If you’ve ever passed by a potato ricer, you’ve probably wondered how on earth it got it’s name. Truthfully, it has nothing to do with rice – other than the fact when you squeeze the potatoes through, they look like rice. But, this tool serves so many more purposes than making mashed taters! Here are a few of my favorite uses:
- Draining Frozen Spinach
- Crush garlic cloves
- Mash berries
- Mashed taters (of course!)
- Crushing tomatoes
The reason that I suggest the OXO Good Grips Potato Ricer isn’t only for it’s amazing quality, but it’s comfort and durability. Because of it’s construction of metal (as opposed to plastic), it is very sturdy to handle all the jobs above. It has a nice comfort handle, too. I do like it for all of it’s multi-tasking in the kitchen–very important if you’re short on kitchen space!
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