Does anyone know what this is called?

[MomOfOneFunOne]

I have a thing. My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother all had one. I have one b/c I found it at an estate sale a few years ago. Other ppl would like one but no one seems to know what they're called thereby making a google difficult at best.

 

It's a metal cone, upside down in a metal frame with legs. It's full of holes like a colander. It has a wood press like a pestle but a bit more pointed on the business end. It's for pressing the juice from berries, et c.

 

Do you know what it's called? And better yet, where to purchase one?

[Tap]

http://foodperson.com/2007/09/03/the-right-tool-makes-sauce-a-snap/

Here is one like you are describing.

 

 

You can find them online if you search the right name

[LaxMom]

Um, like a chinois? Or is it more like an old-fashioned food mill that has a pestle sort of affair instead of the turny handle thing?

 

Oh, sorry, Tap... didn't see your subject line. Yeah, like Tap pointed out. :-)

[klmama]

My grandma called it an applesauce mill. I have no idea what it's really supposed to be called.

[kalanamak]

My grandma called it an applesauce mill. I have no idea what it's really supposed to be called.

 

My mother's "applesauce mill" had a crank. Doesn't a "mill" have to turn? I think they are called food mills.

 

Hummmm, what makes a mill a mill?

[JVA]

Check out this photo. This is how my mil used hers.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2940738346_a626731e9e.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/carolbrowne/2940738346/&usg=__1Cvlsm4OaQIWe4YNrQBJIJnYa5U=&h=334&w=500&sz=127&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=Fb4T0ZZhKE-5UM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcone%2Bshaped%2Bsieve%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGIH_enUS260US260%26sa%3DN

[SonshineLearner]

I think it's for juice pressing. I bought one for $1.00 I think a few years ago....I have no idea what I'll do with it.

Carrie:-)

[LizzyBee]

Thanks for asking the question. I wanted one of these for making tomato sauce, but I didn't know what it was called. My mom had one that we used for applesauce and tomato sauce.

[laughing lioness]

In agreement- it's an applesaucer. A good friend of mine has a couple and gave me one with a hand crank this fall- also an antique.

[Sandy in Indy]

Oh, the hours my mom made me squish tomatoes with that thing!!!!

 

It's probably down in her basement, waiting to haunt me.... :-)

[kalanamak]

You can get it at amazon, and there is a pricier one at Chef's Catalogue

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000VLPMQ?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=dealt13673-20&linkCode=asn

[Jules]

I use this all the time in canning. It is great for using if making jelly, applesauce, tomato sauce. You can run anything through it with seeds and not have them come through. I call it a food mill..but that probably isn't the technical name.

[MommyX8]

I use a Victorio Food Strainer for applesauce and jellies. There is a new model out as the old one went out of production 10 years ago. It is great. Basically the same idea but the crank does all the work.

[Blueridge]

Here's the one Lehman's carries. They call it their Good Food Mill.

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=3993&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=712&iSubCat=720&iProductID=3993

[CalicoKat]

I know what you're talking about but I don't know the official name. Walmart, Menards and hardware stores that sell canning goods carry this during the canning season.

 

Lehmans.com calls it a Food Mill

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=3993&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=food+mills

Edited December 31, 2008 by CalicoKat
added Lehmans information & link

[CalicoKat]

You can get it at amazon, and there is a pricier one at Chef's Catalogue

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000VLPMQ?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=dealt13673-20&linkCode=asn

oooo stainless steel! even better. :)

[3lilreds in NC]

MIL calls it a Foley food mill. :D

[Tammyla]

Shudder at the mere mention of Foley....

 

MIL calls it a Foley food mill. :D