Kalmia > wrote:

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>I saw one with a hefty, wooden masher in an antique shop - 19 bucks.
>But the chinois was dark metal, not quite pitted but---well, not spanking
>clean. Prob. 90 years old.

if this was the 'masher'-
http://www.amazon.com/HIC-Brands-Coo.../dp/B0042KZ9KK
Then it would be an OK purchase.

I used to mine for applesauce and tomato juice. Now I use a food
mill on the mixer and do twice the job in 1/4 of the time with about
1/4 of the mess- and 1/10 of the effort.
[I think I have properly apportioned the fractions-- but bottom line
is-- I've got one in the basement, un-used for decades]

Jim