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Brand: Progressive International
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$51.99~~
Buy New: $40.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

10 reviews
Sales Rank: 22250

Color: Stainless steel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 15

MPN: CLP-2
Model: CLP-2
UPC: 078915011954
EAN: 0078915011954
ASIN: B00004RDFK

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Stainless steel
•	Fine perforated steel great for straining and pureeing sauces and fruits
•	Includes a 9.5-inch tall chrome stand and wood pestle
•	7 inches in diameter and 7 inches in height

Accessories:

•	Progressive 5-Piece Canning Kit

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Stand supports chinois while mashing berries, tomatoes, and more...creating lovely sauces, soups, and broths. Great for removing seeds and skins when canning fruits and veggies, too. Long assist handle allows strainer to rest over pots. Stainless steel with wood pestle. Sieve is 6" in diameter, 8" deep, with a 9" handle. Approximately 10" tall on stand. Comes with wooden pestle. Conical strainer is 18/8 stainless steel with a chrome plated stand.

Amazon.com Review
A chinois (to some unnamed Frenchman or woman, its conical shape resembled a traditional Chinese hat) is a standard in professional kitchens. This fine-mesh sieve removes lumps and renders sauces silken, strains seeds and peels from tomatoes and berries, and produces the smoothest pur�es and soups. At 7 inches in diameter and 7 inches in height, this chinois is smaller than most professional types, but it's fine for home cooks who prepare smaller meals than the pros do. The stand could use nonskid feet, but the chinois feels solid and will do professional-quality work. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Plum Pulping Nightmare July 18, 2007
This item solved my plum pulping nightmare. Anyone that makes plum jam has probably tried the old colendar and potato masher trick. This item makes plum pulping easy.

4 out of 5 stars

Chinoise...not a china cap January 5, 2006
3 out of 14 found this review helpful

To those who are disappointed in this product...I believe you are looking for a "china cap," also sold on Amazon. A china cap is more of a wire mesh item, made more specifically for straining very tiny particles like minced herbs or fat globules from a stock (it still may be helpful to use cheesecloth in both for more precision). Both types of strainers are great to have on hand, but a china cap is made to be more precise in it's straining quality. Just some advice, hope it helps.

1 out of 5 stars

Not a Chinois March 5, 2003
60 out of 60 found this review helpful

This product is not a chinois, as the industry understands it. It is a "china cap," or to use a more PC description "a cone strainer." I would submit that any serious chef would gawk at the price because they would find [$$$] to be a great deal, and should shop with that in mind. The point is that you could strain a stock through this thousands of times and end up with a cloudy, unsilken sauce. ... Know your lingo, what you're willing to spend on what you want, and whether or not you really need it--pay the money for the real thing instead of a misnamed product. ...

1 out of 5 stars

not a chinois, it's a china cap January 29, 2003
28 out of 28 found this review helpful

great as a china cap, but awful as a chinois. the holes are extremely big, and every little particle goes through. not recommended for serious chefs or those who want to achieve the perfect sauce

3 out of 5 stars

Doesn't sound like a chinois to me December 15, 2002
23 out of 28 found this review helpful

From everyone's description of this product, we in the industry call it a china cap. A chinois is the ultra fine mesh used to make sauces silken. A china cap is a very useful tool, but not for the serious straining only a chinois, or maybe a tamis, is good for.

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