"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>
> JoeSpareBedroom scribbled:
>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>> > sandi wrote:
>> >> (Eric) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across
>> >> > with holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out.
>> >>
>> >> Stainless steel wire mesh colander
>> >> Search Cooking.com for picture/price if interested.
>> >
>> > I don't like to use fine screens for draining starchy things. They
>> > sometimes get gummed up with a starch and then are a pain in the
>> > butt to clean.
>
> To clean sieves (and colanders) use a small scrub brush... veggie
> brushes work well.
>
>> A regular colander works just fine.
>
> True, I've never had fine pasta actually slip through the holes of a
> colander, a couple of very tips may stick out the hole like maybe a
> half inch but that's all.
>
>> Yeah - the screens shred sponges when you try and clean them.
>
> What kind of moron uses a screen to clean sponges?!?!?
>
> Sheldon
>

Read it again, colon breath.