By Debbie Lee Wesselmann
I purchased this attachment to go along with the feed grinder attachment (sold separately.) Wow – I can’t believe how quickly I may make fresh applesauce. I simmer quartered apples – seeds, cores, peels, and all – until tender, then send them through the strainer. In minutes, I have fresh, hot applesauce. The refuse is expelled through the end and into another bowl, so you never have to worry regarding all that peeling and coring.
Tomato sauce? Just as easy. Fresh quartered tomatoes go in one end; the juice/pulp and the seeds come out separately. After that, it’s only a matter of cooking the sauce down.
The strainer is a great addition to my kitchen.
57 of 61 humans found the following review helpful.
Handy, but substitute screen is EXPENSIVE
By A
I purchased one of these assorted years ago and have applied it rather a bit. It is very handy for straining, if a bit slow and messy. The huge gripe I have with the product is — one of the initial times I used it (straining blackberries) the seam down the side of the strainer cone split. I continued to use it for a couple of years, but it ultimately split altogether and became unusable. I called with regards to a substitute and the client service representative told me that they do not reccommend straining blackberries in it, for just that reason. I looked in my manual. I couldn’t find a warning to that effect, though in all fairness the straining instructions integrate a list of fruit and blackberries are not listed. At any rate I think it is in truth sorry that this fruit strainer self destructs over blackberries. The real clincher to my poor review is that the strainer cone, just that one dinky peice, costs $$$$$ to replace. I was in too much shock to even ask in regards to shipping costs….
29 of 30 humans found the following review helpful.
Great for Applesauce but not for rasberries
By G. Powell
I tried this for rasberries and it left too much of the berry stuff amongst the seeds, so foolishly I ran it through again. That cracked the strainer. I’m still using it (cracked and all) for applesauce, going on 15 years, and it is still the cat’s pajamas. Everyfall it gets loaned out to my friends who don’t own a mixer. (Otherwise I’d buy them this strainer pack).
But for Applesauce, it is is so worth it. A 16qt pan of apple mash (skins, seeds, stems) takes in regards to 10 minutes to seperate into muck and sauce. Why may it, when you may make it fresh anytime you want it?
