[Q] Colander & Angel Hair Spaghetti
I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes
small enough to prevent it from slipping out. |
[Q] Colander & Angel Hair Spaghetti
Eric wrote:
> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. A large sieve will work. gloria p |
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"Eric" > wrote in message
... >I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. What percentage of the pasta would you estimate slips out of yours? |
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Oh pshaw, on Mon 09 Oct 2006 06:10:29p, Eric meant to say...
> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. I use a mesh colander like this one: http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=117011 -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ 'The joyfulness of man prolongth his days.' - Ecclesiastics II:28 |
[Q] Colander & Angel Hair Spaghetti
"Eric" > wrote in message ... >I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. I just plop my cookpot under the colander, so any that slips through gets caught. You could use one of those mesh strainers with a handle, if you wanted. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:10:29 GMT, (Eric) wrote:
>I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes >small enough to prevent it from slipping out. Most have holes small enough - but to prevent many strays, get the type that is a screen, not the metal one with decorative holes. -- See return address to reply by email |
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Eric wrote: > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. I use the same one that I use for lager strands of pasta. It tends to come out in a ball and I don't think I have ever lost any through the holes. |
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Eric wrote:
> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? Jill |
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jmcquown wrote: > Eric wrote: > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > Jill I use angel hair all the time and have never had that happen. |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
... > sandi wrote: > >> (Eric) wrote in >> : >> >> > 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. A regular colander works just fine. > > Yeah - the screens shred sponges when you try and clean them. |
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"Christopher Helms" > wrote in message ups.com... > > jmcquown wrote: >> Eric wrote: >> > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with >> > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. >> >> Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? >> >> Jill > > I use angel hair all the time and have never had that happen. > Some always slips through my colanders. I'm betting yours have smaller holes than mine. :) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message . .. > Eric wrote: >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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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 |
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sandi wrote:
> (Eric) wrote in > : > > > 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. A regular colander works just fine. |
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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com... > > 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. |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote: > Oh pshaw, on Mon 09 Oct 2006 06:10:29p, Eric meant to say... > > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > I use a mesh colander like this one: > > http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=117011 And just last week Duh'Wayne was bragging how he wears that thingie to protect his thoughts, what few he has, from aliens... that peice of dreck ain't any good for draining hot pasta, it's awfully flimsy looking, and without handles it's an accident looking to happen. Sheldon |
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cybercat wrote: > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > . .. > > Eric wrote: > >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > > > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. Why don't yoose gals just use yer lacey bra cups... should hold a pound of rigatoni each, and all that starch can't hurt! LOL Sheldon Fredricks |
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sandi wrote:
> (Eric) wrote in > : > > >>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. Is that really a problem. I haven't cooked angel hair pasta for many years but I don't remember that being a problem when I did. I've always used a standard metal colanger with holes about 1/16-1/8 inch wide. Sometimes an end or two might would slip through the hole but it's not like the whole batch slithered out through the holes into the sink. It really wasn't a problem. Kate |
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "Dave Smith" > wrote in message > ... > > sandi wrote: > > > >> (Eric) wrote in > >> : > >> > >> > 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. A regular colander works just fine. > > > > > > Yeah - the screens shred sponges when you try and clean them. I use an old toothbrush to clean them. Works wonders. |
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"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
... > sandi wrote: > >> (Eric) wrote in >> : >>>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'm looking for an excuse to buy a new colander, but my green plastic tupperware one (I've had for over 32 years) - works just fine. Drat! Elaine |
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Dave Smith wrote: > sandi wrote: > > > (Eric) wrote in > > : > > > > > 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. A regular colander works just fine. Mine works fine. You just have to rinse it with hot water right after using it & then wash it some time in the near future. I usually stick it in the dishwasher, which makes sure all the cracks & creavaces are 'specially clean. |
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Christopher Helms wrote: > jmcquown wrote: > > Eric wrote: > > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > > > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > > > Jill > > I use angel hair all the time and have never had that happen. I have. I have a plastic strainer I bought in college that has pretty big holes. Even regular sketty sometimes inches into the holes. My mesh strainer is all I use for sketty noodles. |
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"denise~*" > wrote in message
ups.com... > > Dave Smith wrote: >> sandi wrote: >> >> > (Eric) wrote in >> > : >> > >> > > 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. A regular colander works just fine. > > Mine works fine. You just have to rinse it with hot water right after > using it & then wash it some time in the near future. I usually stick > it in the dishwasher, which makes sure all the cracks & creavaces are > 'specially clean. > That's like....anal. Are you me? :-) |
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cybercat wrote: > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > . .. > > Eric wrote: > >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > > > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. Ohh, but don't forget. She is the smartest on RFC. Even if you have your own thoughts, opinions & beliefs, hers are always better. We must bow down to the great Queen Jill and humble ourselves with her presence on RFC, as we are but mere rabble. .....Hrm, if I were to look up the definitions of 'colander' & 'strainer', it looks to be the same thing. Actually, it looks like a colander IS a strainer. Fancy that. Oops, am I being obstinate? col·an·der -noun 1. a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods. strain·er -noun 1. One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from solids. |
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "denise~*" > wrote in message > ups.com... > > > > Dave Smith wrote: > >> sandi wrote: > >> > >> > (Eric) wrote in > >> > : > >> > > >> > > 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. A regular colander works just fine. > > > > Mine works fine. You just have to rinse it with hot water right after > > using it & then wash it some time in the near future. I usually stick > > it in the dishwasher, which makes sure all the cracks & creavaces are > > 'specially clean. > > > > That's like....anal. Are you me? :-) Oops, my true colors are showing? Did I mention I put my cereal in Tupperware containers & they have to be on the shelf in order of size. :-) |
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elaine wrote: > "Kate Connally" > wrote in message > ... > > sandi wrote: > > > >> (Eric) wrote in > >> : > >>>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'm looking for an excuse to buy a new colander, but my green plastic > tupperware one (I've had for over 32 years) - works just fine. > > Drat! Who says you can only have one... I have three, a small one and a large one (aluminum), and a large plastic/nylon one. Colanders are very inexpensive, evey home kitchen needs at least two. Sheldon |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote: > Oh pshaw, on Mon 09 Oct 2006 06:10:29p, Eric meant to say... > > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > I use a mesh colander like this one: > > http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=117011 Ohh, we are colander buddies. I have the same one! |
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"Eric" > wrote in message ... >I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. Don't use a colander. Use a seive. -- My Word in FERGUS/HARLINGEN http://www.mompeagram.homestead.com/index.html |
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denise~* wrote: > cybercat wrote: > > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > > . .. > > > Eric wrote: > > >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > > >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > > > > > > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. > > Ohh, but don't forget. She is the smartest on RFC. Even if you have > your own thoughts, opinions & beliefs, hers are always better. We must > bow down to the great Queen Jill and humble ourselves with her presence > on RFC, as we are but mere rabble. > > ....Hrm, if I were to look up the definitions of 'colander' & > 'strainer', it looks to be the same thing. Actually, it looks like a > colander IS a strainer. Fancy that. Oops, am I being obstinate? > > col·an·der > -noun > 1. a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining > and straining foods. > > strain·er > -noun > 1. One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from > solids. They perform similar/overlapping functions but they are not the same... a colander's holes are formed by perforations, a strainer by woven wire (more at wire cloth)... there are functions that each can perform that the other cannot, leastways not very well. Generally colanders are made more sturdily than sieves/strainers, whereas a colander used often can typically last a lifetime of cooking and even get passed down, while wire mesh sieves/strainers when used often typically don't last very long. Sieves are more often used as a guaging/sizing device and to press foods through to form a particular consistancy determined by the mesh guage, and to drain relatively fine foods. like rice. Whereas colanders are mainly used as draining devises, and generally for the more coarse foods. Colanders because they are constructed more solidly can generally be used for larger/heavier items than can sieves constucted generally of fine wire mesh. And then there are devises that are part colander and part sieve, constructed of expanded metal, typically known as a "china cap", both mechanically strong and capable of fine guaging. Sheldon |
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Dave Smith > wrote in
: > sandi wrote: > >> (Eric) wrote in >> : >> >> > 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. A regular colander works just fine. I don't mind. I rinse and drain & pour food well then rinse, soak and scrub my various strainers with a tooth brush or round dish brush. No gummed up residue left in mine. :-) |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message ... > cybercat wrote: > >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> . .. >> > Eric wrote: >> >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with >> >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. >> > >> > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? >> > >> >> Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. >> > > Wow. There is a pot and a kettle. She is right. How hard can it be to > strain > angel hair pasta with a regular colander? > > Oh **** off, Dave. Some people are more detail-oriented than others, and those few escaping angel-hair pasta pieces bother them. There was no need for Jill to get snotty about it. Plus, a strainer would be a lot harder to wash than a collander. To the OP: try slipping the cook pot under the collander as soon as you dump the angel hair in. That way you catch what might pasta have gone down the drain. And furthermo **** OFF Dave. :D -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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>>>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. A regular colander works just fine. >> >> > Yeah - the screens shred sponges when you try and clean them. > > If the screen gets rinsed right after you use it and it doesn't sit with pasta drying in it, it's usually not a problem. If something does get stuck in it, I use a kitchen brush to scrub it with. An old toothbrush works too. I keep one on the sink. Dawn |
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cybercat wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > . .. > > Eric wrote: > >> I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > >> holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > Just use a strainer. How difficult is that? > > > > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. > Wow. There is a pot and a kettle. She is right. How hard can it be to strain angel hair pasta with a regular colander? |
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denise~* wrote:
> > > > > Probably about as hard as it is for you to be bitchy for no good reason. > > Ohh, but don't forget. She is the smartest on RFC. Even if you have > your own thoughts, opinions & beliefs, hers are always better. We must > bow down to the great Queen Jill and humble ourselves with her presence > on RFC, as we are but mere rabble. > > ....Hrm, if I were to look up the definitions of 'colander' & > 'strainer', it looks to be the same thing. Actually, it looks like a > colander IS a strainer. Fancy that. Oops, am I being obstinate? > > col·an·der > -noun > 1. a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining > and straining foods. > LOL. I love the definition of a colander as a container that is designed not to contain. |
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> That's like....anal. Are you me? :-) > > > > Oops, my true colors are showing? > > > > Did I mention I put my cereal in Tupperware containers & they have to > > be on the shelf in order of size. :-) > > > > That *is* extreme. Clothespins on the original inner bags isn't enough for > you? Nope. They would get stale & it looks messy. :-) |
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Christopher Helms > wrote:
> > Eric wrote: > > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > > > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > I use angel hair all the time and have never had that happen. So, which one do you use? |
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Oh pshaw, on Tue 10 Oct 2006 05:06:59p, denise~* meant to say...
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote: >> Oh pshaw, on Mon 09 Oct 2006 06:10:29p, Eric meant to say... >> >> > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with holes >> > small enough to prevent it from slipping out. >> >> I use a mesh colander like this one: >> >> http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=117011 > > Ohh, we are colander buddies. I have the same one! > I really like this type. I have two smaller nesting sizes of the same. Can't remember the last time I used my "regular" colander. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ |
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Eric wrote: > Christopher Helms > wrote: > > > > Eric wrote: > > > > I was just wondering what colander(s) people have come across with > > > > holes small enough to prevent it from slipping out. > > > > I use angel hair all the time and have never had that happen. > > So, which one do you use? An ugly-ass baby blue pasta strainer with eighth-inch square holes all over it. And the pasta never slips out. I remain completely mystified by this entire thread. |
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