SC - Consomme
LrdRas@aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue May 30 22:11:09 PDT 2000
Ras said:
> Strainers made of horsehair are occasionally available in finer cooking shops
> even today. However, I doubt they would stand up to the process needed to
> whip egg whites.
So why would you want such an item today? It would seem like a strainer of
that style made with monofilament line or some other polymer would be
stronger and less effected by humidity than horsehair.
> Other strainers I seen pictured were low sided pans with
> holes in the bottom and at least one Roman source that showed a metal
> strainer which closely resembles today's rounded strainer with holes.
Although, I used to call such items "strainers" isn't the better term
for these "colanders" or are colanders something else?
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