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[Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>]

Well, then this is certainly a "Buyer, Beware" situation as I have found 
several places that advertise 'Victorio Strainers' and actually sell 
VillaWare and some other brand I forget the name of.  Incidentally, my 
VillaWare Strainer looks exactly like the one in the picture on the website 
mentioned below!

Sarah


--- On Sun, 11/23/08, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

> From: Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Victorio Food Strainer
> To: skkewing@yahoo.com, "'North American Fruit Explorers'" 
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 10:03 PM

> Looks like they are still made and for sale.
> http://www.unbeatablesale.com/plm311.html?utm_source=froogle4&utm_medium=cpc
> &utm_term=PLM311&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=PLM311
> Naomi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Kehler Ewing
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] Victorio Food Strainer
> 
> I have read that Victorio Strainers aren't actually
> made any more.  I bought
> a "VillaWare" strainer (body is aluminum, screens
> are stainless steel and
> the rest is made from nylon- standard construction
> materials for food mills)
> two years ago.  It works well, but I do run everything
> through it twice to
> get the pulp as dry as I think it should be.  I need to buy
> the motorizing
> kit too as cranking through 5 gallon batches of tomato soup
> gets a little
> tiresome!  
> 
> Mine came from www.berryhillltd.com although our local
> kitchen store also
> carries them (Bosch Kitchen Centre, Edmonton, AB).
> 
> I have used only used a stainless steel Foley food mill
> (they are not all
> stainless steel: I also have an old one that is tinned) for
> making Nanking
> Cherry jam.  It works very well to remove the pits from the
> flesh, but it
> could be faster.  Nanking Cherries are about the size of
> your thumb nail,
> but the pits are similar in size to chokecherries.  I like
> Nanking Cherries
> and think that they taste like a semi-sweet cherry with a
> hint of
> chokecherry in there. 
> 
> 
> Sarah 
> Zone 3b
> Edm. AB
> 
> > > From: Mark Angermayer <hangermayer@isp.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Chokecherry-Victorio Food
> > Strainer
> > > To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> > <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 9:45 AM
> > > Speaking of a food strainer, what is the best
> food
> > strainer
> > > for straining
> > > out blackberry seeds?  We have a bunch of frozen
> > > blackberries and I'd like
> > > to make some jam out of them sometime this
> winter. 
> > > I've heard people talk
> > > about Foley Food Mills and Victorio Strainers,
> which
> > is
> > > best?  Are they
> > > fast?  I'd rather avoid getting an aluminum
> one,
> > are
> > > they both stainless
> > > steel?  Is there a better way to separate the
> seeds
> > from
> > > the pulp than a
> > > strainer/food mill?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > > KS
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Jim Fruth" <t>
> > > To: "NAFEX"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:15 AM
> > > Subject: [NAFEX] Chokecherry pitter
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >     Chokecherries are normally used just for
> > jelly and
> > > syrup because the
> > > > pits are too small for a cherry pitter to be
> > > effective.  That's a shame
> > > > because (pitted) chokecherries make wonder
> > cobbler and
> > > can be used almost
> > > as
> > > > many ways as (normal sized) cherries.  I
> know
> > some
> > > people who make
> > > > chokecherry pie without removing the seeds. 
> > There is
> > > a better way:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-bin/kitchen/prod/18vw200.html
> > >  Use the
> > > > Victorio Food Strainer.  At the time when
> you get
> > > yours, also buy two of
> > > the
> > > > extra accessories that are available.  In
> order
> > to pit
> > > chokecherries,
> > > you'll
> > > > need the "Pumpkin Strainer" and
> the
> > > "Grape Spiral".
> > > >     The downside of the Victorio Food
> Strainer is
> > that
> > > it doesn't come
> > > with
> > > > good instructions.  You need to feed it a
> bit
> > more
> > > slowly than you might
> > > > with similar looking utensils.  When I first
> used
> > > mine, I pushed
> > > > chokecherries into it like I was feeding a
> meat
> > > grinder and it plugged up
> > > > quickly.  I cussed at the machine alot
> before I
> > > finally figured out how to
> > > > use it.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Fruth
> > > > Brambleberry Farm
> > > > Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
> > > > For jams, jellies & syrups:
> > > > www.bberryfarm.com
> > > > (877)265-6856 [Store]
> > > > (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
> > > >
> > > >
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