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Eliminate any loose herbal bits by pouring your syrup through a fine-mesh strainer and into a bottle or glass jar.
Craft herbaceous homemade drinks with simple syrup infusions | LaVonne Roberts | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn addition, a custom strainer lets you to control how much pulp it makes.
Best juicer: All your homemade juicing needs are just a squeeze away | Irena Collaku | July 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe included control lever and fine and coarse strainer allow you to choose how much pulp remains in your juice.
Best juicer: All your homemade juicing needs are just a squeeze away | Irena Collaku | July 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTo properly strain the kashk, you will need a mesh strainer and a nut milk bag or several layers of cheesecloth.
How to make your own kashk, a creamy, tangy staple of Iranian cuisine | Naz Deravian | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe solid build is great for mashing, and the MagSlider lid helps when you pour the ingredients through a strainer and into your 10-ounce Lowball.
DIY Cocktails to Elevate Your Next Backyard Hangout | Outside Editors | November 3, 2020 | Outside Online
Prepare a large bowl with water and ice along with a strainer.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole | Carla Hall | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter shaking, he pours the opaque, green liquid through a strainer and into a chilled champagne coupe.
Traditional method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Fat Separator method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Put mushrooms in strainer basket and put the basket into the Thermomix with the mirepoix in the bottom.
Then crouching low, he crossed the room to where the strainer top of the sewer drain was placed in the concrete floor.
A strainer of bark cloth is plunged into it at times, and wrung out so as to carry away the small fragments of root.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonPyetushkov came out of the back room in a parti-coloured smoking-jacket with tucked-up sleeves, and a strainer in his hand.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | Ivan TurgenevJohnny saw a pail of water, dipped a tea-strainer into it, and dashed two drops in Dotty's face.
Dotty Dimple At Home | Sophie MayAn equal quantity of ripe coconut meat is likewise grated, from which through a strainer the rich milky juice is expressed.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William Bligh
British Dictionary definitions for strainer
/ (ˈstreɪnə) /
a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc
a gauze or simple filter used to strain liquids
Australian and NZ a self-locking device or a tool for tightening fencing wire
Australian and NZ the main post in a wire fence, often diagonally braced
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