Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Someone asked what does one do with a ricer. It's an old fashioned kitchen tool your grandma probably had. It consists of a perforated basket, a holder for the basket, and a squeeze operated flat plunger that fits flat into the basket bottom. You cook your peeled potatoes, put them in the basket, put the plunger on top, and squeeze. The cooked potato comes out through the holes in the basket in little fine streams which look, kinda maybe, like grains of rice. When I was very little I insisted on putting soy sauce on the riced potatoes. Riced potatoes are good by themselves, especially with a little salt and butter. They can also be used as the basis for lumpfree mashed potatoes. I don't see why you couldn't also use the ricer to mash, say, cooked carrots or sweet potatoes. I suspect it would be more work than using one of those neat immersion blenders, but the ricer does work if the electricity is off. The holes are small enough I doubt it would work well to puree cooked beans or lentils, especially the small green French lentils, which tend to retain their shape. Sue in Wausau, inheritor of two grandmas' kitchen gadgets, and most of my mother's stuff too...and I go to garage sales! Now, if only I can find a pastry blender with blades, not wires, I might be set to cook anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I have my Mom's ricer and didn't really know what to do with it. It never looked interesting to me LOL Thanks you for the information. I might try the potatoes through it. Donna Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. Dalai Lama --- On Thu, 12/31/09, sue reynolds <skreynolds2 wrote: sue reynolds <skreynolds2 [veg_grp] Re: ricers Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:49 AM  Someone asked what does one do with a ricer. It's an old fashioned kitchen tool your grandma probably had. It consists of a perforated basket, a holder for the basket, and a squeeze operated flat plunger that fits flat into the basket bottom. You cook your peeled potatoes, put them in the basket, put the plunger on top, and squeeze. The cooked potato comes out through the holes in the basket in little fine streams which look, kinda maybe, like grains of rice. When I was very little I insisted on putting soy sauce on the riced potatoes. Riced potatoes are good by themselves, especially with a little salt and butter. They can also be used as the basis for lumpfree mashed potatoes. I don't see why you couldn't also use the ricer to mash, say, cooked carrots or sweet potatoes. I suspect it would be more work than using one of those neat immersion blenders, but the ricer does work if the electricity is off. The holes are small enough I doubt it would work well to puree cooked beans or lentils, especially the small green French lentils, which tend to retain their shape. Sue in Wausau, inheritor of two grandmas' kitchen gadgets, and most of my mother's stuff too...and I go to garage sales! Now, if only I can find a pastry blender with blades, not wires, I might be set to cook anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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