the.com/potato ricer
A hole-punch for potatoes that outlaws lumps and gluey mash forever.
means A kitchen tool that presses cooked potato through small holes to produce fine, even strands for smooth mashed potatoes.
from Named for its action, not any connection to rice grain — the device 'rices' food by forcing it through a perforated hopper with a lever-driven plunger, so the result looks like grains of rice. The tool itself descends from 19th-century press-and-sieve kitchen devices, and the term 'ricer' simply described what came out the other end.
- how it works
- forces cooked potato through small holes under pressure
- vs masher
- avoids overworking starch, so mash stays fluffy
- bonus use
- makes perfect gnocchi dough and spaetzle batter
- rule
- skin stays behind, flesh rices through cleanly