I said once, l would never buy a soup maker as l use my pressure cooker or a saucepan to make soup.
Today, l feel a bit tempted and l wonder if anyone could advise me and recommend the best one to buy?
Thank You! 
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I wouldnât buy one Art 
all you need is a decent saucepan, a blender and good ingredients
Previous thread on the subjectâŠ
http://www.over50sforum.com/showthread.php?p=712008&highlight=Soup+Maker#post712008
I did see them at a County fair and they looked really good (sorry canât remember the make).
Meg, :-)Thank You for that!
l did look first to see if there was a thread about soup makers but l looked through the âFood and Drinkâ thread and could only find soup recipes!
Omelette make thread here, this thread is about soup âŠ
http://www.over50sforum.com/showthread.php?t=40515
Art Iâve been trialling a soup maker for a company, had it for three months they are picking it and my report up later this week. My opinion on them is if you havenât time to stay with your soup as you make it and blend then they are great, something in the first thread I hadnât thought of was there is also less washing up.
The one I was given to try is a phillips so I have only experience of this one brand. It makes very nice soup, as good as anything I can produce with a saucepan and blender, it makes less washing up as itâs just the blender bit needs washing. It doesnât make a very big quantity, if Iâm making for all four of us I have to do it in two makes and it needs washing between uses, also by time second lot is ready first lot is cold so you either need to reheat in a pan or microwave. Instantly adds to washing up.
Would I buy one ? No but if I was alone or just two of us and didnât have time to cook traditionally I might be tempted.
Thank You! Julie
I think itâs just a whim and a fancy for me at the moment! It was the Morphy Richards soup maker that l was looking at but l have no idea what the difference is between the different models.
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Have a look at this one.
They are quite good according to someone I know.
Thank you! Swimmy.
The Morphy Richards model 50100 that is a soup maker and a soya/almond milk maker too is ÂŁ47. 98 in Costco. Yet in Argos the same model is ÂŁ89. 99!
Iâm still pondering!
A pot which makes Your soup for You?..noo thatâs cleverâŠdoes it peel,scrape,grate the vegâ too 
SWMBO had a Morphy Richards for Xmas. It works very well so far. It makes a minimum of 1300 ml which is a lot for two of us.
It seems to work best cooking from scratch. Avoid starchy sauces as they can catch.
Iâm afraid not! May. I might have to employ a maid to do that, then flick the switch! 
Thatâs true may you still have to prepare the veg etc.
The Phillips I was testing made less than 1000 ml sounds like size matters in this case.
A soup maker?
lols just lols
How can you possibly make a soup with any proper flavour with an electric machine?
The âheartâ of any soup, the core taste and mix of flavours, comes from the initial frying of core ingredients in a pan with oil. That includes frying onions to get the caramelisation, frying potatoes (which have already been boiled), plus other veg thatâs going in like leeks etc.
This is a similar mentality to people who consider buying a an electric bread making machine. A machine that will fast track some flour, water and yeast through a 1-2 hr cycle to produce a tiny loaf that is invariably polished off the same day. What makes people have this penchant for silly electric devices?
Donât you want to âconnectâ with the ingredients in your food? To handle them, prepare them, enjoy their aromas?
Soup is probably THE most basic and easy meal for anyone to make. Just buy yourself a jug blender if you donât already have one. Itâs a device than has a plethora of uses, including soups, fruit juices, healthy anti-flu remedies, tomato sauces like passatas, milk shakes, smoothies and tons more.
Realist, My Panasonic bread maker takes four hours to make a loaf of bread that is absolutely delicious, lovely crust and no additives!!
I also have a Gelato- Chef ice cream maker that makes the most delicious ice cream in twenty minutes! No chemicals or additives in that either! I use the eggs from my own hens!
The soup maker l mentioned above has rave reviews and from people who would never have considered one!
I rarely get colds and fluâŠTouch wood! 
Our Delia would agree, sheâs my Go To book for basic things including soups.
Well there is soup (yuk) and there is soup (yum) 
One is made with the freshest of ingredients most of which require âsweated offâ in a little butter (or roasting in oil in the oven in some instances to concentrate the flavour) then simmered in stock for 20 mins before liquidising/passing through a sieve/garnishing with a few steamed vegeables if required resulting in a delicious soup .
The other is made by bunging any old vegetables into a soup maker and boiling the hell out if them
I know which I prefer âŠ
Ah but if you are counting calories as many of are that little bit of butter etc isnât going into the soup we donât sweat the veg etc first. I think there is a place for the machines you just have to be sure you can make what you enjoy with them.
I was trying to remember last time I sweated veg in anything other than water and canât actually remember itâs so long ago.
So youâve not made a great bowl of chilli? Or a lovely Bolognese to go with pasta? No pies? No soups? Not even a simple ratatouille? Thatâs a real shame.
How does one âsweatâ veg in water exactly? surely thatâs just boiling or blanching? What would be the point?