View Single Post
  #21 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.preserving
George Shirley George Shirley is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3,906
Default Victorio (style) tomato strainer - any tips on the vacuum base?

Marie Dodge wrote:
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> As I mentioned, once I super-engineered the thing it worked a lot
>> better and the parts are replaceable. The extra strainers I have
>> actually were bought at a thrift shop for 50 cents each so they were a
>> lot cheaper. Lots of places sell them and I've even seen the Foley
>> food mill on line, pretty good mill there too.

>
> Where have you found replacement parts for it?

Same place I bought it IIRC. At any rate I bought two extra rubber
(neoprene) gaskets, a couple of nuts, some O-rings, and an extra spring.