Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Seems to me a neighbor a few years ago used a ricer to make fresh baby food. I could be wrong. It looked like a mini metal colander and had a arm that your wound around. Looked like an antique to me. Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 What you are describing is actually called a " Foley Food Mill " and they were very popular many, many years ago. A " ricer " looks more like a large garlic press with a metal cylinder, that has holes in the sided and bottom, that lifts in and out of a frame and has two handles....one that is stationary and one that moves and presses down a flat circle that presses down onto the food to be " riced " that has been placed inside the cylinder and forces the food out through the small holes and into a bowl where it can be stirred or whipped. I have several of each and they are still as handy today as they were a hundred years ago. BTW......Happy 2010 to everyone! Nancy C. East Texas Seems to me a neighbor a few years ago used a ricer to make fresh baby food. I could be wrong. It looked like a mini metal colander and had a arm that your wound around. Looked like an antique to me. Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 [Default] On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:48:16 -0600, " Nancy Curtis " <nancihank wrote: > A " ricer " looks more like a large garlic press with a metal cylinder... Not all ricers look like that. I had a huge one that looked like a perforated vase. It had legs and a large wooden dowl with which the potatoes (or whatever) were forced through the holes. It could easily hold four potatoes at once. Much better than the one I have now, which is the one you have so accurately described. The advantage of ricing potatoes is that they never get a chance to form that gluey texture. Instead, they are light and fluffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 If you're looking to buy try Vermont Country store or Lehmans. Both have lots of useful,old fashioned stuff. Pamela  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Aha. That is what my ricer looks like. I also have a Foley Food Mill. Sadly I haven't used either because I didn't know what to do with them. Diana --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Nancy Curtis <nancihank wrote: Nancy Curtis <nancihank Re: [veg_grp] ricer Thursday, December 31, 2009, 11:48 PM Â What you are describing is actually called a " Foley Food Mill " and they were very popular many, many years ago. A " ricer " looks more like a large garlic press with a metal cylinder, that has holes in the sided and bottom, that lifts in and out of a frame and has two handles....one that is stationary and one that moves and presses down a flat circle that presses down onto the food to be " riced " that has been placed inside the cylinder and forces the food out through the small holes and into a bowl where it can be stirred or whipped. I have several of each and they are still as handy today as they were a hundred years ago. BTW......Happy 2010 to everyone! Nancy C. East Texas Seems to me a neighbor a few years ago used a ricer to make fresh baby food. I could be wrong. It looked like a mini metal colander and had a arm that your wound around. Looked like an antique to me. Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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