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Jack Lalanne
Power Juicer Consumer Report
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Juicing Techniques... |
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I do find the Jack Lalanne Power Juicer to
be a good machine... and there is little I can find fault with
his machine... however, where a consumer may be a little
disappointed with his
machine is in the "reality" of Juicing vs. the "TV version" of
Juicing...
I found that Juicing takes a little more time to do in "reality" than it takes
on "TV".
For example, I like to carefully wash all my fruits
first... then I like to prepare the fruits carefully, removing
any stems, bruised fruit, Calyx's, and some peels... also I like to cut
my fruit into manageable sized pieces... (I'll go into more
detail below).
Another thing that takes more time in "reality" than it
takes on "TV" is the time to clean the machine after making
your juice... on "TV" it would seem to only take approx. only a couple
minutes to clean-up after making juice... however, I find that
I rarely can clean-up properly in less than 10 - 15 minutes... (I'll go into
more detail below).
Here, I will go into a step-by-step "reality" of Juicing
with a Jack Lalanne Power Juicer...
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Buying & Organizing the
Fruit... |
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I only buy enough fruit to last for 3
days supply of juice. |
I organize the fruit into daily
portions before putting them into the Fridge. |
Store your fruit in the fridge with each
day's supply separated for easy/quick access. |
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Cleaning & Preparing
the Fruit... |
For each batch of juice I make, I spend approximately 10
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minutes cleaning and preparing the fruit... unlike the
TV commercials which seem to indicate that you can do
this in a couple of minutes. While it's possible you could clean/prep.
your fruit in a couple of minutes... you probably
wouldn't be getting as clean/quality of juice as you
probably would
want.
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Cleaning & Preparing Carrots... |
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Wash your carrots good. |
I cut off the stem area. |
I also cut-off the tip area. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Tomatoes... |
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After washing the tomato(s)... I usually
cut them in half, and on really large tomatoes, I cut
them into
quarters... as I find the intake chute on the Juicer
isn't very wide... and larger pieces of fruit should to be
cut in half (or quarters) so they don't get jammed in the intake
chute. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Pears... |
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After washing the Pear, I cut-off it's
stem area. |
I cut Pears into quarters... leave the
seeds in. |
I also cut-off the end opposite the stem
(the Calyx)... |
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Cleaning & Preparing Apples... |
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Wash your Apples thoroughly. |
Cut your Apples into quarters... leave
the seeds in. |
I cut-off what's left of the stem, as
well as the end opposite the stem (the Calyx). |
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Cleaning & Preparing Oranges... |
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I cut Oranges into quarters. |
Cutting Oranges into quarters makes them
easier to peel. |
Removing the peel from the Orange makes
the juice a little sweeter. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Mellon's
(Honey Dew)... |
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Because of the large size of the Honey
Dew Mellon's, I cut them into 1/8th's. |
I also carefully cut-off their outer
skin/peel. |
Once their harder outer skin is cut-off,
it helps them go through the Juicing machine easier. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Grapefruit... |
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I cut Grapefruit's into quarter sections. |
Cutting the Grapefruit's into quarter
sections makes them easier to peel. |
Removing the peel makes the Grapefruit
juice less bitter. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Lemon... |
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I also cut the Lemon's into quarter
sections. |
Cutting the Lemon's into quarter sections
makes them easier to peel. |
Removing the peel makes the Lemon juice
less bitter. |
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Cleaning & Preparing Mango's... |
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Mango's can be hard to peel... start by
making 2 separate cuts all the way around the Mango...
so it's sliced into quarter sections. |
At the bottom of the Mango, where the
cuts intersect each other, peel back one of the corners. |
If the Mango is sufficiently ripe, each
quarter section of the peel should peel-back nicely. |
Once the Mango is peeled, cut-off the
fruit sections from around the main seed. |
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Getting the Fruit Ready for
the
Juicer... |
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Once you finished cleaning and cutting
all the fruit.. gather all the pieces into a bowl or
plate. |
Preparing all the fruit to go through the
Juicer at one time makes the process easier. |
Notice the amount of peel and left over
ends, stems, and Calyx's. |
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Juicing |
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Assembly and operation of the Juicer is
quite simple and easy. |
With all the fruit pre-cut and placed
into a bowl, you streamline the juicing process. |
It doesn't take long for the Juicer to
fill a glass. |
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Juicing |
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The Juicer will quickly fill a glass...
so you want to be ready for the overflow. |
Using a funnel and a washed-out milk
jug... you can catch all the overflow and store your
daily juice production. |
Old milk jugs are great for storing
juice... and are easy to shake to mix the juice. |
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Cleaning the Machine After
Use... |
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The Juicer does make a bit of a mess
underneath the lid/top, and also in the pulp catcher. |
First thing to do when cleaning the
machine is to remove the lid/cover. |
Scoop the pulp from underneath the
lid/cover... you can place it into a bucket or plastic
bag. |
Dump the pulp from the pulp catcher in a
bucket or plastic bag. |
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Cleaning the Machine After Use
Cont. ... |
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With the Blade removed, put any pulp on
it into the bucket or plastic bag. |
After removing the blade, you can remove
the filter/screen. |
After removing the screen, you can empty
what's left in the upper-base. |
With the machine disassembled, place
everything (except the main base) in the sink where you
can rinse off all the fruit pulp from each component. |
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CONCLUSION; After using the Jack Lalanne Power
Juicer for several months on a daily basis, my independent
report/conclusion on the Jack Lalanne Power Juicer is;
(1.) Overall, I like the machine... it does a fairly good
overall job.
(2.) I was a little disappointed with 2 things;
- (A) I found the food preparation takes longer than
what I thought it would after forming an opinion from
watching the TV commercials., and
- (B) I found that it took longer to clean the machine
thoroughly than what I thought it would after forming an
opinion from watching the TV commercials.
(3.) After several months of daily use, the cutting
blade seems to be getting a little duller... so pretty soon,
I'd like to replace it with a new blade. |
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