Osteriser Recipes

[charles]

Hi, I recently purchased a vintage 960-watt Osteriser cycle blend and am looking for some new recipes to try in it. All of the recipe books that I find online are geared towards Vitamixes or Blendtecks. Does anyone here have any useful suggestions? Also, can a vintage cycle blend handle making sorbet and almond butter? Thanks.

 

[combo52]

Great looking Blender

Hi Charles, First let me say Happy Birthday, Was the blender a BD gift ?

 

I would think you could use any blender recipe book with your new kitchen helper, about the only thing I use my blenders for is making fruit smoothies other than that I usually use a food processor or a KA stand mixer.

 

John L.

 

[kevin313]

Hi Charles,

That's a beautiful Oster! At 960 watts, it should have a lot of power, but I'm not sure how it might do with sorbet or almond butter.

For years, Oster published a book of recipes containing all kinds of things you could make in their blender. The books were often called "Spin Cookery" and sometimes were included with the new blender when purchased. I see these books frequently at thrift stores and resale shops, and I'm sure there are tons of them available on Ebay. They shouldn't be very expensive.

I will tell you that the number one thing I use my blenders (all vintage models - many of them Osters) for is making salad dressings. I love old fashioned celery seed or poppy seed dressings that are tangy and sweet, and they are made beautifully in the blender.

Your Oster blade and screw collar will also fit on a standard Mason jar, which comes in handy for doing small batches of things like grinding coffee beans, making bread crumbs, or chopping herbs.

Enjoy your "new" blender!!

 

[cam2s]

I have an Oster kitchen bender as part of an Oster kitchen center. The tips page in the manual gives reference on making butter, it also talks about chopping ice so I’m sure it could do sorbets as well. The base on this unit is only rated at 450 watts so I’m sure yours could handle whatever you throw at it.

 

[rp2813]

Hi Charles,  

 

Congratulations on your recent purchase of this cycle-blend!   

 

Common replacement parts like blades, gaskets and carafes can be found at ACE and in most other housewares sections.  These parts can be used on Osterizers of any vintage, as the Osterizer direct drive system hasn't changed since they were first produced.  I use the "ice crusher" and "fusion" blades with my vintage Osterizer for frozen drinks and smoothies.

 

Clean up is easy since the blade assembly can be removed.  The glass portion of the carafe can be machine washed, but all other parts should be washed by hand.

 

I concur with the recipe book/owner's guide advice provided above, but you may want to check Amazon for modern blender-focused cookbooks that will likely contain more current cuisine as well as old standards.  Sorbet is a no-go.  That's a Vita-Mix thing AFAIK.   Ice cream freezers show up regularly in thrift stores and around here are usually priced at ~$10.  That's if you don't have one already (and have the room to store one).  And speaking of thrift stores, I've come across several vintage food processor attachments for the Osterizer over recent years.  They're great for smaller batches and are easier to store than a corded mini-chopper. 

 

[charles]

Yes

The blender was a BD gift. Thank you for the advice. I have already ordered the aftermarket fusion ice blades so hopefully that will give it a boost as well.

 

[mixguy]

Nut butter & Sorbet

Yes your Oster can handle making nut butter processing one cup at a time. I make cashew butter with my vintage Oster all the time. I never tried making a sorbet but I do blend frozen fruits and I did upgrade to the bigger blades.

 

[tomturbomatic]

A word of caution about machine-washing the glass blender jar.  It will etch over time. Now whether or not that will happen with the newer enzyme detergents, I don't now.     

 

Most recipes will transfer from one brand to another. I copied a recipe for banana bread from a Panasonic Blender to use in my Oster.  It's really neat how the whole bananas whirl around as they get pulled down into the whirling batter.  Check eBay for the Oster spin cookery books.

 

[tolivac]

Try to find "Mary Meads Magic Recipes For the Electric Blender" These show up at yard sales or thrift stoes.Have several of them I found in those places-the recipes can be used with any brand blender.A few of these show Oster blenders on the cover-recipes intended for them-Ones written in the 60's I have one from the early Fifties my Mom used.Inside is the instruction book for an early fifties Kenmore blender-remember it as a little kid!