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How did I live without this for so long?
By Larisa Thomason on Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2011
I have canned tomatoes for the past 20 years and can't believe that I managed it for decades without the help of a food mill.I did tons of research to find out which one would be the best. My main criteria was stainless steel and I have been thrilled with the results.It takes less than 40 minutes to bring 2 pressure cookers of tomatoes up to pressure, put them through the food mill, and either add them to the pot for pasta sauce or can then directly for soups later on. Note that I have 2 pressure cookers, so if you have only one, it will take a bit longer. However, it sure beats dipping the tomatoes in boiling water and then trying to "slip" the skins off.The Oxo food mill is easy to use - I've only used the largest screen so far and it easily cleans out all the tomato skins and most of the seeds. If I wanted all the seeds out, I'd use one of the smaller screens. I love the "feet" as they spread out far enough to fit over my 4quart pasta pot. When I process 2 pressure cookers of tomatoes, they fill the pasta pot up to the rim and then I can dump it into my big soup pot with the onions and veggies.Understand that I've used this product a LOT in just a few weeks. We have 30 tomato plants and I regularly can at least 50 jars of pasta sauce and 40 jars plain tomatoes every summer. So far, I've canned 25 2-quart jars of sauce - and it's only the middle of July.The Oxo is easy to clean. At first, I took it apart several times to clean it out, but quickly learned that all you have to do it turn the handle backwards and scoop out the tomato skins with a spoon. It's so well designed that it takes just a minute to clean after using. Even if it took a LOT longer, it's still worth using for processing tomatoes.At this point, I've ONLY used it for tomatoes, so I can't say how it works for potatoes or other fruits and vegetables. But I can say that it's definitely worth the money I paid for it (slightly less than $50) and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good, easy to use way to process a lot of garden vegetables.
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2 people found this helpful
It's smaller than the picture shows.
By LoneStarLass on Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
I bought this food mill to replace an old one I wore out. This one works fine but the tabs that hold the food mill over your pot/bowl aren't adjustable and the bowl that holds the food you're trying to mill is quite small compared to others on the market. I'd return it but since I've used it once, I don't think they'd accept it. For me, it was a waste of money. If you don't need a larger bowl or adjustable tabs, you'll be fine with this one. One plus of this one are the 3 different sized blades.
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