luisa_calif
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CHECK this out, berry stuff at bottom. I've had good luck w/this site.
http://www.fantes.com/food_mills.htm#parts
http://www.fantes.com/food_mills.htm#parts
ISO: ISO: help with name of gizmo that grinds up fruit and separates skin/seeds from pulp. Italian?
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luisa_calif
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OR THIS: at Williams-Sonoma...Italian Tomato Press thingie
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/82354/index.cfm?clg=35&cm%5Fsrc=sch&pkey=xsrd0m1%7C15%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7Ctomato
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/82354/index.cfm?clg=35&cm%5Fsrc=sch&pkey=xsrd0m1%7C15%7C%7C%7C0%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7Ctomato
Thanks Luisa. I'm sure this is the item starting with "V" that I remembered. Raspberries are even
pictured with the berry screen. I think I found my new kitchen toy. Or maybe a plain old food mill with different screens would do just as well. I like the idea of seeds and skin being separated from the pulp but not clogging up the screen.
pictured with the berry screen. I think I found my new kitchen toy. Or maybe a plain old food mill with different screens would do just as well. I like the idea of seeds and skin being separated from the pulp but not clogging up the screen.
I have one of these--used it on raspberries, blackberries, and tomatoes last summer.
Seedless jam is SO much better, and it's tedious to skin and seed large quantities of tomatoes by hand.
I found you want to run the food through twice. Otherwise you discard a lot of the good pulp.
Seedless jam is SO much better, and it's tedious to skin and seed large quantities of tomatoes by hand.
I found you want to run the food through twice. Otherwise you discard a lot of the good pulp.
barbara-in-va
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This is the one I have. Junebug is right it is terrific for de-seeding berries.
Use it when you have a lot of berries to process. I freeze extra berry puree and use it during the winter when berries are sooooo expensive to buy fresh.
I had NO idea that these things are as expensive as they are. I bought mine probably 20 years ago and I think I paid $80 for it.
Last August when I was in Juneau there were a lot of wild blueberries but the ones I liked the most were the salmon berries because there were so many different colors, all on the same bush. I wish I was able to pick them and make some jam. One day while hiking the Perseverance Trail--in the rain of course--we met two women picking berries, they had loads of bags full of salmon berries--I was very jealous. Do you get salmon berries too? Do they make good jam?
http://www.homesteadhelpers.com/get_item_ssqueezod_deluxe-squeezo.htm
Use it when you have a lot of berries to process. I freeze extra berry puree and use it during the winter when berries are sooooo expensive to buy fresh.
I had NO idea that these things are as expensive as they are. I bought mine probably 20 years ago and I think I paid $80 for it.
Last August when I was in Juneau there were a lot of wild blueberries but the ones I liked the most were the salmon berries because there were so many different colors, all on the same bush. I wish I was able to pick them and make some jam. One day while hiking the Perseverance Trail--in the rain of course--we met two women picking berries, they had loads of bags full of salmon berries--I was very jealous. Do you get salmon berries too? Do they make good jam?
http://www.homesteadhelpers.com/get_item_ssqueezod_deluxe-squeezo.htm
We don't have too many salmon berries here in Anchorage, but when I lived in Nome we had them
in certain areas of the tundra. I think they need a moister patch of soil. I don't like them much because of their seeds(larger than raspberry seeds) and I personally think the flavor is bland. The color is awesome though. Some people love them. they are also known as cloud berries. I think because they grow on "stalks" and stick up above the foliage like they are floating in air.
in certain areas of the tundra. I think they need a moister patch of soil. I don't like them much because of their seeds(larger than raspberry seeds) and I personally think the flavor is bland. The color is awesome though. Some people love them. they are also known as cloud berries. I think because they grow on "stalks" and stick up above the foliage like they are floating in air.
debbie_in_ga
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This starts with a C -- what about a chinois?
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=chinois&ndsp=18&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US
fficial&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=chinois&ndsp=18&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US
fficial&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=titlerichard-in-cincy
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hee-hee!
shaun-in-to
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Dunno, doesn't have a name on it ... it's
Italian, though. About 9" across the top, three sturdy legs that flip out, came with three discs. Related to what's in the picture but not exactly the same.
https://www.goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?id=37&pid=1484&step=4
Italian, though. About 9" across the top, three sturdy legs that flip out, came with three discs. Related to what's in the picture but not exactly the same.
https://www.goldaskitchen.com/merchant.ihtml?id=37&pid=1484&step=4
I tried a similar strainer, but needed something with more umph--like a crank to force more
pulp down through the seeds. It took forever and a day with the strainer, and I still had seeds. I will definitely be investing in one of these nifty tools before raspberry season.
pulp down through the seeds. It took forever and a day with the strainer, and I still had seeds. I will definitely be investing in one of these nifty tools before raspberry season.