Potato Ricers at Big Lots

[Dee4j]

What is a Potato Ricer anyway?

read back a few replies and they'lltell ya

[TheViking]

That would be a good camping tool.  I'll have to show it to the DW

[Dee4j]

That would be a good camping tool.  I'll have to show it to the DW

you men always try to find something "cool" so we ladies can slave away in the kitchen more

[vjm1639]

Actually, this does look similar to a large garlic press.   You just put your cooked potatoes in and squeeze the handle together and little stings of potato comes out.   Fluff them up with a spatula with some warm cream and butter and YUMMY!   They don't get goopy or sticky like they can with a mixer.   Stay nice and fluffy.   Now, if you want them lumpy, or want the skins left on,  this isn't the thing for ya...just use an old fashioned potato masher instead.   I like them both ways!  
 
And actually Dee...I love it when my man finds a new cool tool for me to use in the kitchen...in our house whoever cooks does NOT do the dishes!     Maybe that's why I love to cook!  I sure hate to do the dishes!

[brainpause]

...in our house whoever cooks does NOT do the dishes!     Maybe that's why I love to cook!  I sure hate to do the dishes!

That's the rule in our camper, when camping!

Larry

[vjm1639]

That's the rule in our camper, when camping!
 
Larry

;>  it's always our rule!

[SheBantam]

I just bought DH a hand egg beater so that he could make a soufle for the kids at scout camp.  I thought this is a handy little thing and I should take it camping.  DH said it worked, but not as fast as an electric mixer.  The ricer sounds like a good idea....I may have to do a big lots run this week.  Thanks for the tip.

Becky, wouldn't a wire whisk had done the same thing?  I think I have one (wire wisk) in the camper...I remember those hand beaters, my grandmother and I would use them for Jiffy Cake mixes when I was a liittl thing, oh about 40 years ago or longer.

[HersheyGirl]

I suggested a wire whisk to him too....but then I went out and found the hand beater.  DH said that it took a fairly long time with the hand beater, and he thought that a wire wisk would have taken alot longer than the beater.  We used the hand beater when I was a kid too.  The big Sunbeam electric mixer was for Mom's use, like when she made merange for the lemon pies....hmmmmmm, she could make a mean lemon merange pie.

[SheBantam]

I just bought DH a hand egg beater so that he could make a soufle for the kids at scout camp.  I thought this is a handy little thing and I should take it camping.  DH said it worked, but not as fast as an electric mixer.  The ricer sounds like a good idea....I may have to do a big lots run this week.  Thanks for the tip.

Becky, wouldn't a wire whisk had done the same thing?  I think I have one (wire wisk) in the camper...I remember those hand beaters, my grandmother and I would use them for Jiffy Cake mixes when I was a liittl thing, oh about 40 years ago or longer.

[SheBantam]

Sorry I posted twice, did not think that I went the first time.

Mom had the big mixer too and boy could she make merangue also...I never quite got the hang of it.

Grandma was not much of a cook or baker, so we did the Jiffy mix thing. Mom made cakes from scratch.

I got mom's kitchenaid mixer when it was no longer good enough for her and she bought the new improved version.

Can't wait to go camping and use my Ricer!!

[vjm1639]

Oh GOSH , I haven't had a really good lemon merange pie in years!  YUM!