. If very ripe, I run them through the Roma Sauce Maker without cooking them because softening them isn't necessary. If they are too firm to go through easily, I cook them a little. The juice is clearer and sweeter if you make your juice only from the first run-through the sauce maker. I follow instructions for apple juice from the Ball Blue Book. I make a lot of pear juice because our three pear trees are very prolific. We add it to tea or drink it plain. I don't find any need to sweeten the juice because the pears are sweet enough. Follow the instructions for apple juice in any of the "approved" cookbooks and you'll be fine. I think you'll enjoy the pear juice. Jill...See MoreJuicing Apples
Comments (7)Yes, the roma sauce maker is similar to the old squeezo, although yours will be all metal and mine has some plastic parts. I use the screen designed for tomato/apples. The juice that comes through is pretty thick. I don't want pear nectar, which is what I think it would be if I didn't strain it...I want pear juice. I save what is left in the straining bag for making pear sauce. I just didn't make reference to that since the OP stated they weren't making apple sauce. Using the sauce maker makes pretty quick work of things...although I have considered buying a steam juicer. Our first big crop of grapes is coming in now...I've been throwing them in the freezer because I've been busy with some out of town training for work. I have enough grapes in the freezer to juice now. Will try with the grape spiral and screen with the roma sauce maker (another similar brand is victorio), but I don't know whether that is the best method, or if steam juicing will be better. Have to work with what I have for the time being. Jill...See MoreJuicing Question - Content Of Juice Vs Solids
Comments (13)Well, I have done a little reading, and here are my impressions, which seem consistent with what has been mentioned in this thread so far. A centrifugal juicer such as mine separates liquid from solids. The solids contain most of the vegetable's fiber and pulp. Fiber is typically considered to have about 2 calories per gram or 56 calories per ounce, when eaten by people. It actually has more energy, but we are not able to extract much of it. How much, depends on if the fiber is soluble or insoluble in water. Which means that I could do a little weighing and estimate the calories in the juice and in the solids. The pulp contains exactly what, I dunno, but apparently skin, pith, etc are nutritionally significant in some way. The juice contains most of the vegetable's nutrients - vitamins etc - and sugar. The advantages of drinking juice include rapid and convenient consumption of a large quantity of vegetables, or at least the veg sans fiber and pulp. The disadvantages include rapid consumption of a quantity of sugar. I tend to juice vegetables more than fruit, which might reduce the sugar content. When the vegetable is juiced, it starts to oxidize and lose some nutritional value, compared to the whole vegetable. I can't find any reliable information about how quickly, or how significantly, that happens. It may not be meaningful at all. I mostly juice beets, and mix it with a small amount of carrot juice and apple juice. I started doing this because I like beets. Now I want to test the effect of beet juice, and whole beets, in reducing blood pressure....See Moreafter juicing 60 limes, i need a juicer recommendation, plz!
Comments (21)Summerfan, SWMBO is a goddess-like leader of a fictional primitive tribe in the 19th century novel She. It stands for She Who Must Be Obeyed, which was more recently popularized by the fictional character Rumpole of the Bailey, who called his formidable wife that (pronounced "Swimbo"), behind her back. John, similarly, refers to his wife that way, though, from what he says, she sounds rather nice. :) Melaska, thanks for the great link. I love reading odd stuff like that! And that being the case, maybe the best compromise is the crank style one after all. There's repetitive motion, but not really elbow grease. Lascatx, that's the kind of juice press I bought for pressing the excess water out of spinach for strata!...See Moreannie1992
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