Ode to Vitamix

Today is the birthday of my spouse, and it is for him that I write this ode.  We had dinner at an acquaintence's house in Chicago.  We are both very good friends of someone, which led us to believe that we could almost certainly find some common ground between us, and we cooked dinner together to see if that might gel.  The dinner was supurb, the company even better, but the hands down winner of the evening was the Vitamix that swiftly produced a soup with a sublime texture.

So in the cab on our way back to the apartment we were staying in we ordered one on Amazon.  I read a variety of reviews and decided that the best bet was the very cheapest of models--it had the exact same motor as the more expensive versions, but had only two speeds (high and low) rather than a larger range of options.  We were reasonably certain that high would be our speed of preference, and any more choices might just be confusing.  The other difference was the length of the warrenty (5 years vs. 7 years)--since we can never manage to invoke a warrenty due to our inability to either register the purchase or find the required materials to redeem the warrenty, this was a non-issue for us.

My spouse and I have been cooking together for over 30 years, and we have never shied away from spending money on kitchen equipment--while the price tag for this is quite high if you think of it as a blender, if you consider it as a specialized kitchen tool, then the cost can be seen as 3 meals out with the family at a mid-priced restaurant.  The consistency that the Vitamix produces is remarkable, and over a very short period of time we have become true beleivers--which for us means that we have given it as a gift to other serious cooks amongst our friends.  It is sublime.