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food mill

American  

noun

  1. a hand-operated kitchen device for puréeing fruits and vegetables.


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We boil up a whole lot of potatoes and mash them or put them through a ricer or food mill.

From Washington Times Nov. 13, 2023

If you have a ricer or food mill, you can use that instead.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 2022

If you like them perfectly smooth and airy, use a food mill.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2021

Let them cool completely, then scrape out the potato flesh and put it either through a ricer or a food mill, or puree it in a food processor.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2017

The food mill comes with feet, for resting atop a bowl, and three grades of stainless-steel sieves of increasingly fine perforations.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2015

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