For best results, mix with an electric blender.

The electric blender, meat grinder, and food mill take the place of a mortar and pestle in many instances.

When it is turned into a very fine purée in the electric blender, you have a deliciously creamy, literally fat-free cream soup.

All afternoon and evening, they drank Papa Dobles, two-and-a-half jiggers of white Bacardi rum, juice of two fresh limes, swirled in a rusty electric blender.