Rant Struggles with MFP: My Experience Making Mango Salsa"

[grgann]

So this weekend I was surprised to see my new products arrive! I expecting them more like this coming weekend. Anyway, in an effort to use many of them I decided to make the mango salsa.... what's not to love, right?

Well, I had major issues with the MFP! I put everything in it that is told me to (sans the mango) and not only was the bowl almost too full (even though I followed the recipe precisely) but the blades would not turn! I was afraid I would break the handle, so I rearranged the ingredients several times, and even when I could get a start of a turn or two, it would clog very fast! I wondered at first if it might just be the jicama (kind of a tough/hard ingredient) but found that even when I cut that very small and re-inserted it the thing clogged constantly. I had to remove the ingredients and put it back in several times (very messy) and struggled through the whole process. The end result was a salsa, that while delicious, looked like hell! Some pieces were pureed, some were the size of a quarter! On top of that I literally broke a sweat!

Have others tried this yet? I seriously think that if I make this at a party I will remove the jicama, although that was not the only ingredient that got clogged. Also, it was very onion strong, so I fear removing the jicama may mean I need to cut down on onion, thus throwing the whole recipe into a tailspin.

Basically I was just really disappointed. OH! And to add to that, during this struggle I used the new small scraper as suggested with the MFP, and got a big slice right in the middle of it from the blades. I was really mad about that. I would NOT recommend using anything rubber in the bowl, unless you are VERY careful, which is hard to do when it is giving you fits!

Other people's thoughts?

 

[wadesgirl]

We found that you can only fill it about half way, start chopping and then put more in. The biggest thing was to not fully chop what's in there before you add the rest. That way it doesn't pulverize what's already in there. Just get it chopped down a little and add more. You do really have to keep pumping it and not just do a few slow pumps. That way the food stays moving and doesn't lock up the blades or just sit on top of them and not get incorporated.

We were wondering about the mini scraper last night with the same exact thing!

 

[Barry Carlton]

In the video at SL they did it in "layers". Then later they said to always do the harder denser fruits or veggies first then add the juicier fruits and veggies.

 

[grgann]

See, I was at SL and saw that too, which is why I chose to leave the mangos out and put them in later.... the recipe of course did not say to do that, and if I remember correctly didn't they put it all in together in the video? I am not trying to be a total negative nellie, but was just really concerned that it would be that challenging....

 

[Barry Carlton]

I would say to try it again but in smaller layers.BTW....I am not thrilled with this either, I think it is just another chopper with a limited use and over priced.