Problems with the Omega VRT350HD Continue

This morning I tried straining the juice from the Omega VRT350HD vertical juicer.  The 2 ounces of kale juice produced so much foam it nearly covered most of the 5 inch strainer.  I chose to just juice 24 ounces of vegetable juice and strain the juice afterward.  The juice contained kale, carrots, celery, and a small amount of apple and cucumber.  Here are some photos of the results.
Notice the celery strings on the rim of the strainer.
These strings, and more, were in the juice!
There are many more strings in the pulp.

Close-up of pulp after I pushed out much of the juice with the back of a spoon.  Look closely and notice more celery strings throughout the pulp.  This pulp also contains carrot and apple.  The green kale material, which Omega says the 350HD does the best job of juicing, predominates this pulp although it was less than 10 percent of the total juice.

Select Celery Strings in the Omega 350HD juice:  Up to 2 inches long!

 Notice some celery strings from the juice in the photo on the right.  And yes Omega, I did cut the celery into quarters prior to juicing.  This celery was not the most stringy variety I have ever purchased.  It's strings were average.  This would have juiced very well in my 16 year old centrifugal juicer.  The old juicer produced a sweeter, pulp-free juice in less time, with no strings and fewer parts to wash.  Omega's answer to the problem of the large quantity (more than photographed) of strings in the juice:  it might be a defective auger.  This is the second auger!  I will try the third auger when it arrives and let you know whether things improve.  I am developing a new string theory.

So far, my experience with the Omega VRT350HD vertical juicer has been a strain.  And no, this is not pulp fiction.

With apologies for the puns,
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C. (c)2011

Heat Sink

Summer has hit the point of entropy*.  Nothing much is happening.  Everything is hot.  The water is hot.  The air is hot.  The breeze is hot.  The nights are hot.  The mornings are hot.

Whoever can get out of town is away.  No one wants to come down to the desert to visit in the summer.  The traffic is sometimes noticeably light.  That is nice.

It has been a dry summer.  Maybe the monsoon will be back this week.  We could use some more summer rain.  In the Southwest Desert a dry summer generally means a dry year.

*Entropy may be defined as a measure of the amount of energy in a physical system not available to do work.  You don't want to do much in this part of the summer.  There is yard work to do -- clearing out dead brush, dead leaves, and dead cacti.  Trim the oleander.  There are house chores.  The kitchen floor can stand a mopping.  The car could use a washing, but the wind will blow dust on it soon enough so I will wait until the end of summer to wash the car. 

I'm still eating that raw food.  Why waste energy cooking?  I got a dozen ripe peaches, peeled them, cut them into pieces, and froze them.  I took about two cups of the barely frozen peach pieces, added just enough water to blend them in the blender and created a sweet, thick, sherbert-like peach dessert.  It was cold and smooth.  That was the most interesting part of today.  For some nice, clean, and easy smoothie recipes check this link http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1383344 and get the FREE recipes e-Book.        

Sometimes I see a lone coyote when I take the dog for a walk.  Sometimes I see a hawk looking for prey.  There are rabbits, quail, doves, and little lizards.  Sometimes clouds roll in.  But, like the song says, "the skies are not cloudy all day."

Entropically yours,
Southwest Desert Blogger
C. (c) 2011