So often my Friday's are busy and I am sometimes at a loss as what to blog about on this day. I'm jumping on the bandwagon of Favorite Things Friday!
I will do my best to share invaluable items that I enjoy.
Today's favorite item is my food mill or what we called a tomato reamer.
I was given this many years ago and it is so useful when canning up my tomato sauce each year. I just love it!
It is an old tool, bought with a group of items at an estate sale.
Sometimes you just can't improve on greatness and this tool is GREAT!
I can run the tomatoes through the sieve, the juice pours out the holes and it works beautifully. It makes me happy knowing that I am using the same type of tool my great grandmothers used for all their putting-by.
Gorgeous!
So this a tomato reamer? I have one and it didn't work worth a poot for applesauce (which is what I was told it was for) I do love the wooden thingy that goes with it though- great for smashing cabbage into kraut jars.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling about the whole "what our grandmothers used." We haven't had the air on yet this summer and it makes me feel like a pioneer, but in a subtle, sweaty way :)
Oh I love mine! And it works great for juicing berries too!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed weekend, Chas!
I used to use one of those. I didn't know what it was called so it was named the "tomato smoosher." Now I use a food mill. It really cuts the work in half! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless