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["Erdman, Jim" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

Those cast iron presses were actually lard presses, to get the last vestiges 
of lard from the cracklin's, and cna sometimes impart an "iron" taste or rust 
tint to the juice.
 
Jim

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Gordon Nofs [mailto:gc_nofs@hotmail.com] 
        Sent: Tue 8/20/2002 10:58 AM 
        To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org 
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        Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Small Press
        
        

        Tom
          I have and old time cast iron squeezer one is about a gallon size 
other is
        2 Gallon.
        
        Gordon C. Nofs
        Flint, MI.
        
        ----Original Message Follows----
        From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
        Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
        To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
        Subject: [NAFEX] Small Press
        Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:06:09 -0400
        
        Hi all,
        
        I was talking to Jill off list regarding food mills for pressing 
berries,
        and I mentioned how I wished
        they had small, cider type presses that could be used for berries.  
When it
        comes to juice extraction,
        nothing is more efficient than a press, but presses are too big for 
small
        jobs (10-20 quarts).
        
        With that in mind I did a quick search for plans for such a tiny 
press.  I
        got a good hit on the first
        pass and thought I would pass it along to you all;
        
        Jeff Summit's Cider Press
        http://web.bham.ac.uk/GraftonG/cider/press1.htm
        
        I sent an email to Jeff asking if he had a picture of it (other than 
his
        diagram).
        
        Seems like a simpe press that could be made with a 5 gallon plastic 
pail. 
        It would save a lot of kitchen
        mess, especially with dark colored, staining berries.
        
        If any NAFEX members have designed simple to construct, tiny, cider 
type
        presses, I would like to see
        them too.
        
        We all end up needing to put all the fruit we grow to a good use.
        
        Thanks,
        Tom
        
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