Moulinex AY92 Illico 2 Speed Blender

When I was pregnant with my fourth child, my inlaws asked what I would like. I am a fan of home cooked meals especially for babies, so for my other children had used a blender to puree food for them. However being more adventurous I had also used it to chop frozen veg as doing it then it stays intact, rather than going mushy if done after cooking. Anyhow this resulted in broken blades so I requested a replacement and opted for the chopper. More suited to my harsh treatment. It can hold up to 0.2L. Not much but it has always been big enough for me. The top that has the motor in is removable. This also has the plug attatched. Apart from this, for obvious reasons, all the other parts can be submersed in water. You will then have a guard that just sits on a ledge in the base. This basically stops the food flying everywhere and you accidently touching the rotating blades, The chopper does not work without this in place. In the base is the blades that simply sit on a metal pin. They can easily be removed to wash or to take the contents out of the base. To use the blender you just push down on the top. This makes it very easy to control how much you want to chop the contents. When my youngest was a baby I used the blender more or less daily.Being not too big it is very easy to do small amounts in it. With my previous blender the blades were a good inch off the base, this meant you had to either add lots of liquid or make up a larger amount in order to blend sucessfully. It was very happy to chop frozen veg and made my life much easier. Despite it''s original purpose I still use the blender frequently. The blades are much sturdier than my last blender and capable of coping with harder ingredients. Today I chopped some pecan nuts and a couple of days ago I used it to make some breadcrumbs. There are three pictures on the top, obviously indications of what you can use it for. The pictures are of Cheese, nuts and an onion. I have tried all three with great results. Especially the cheese as it saved my knuckles. The plug cable has a suction grip on it so that you can wind the cord round and it stays in place. I believe it also came with a cook book, but two moves on and I''m lost to it''s wherabouts. It also had a lid that you could put on, one side with small holes, one side with bigger for pouring or sprinkling the contents.