I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for years.
Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart. I'm not even sure
if I put the item into the cart, though I suspect I put it in numerous
times. They do not take orders over the phone. They do not identify this
mill, presumably to make it hard to comparison shop. But since their site
has problems and they won't take a phone order, I'm left with little choice
but to look elsewhere. A look at the source code has:
item_name=8.0+inch+stainless+steel+foodmill+g& item_number=LE42650

Larger pictures are he
http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...20Le426101.jpg
http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...0Le42610sm.jpg

Note now three different model numbers. Searching on LE42650 I find:
http://www.cookingtreasures.com/Appl...3_disks.htm l

But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.

Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is it
that my mon likes?

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Feb 19, 2:14 pm, Don Wiss > wrote:
> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for years.
> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
> first one on this page:http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart. I'm not even sure
> if I put the item into the cart, though I suspect I put it in numerous
> times. They do not take orders over the phone. They do not identify this
> mill, presumably to make it hard to comparison shop. But since their site
> has problems and they won't take a phone order, I'm left with little choice
> but to look elsewhere. A look at the source code has:
> item_name=8.0+inch+stainless+steel+foodmill+g&amp; item_number=LE42650
>
> Larger pictures are hehttp://www.creativecookware.com/imag...0Le42610sm.jpg
>
> Note now three different model numbers. Searching on LE42650 I find:http://www.cookingtreasures.com/Appl...mill_long_hand...
>
> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>
> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is it
> that my mon likes?
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Do a Google Image search and enter something like "stainless steel
food mill ", you should find what you want, rather quickly.

Pierre

On 19 Feb 2007 13:47:46 -0800, Pierre > wrote:

>Do a Google Image search and enter something like "stainless steel
>food mill ", you should find what you want, rather quickly.

I've done that. It doesn't seem to appear anyplace else. That is why I
asked here.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

"Don Wiss" > wrote:
> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for
> years.
> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
> first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart. I'm not even
> sure
> if I put the item into the cart, though I suspect I put it in numerous
> times. They do not take orders over the phone. They do not identify this
> mill, presumably to make it hard to comparison shop. But since their site
> has problems and they won't take a phone order, I'm left with little
> choice
> but to look elsewhere. A look at the source code has:
> item_name=8.0+inch+stainless+steel+foodmill+g&amp; item_number=LE42650
>
> Larger pictures are he
> http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...20Le426101.jpg
> http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...0Le42610sm.jpg
>
> Note now three different model numbers. Searching on LE42650 I find:
> http://www.cookingtreasures.com/Appl...3_disks.htm l
>
> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>
> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is
> it
> that my mon likes?

A very strange and messed up web site indeed. If I click on add to cart on
the "standard mills" page, I get the higher price in a shopping cart (at
paypal) in a pop-up window. If I click on the "apple" one you list, I get
the lower price in a shopping cart in the original window. I think they have
two stores, an old one that probably is supposed to be gone, and a new one.
Depending how you select an item, you can end up in the old obsolete store.
They really need to do some fixing up here.

The other thing I don't like about it is nowhere can I find a street address
of the business. That always bothers me.

In article <B7pCh.3024$Cr1.1821@trnddc08>, on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:02:09
GMT, wff_ng_7 wrote:

> The other thing I don't like about it is nowhere can I find a street address
> of the business. That always bothers me.


I won't do business with a web site that hides their physical address.
Best place for it is right on their home page. Second best is on the
"Contact Us" or "About Us" pages.

In digging around this site to try to figure out where they are, all I
was able to deduce for sure is that they are Canadian based. Since the
OP appears to be in NY, I don't think he wants to be buying from a
Canadian site - crossing borders, and changing currencies doesn't make
transactions easier. It also makes any disputes with the merchant harder
to resolve.

Food mills are pretty common items - I would think one could find them
from an easy-to-use web site, located in the US, that made it clear
where they were located.

BTW, a "whois" check on the web site gives this address for Creative
Cookware in Montreal:

1201 allard
verdun, QC H4H2C9
CA


--
Seth Goodman

Seth Goodman wrote:
> In article <B7pCh.3024$Cr1.1821@trnddc08>, on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:02:09
> GMT, wff_ng_7 wrote:
>
>> The other thing I don't like about it is nowhere can I find a street address
>> of the business. That always bothers me.
>
>
> I won't do business with a web site that hides their physical address.
> Best place for it is right on their home page. Second best is on the
> "Contact Us" or "About Us" pages.
>
> In digging around this site to try to figure out where they are, all I
> was able to deduce for sure is that they are Canadian based. Since the
> OP appears to be in NY, I don't think he wants to be buying from a
> Canadian site - crossing borders, and changing currencies doesn't make
> transactions easier. It also makes any disputes with the merchant harder
> to resolve.

FWIW, I've done a lot of business with Canadian websites. My own website
is hosted by a Canadian firm. I have never had any problems with the
Canadian vendors I use, even when I have had to return items.

Matthew

--
I'm a contractor. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

In article >,
says...
> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for years.
> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
> first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart. I'm not even sure
> if I put the item into the cart, though I suspect I put it in numerous
> times. They do not take orders over the phone. They do not identify this
> mill, presumably to make it hard to comparison shop. But since their site
> has problems and they won't take a phone order, I'm left with little choice
> but to look elsewhere. A look at the source code has:
> item_name=8.0+inch+stainless+steel+foodmill+g&amp; item_number=LE42650
>
> Larger pictures are he
> http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...20Le426101.jpg
> http://www.creativecookware.com/imag...0Le42610sm.jpg
>
> Note now three different model numbers. Searching on LE42650 I find:
> http://www.cookingtreasures.com/Appl...3_disks.htm l
>
> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>
> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is it
> that my mon likes?
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
>
Take a look at this one. It looks pretty good and seems to have the
attributes you want. The company is reputable and puts out paper
catalogs which you will get forever once you order from them. What more
could you want?

http://tinyurl.com/34ad9y

Bob

In article >, on Tue, 20 Feb
2007 11:43:15 -0500, yetanotherBob wrote:

> Take a look at this one. It looks pretty good and seems to have the
> attributes you want. The company is reputable and puts out paper
> catalogs which you will get forever once you order from them. What more
> could you want?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/34ad9y


That's the Cuisipro food mill, the one that Cook's Illustrated
recommends as the best. It's pricey, but a good choice. You want your
Mom to have the best, don't you Don? ;-)

I also recommend the vendor, "Cooking Enthusiast". I began buying from
them so long ago they had no web presence - you had to either phone or
mail-in your order. (And they were known as "Professional Cutlery
Direct", a name they seem to be using less and less these days.) Their
web site is still less polished than many - their street address is
listed, but well-buried, for example.

They're located in western CT - UPS ground should get to the OP's
location in one day.

www.cooking.com also carries this piece, if you'd prefer a different
vendor. I've used, and recommend, them, too.

--
Seth Goodman

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, yetanotherBob > wrote:

>Don Wiss wrote:
>> She found the
>> first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm

>Take a look at this one. It looks pretty good and seems to have the
>attributes you want. The company is reputable and puts out paper
>catalogs which you will get forever once you order from them. What more
>could you want?
>
>http://tinyurl.com/34ad9y

Or he http://www.kitchenconservatory.com/foodmill.htm

The problem is is sticks halfway into the bowl. She prefer it to not stick
in at all.

I found this one:
http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-b...d/18vw258.html

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Steve Wertz > wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:14:34 -0500, Don Wiss wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for years.
>> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
>> first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
>> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart.
>
>There are no popups on that page or the Shopping Cart page. You
>have spyware/adware on your computer.

I'm running IE7 with pop ups only when I hold down Ctrl-Shift. The only
adware is what is in IE7. I can see the page. If I press add to cart, and
hold down Ctrl-Shift it creates another tab with the same page. It's the
View Cart that even with Ctrl-Shift I can't get anything to come up.

>> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
>> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
>> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>>
>> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is it
>> that my mon likes?
>
>There are three different food mills featured on that page. I
>suspect you want the first one you see in the source.

What is "that page"? As I wrote above the one she wants is the first one on
the URL that is in my paragraph above. But where can I find that for sale
elsewhere?

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:29:25 -0500, Don Wiss >
wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:14:34 -0500, Don Wiss wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for years.
>>> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found the
>>> first one on this page: http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
>>> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart.
>>
>>There are no popups on that page or the Shopping Cart page. You
>>have spyware/adware on your computer.
>
>I'm running IE7 with pop ups only when I hold down Ctrl-Shift. The only
>adware is what is in IE7. I can see the page. If I press add to cart, and
>hold down Ctrl-Shift it creates another tab with the same page. It's the
>View Cart that even with Ctrl-Shift I can't get anything to come up.
>
>>> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What my
>>> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down into it.
>>> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>>>
>>> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill is it
>>> that my mon likes?
>>
>>There are three different food mills featured on that page. I
>>suspect you want the first one you see in the source.
>
>What is "that page"? As I wrote above the one she wants is the first one on
>the URL that is in my paragraph above. But where can I find that for sale
>elsewhere?
>
>Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).


Check Amazon.com for food mills. You may find that one or another one
she may like.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:14:34 -0500, Don Wiss wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to buy a food mill for my mom. She's had a tinned one for
>>> years.
>>> Obviously a stainless steel one is much easier to care for. She found
>>> the
>>> first one on this page:
>>> http://www.creativecookware.com/standard_mills.htm
>>> But due to all sorts of pop ups I can't get to View Cart.
>>
>>There are no popups on that page or the Shopping Cart page. You
>>have spyware/adware on your computer.
>
> I'm running IE7 with pop ups only when I hold down Ctrl-Shift. The only
> adware is what is in IE7. I can see the page. If I press add to cart,
> and
> hold down Ctrl-Shift it creates another tab with the same page. It's
> the
> View Cart that even with Ctrl-Shift I can't get anything to come up.
>
>>> But wait! The picture is different (and so is the "list" price). What
>>> my
>>> mom wants is one that sits above the bowl, and doesn't stick down
>>> into it.
>>> That's the heavy duty gauge one, not the regular gauge.
>>>
>>> Searching on the second doesn't find anything. So just what food mill
>>> is it
>>> that my mon likes?
>>
>>There are three different food mills featured on that page. I
>>suspect you want the first one you see in the source.
>
> What is "that page"? As I wrote above the one she wants is the first
> one on
> the URL that is in my paragraph above. But where can I find that for
> sale
> elsewhere?
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

works perfect with firefox 1.0.5.9

I would guess something screwy with ie7. try ie6 or firefox

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Del Cecchi > wrote:

>works perfect with firefox 1.0.5.9
>
>I would guess something screwy with ie7. try ie6 or firefox

I am not going to install another browser just to buy a food mill! That is
why I asked here if someone could help me find it at another vendor. A
vendor that knows how to design web sites, or at least takes phone orders.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).