My wife bought me a Magic Blender for Christmas as I am the cook in the house, and I have been wanting one for a long time. I used it to chop vegetables and so on, and it worked well. the other day I wanted some mash potatoes and my wife didn't. I boiled one potato, and rather than mash it any other way, I decided to put it in the Magic blender. Well, much to my surprise, it made some really good-looking potato soup! I added some green onions, and some fresh ground black pepper, put it back in the blender for a few seconds, and ate my "mashed potato soup". Don in AZ