De-seeding blackberries: Does anyone have a suggestion on a product which will remove blackberry seeds without losing all the pulp?
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There is a baby food strainer for food processers. I have used it for strawberries.
1539966
Perfect for blackberries. You will get pure juice and all the pulp and seeds remain in the top unit. Just watch the water level in the bottom from time to time.
107356
I'm not sure because you'd have to make the holes small enough to prevent the seeds from going through and the smallest hole openings are a little large. I use the smallest setting to make egg salad which by the way comes out great - perfect texture. The only time I've ever needed to separate seeds from the pulp, is when I open a pomegranate. I bought a pomegranate separator and it works great. I would never assume that it would work with this appliance that we are discussing now. I hope this helps. Check out the pomegranate seed gizmo. It's really very cool and not expensive at all. I put it at Amazon. I'm not sure because you'd have to make the holes small enough to prevent the seeds from going through and the smallest hole openings are a little large. I use the smallest setting to make egg salad which by the way comes out great - perfect texture. The only time I've ever needed to separate seeds from the pulp, is when I open a pomegranate. I bought a pomegranate separator and it works great. I would never assume that it would work with this appliance that we are discussing now. I hope this helps. Check out the pomegranate seed gizmo. It's really very cool and not expensive at all. I put... » Read More I'm not sure because you'd have to make the holes small enough to prevent the seeds from going through and the smallest hole openings are a little large. I use the smallest setting to make egg salad which by the way comes out great - perfect texture. The only time I've ever needed to separate seeds from the pulp, is when I open a pomegranate. I bought a pomegranate separator and it works great. I would never assume that it would work with this appliance that we are discussing now. I hope this helps. Check out the pomegranate seed gizmo. It's really very cool and not expensive at all. I put it at Amazon. « Show Less
1910842
I think persimmons are too tough for this. This is more for a softer fleshed fruit - like de-seeding tomatoes for one usage.
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Am not sure exactly what you're looking for...but I learned quickly that the Vitamix is NOT a juicer. If you want all the pulp REMOVED and be left with a drinkable liquid, you need to get a juicer. But the Vitamix does a good job of grinding up hard fruits and vegetable to a pureed texture. You can add water or other liquids to end up with more of a "juice" consistency. That's been my experience!
597061
It will NOT remove seeds as fine as blackberry seeds. Sesame seeds go right thru the smallest holes. You need either a sieve, extra fine strainer or food press with pestle depending on how much jam you plan on making.
196829
This juicer works great on wheat grass. It produces very dry pulp. We find wheat grass is just too strong for us to drink. We juice kale at the end of juicing a Tablespoon of flax seed, a knuckle of ginger root, followed by apples, celery, beets tops and roots, and carrots. We separate the bitter and very dry kale pulp from all the rest of the fiber to compost. The apple and other fiber we add pomegranate juice to, along with Ceylon (real) cinnamon,a pinch of cloves and some chopped nuts. We mush this into a dough then roll into balls to make raw vegetable "cookies" which are awesome and supply the fiber which gut microbes need to create satisfaction for us in fullness. We drink and eat these raw vegitable cookies each morning and love it ,really love it. Sometime we put a fresh raspberry on top of each one, really better than tollhouse, we follow with about half cup of cooked little red bead with garlic, red onion, and a fewcooked mushrooms since the health benefits of these cooked plantfoods are tremendous for satiation, fighting cancer and longevity. A good site to visit for latest research is NutricianFacts.org(not dot com) Mr Greger at NutricianFacts provides all the lastest research in hundreds of 5 minute videos. We are attempting to grow baby broccoli greens to juice since the research shows they are at least 20 time higher in nutrients than bigger broccoli leaves for juicing,why eat only the flower and waste the leaves. Dr Joel Furhman,of Eat To Live, has also been very helpful in our quest for optimum wellbeing. The best to your health Rachel
749362
Yes, but i do not recommend black berries because the seeds in them are horrible and very stoney. I stick with blueberries, seedless grapes, strawberries, raspberries, chia seeds, bananas, apples and tomatoes are all fine (even frozen). I enjoy my machine!
2079208
I don't use raspberries because of the seeds....so I don't know about that but I use strawberries and it grinds it up well for me
678832
Yes, although I have only used it for berries. I make a lot of freezer jam and highbush cranberry catsup and the strainer does an excellent job of removing the seeds and retaining everything else - makes for delicious jam and catsup. I cannot use my Foley food mill any longer, as my arthritis limits me, so this was purchased to take its place - but it does so much more - I'm delighted with it - and it's fun to use.
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Food mills will still allow small amounts of seeds to get into your milled juice. They are very small and the only way to get truly seedless jelly or jam is to strain it through cheese cloth over a bowl are large jug. You could also used a clean unused pair of panty hose. My grandmother used pantyhose because cheeseclothe wasn't readily available in the small rural town we lived in. I highly recommend this mill for all your other processing needs. I did tomatoes and no seeds passed through the sieve. It's a quality item. I loved it so much I bought my neighbor one for her birthday because she was always borrowing mine! Food mills will still allow small amounts of seeds to get into your milled juice. They are very small and the only way to get truly seedless jelly or jam is to strain it through cheese cloth over a bowl are large jug. You could also used a clean unused pair of panty hose. My grandmother used pantyhose because cheeseclothe wasn't readily available in the small rural town we lived in. I highly recommend this mill for all your other processing needs. I did tomatoes and no seeds passed through the sieve. It's a quality item. I loved it so much I bought my neighbor one for her birthday because... » Read More Food mills will still allow small amounts of seeds to get into your milled juice. They are very small and the only way to get truly seedless jelly or jam is to strain it through cheese cloth over a bowl are large jug. You could also used a clean unused pair of panty hose. My grandmother used pantyhose because cheeseclothe wasn't readily available in the small rural town we lived in. I highly recommend this mill for all your other processing needs. I did tomatoes and no seeds passed through the sieve. It's a quality item. I loved it so much I bought my neighbor one for her birthday because she was always borrowing mine! « Show Less
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It should work for blackberries. The juice is collected in the second chamber and the pulp of the fruit and the seeds should Still be up in the top chamber. You could always line the top chamber with cheesecloth if it looks like the seeds will get into the juice. I love my steam juicer. I've made two batches of sole juice and with the pulp made apple butter. Delicious!
823080
I used it to cover thornless blackberries and it worked just fine. But, it wasn't very easy to remove afterward because the blackberry vines became substantially entangled. It wasn't impossible to remove, but I did need to use care and it took patience and time. Doubtful that grape vines will grow as rapidly as my blackberry vines though.
366169
It does a wonderful job, but it does not get all the blackberry seeds, or at least I haven't done it long enough to find out!!! I love this item. So glad I purchased it. Use it mostly for smoothies and it is wonderful with ice!
2079206
True..... tho I haven't noticed strawberry seeds. I have put blackberries in with the strawberries, and it definitely does not grind blackberries. I asked a long-time user and she said "just get used to the seeds!" I want thick smoothies, so I don't use more liquid, just "enjoy" the bits of crunch!
1817367
I recommend at least quartering and coring. You really don't want the appleseeds in there. But you should be able to skip peeling- depending on the type of apple, it will generally do that part of the job for you.
1720981
It depends on what you mean by 'extracting seeds'. Using this with raspberries, you'll get two different substances: pure raspberry juice, and a mush made up of mostly-flavorless raspberry pulp and seeds. The juice won't contain any seeds, but it'll be pretty close to impossible to separate the seeds from the pulp.