Last updated on December 2nd, 2011
IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING APPLE SAUCE, I recently purchased a Foley Food Mill. Who else owns this gadget? I’d like to know what you think of it. For instance, how do you clean it? Mine came with no directions whatsoever!
This simple, inexpensive machine is supposed to puree apples and tomatoes, and also remove their skins and seeds. Sounds like a real time-saver to me. Frankly, I loathe having to blanch and peel tomatoes before turning them into sauce.
Anyway, I can’t wait to give this device a test-drive.
UPDATE: Turns out there were cleaning-directions etched onto the machine’s blade (how “green” of the manufacturer). You remove the screw underneath the machine, which releases the rotating blade, or crank. Then the works can be cleaned in the dishwasher.
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Adele says
Kevin, this is a great old gadget. It works really well for removing skins and most seeds from tomato sauce. I use it mostly for applesauce. It is a pain to clean. You have to remove the screw from underneath to get blade off.
Phoebe says
I love my Foley Mill! Well, except my arm gets tired after cranking…and cranking. But it really works.
Terry says
I do not have one, but I am hoping maybe Santa will bring me one.
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Terry – I know someone who knows someone who's very well connected to Santa. I'll put in a good word for you.
Anonymous says
in Germany it's called “Flotte Lotte”, in Switzerland “Passevite”
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Anonymous – Thank you!
Dianne says
Kevin, I just ran across this post in your blog. (I first started reading your blog a couple of years ago, so I missed this when you first posted it.) My mother had a Foley Food Mill and used it regularly, so I knew the value of it, and bought one for myself in my early marriage days. When I’m making a larger quantity of applesauce, I just quarter the apples (no need to peel and core), cook them gently until tender, then run them through the food mill. Also, when I make various sweet potato casseroles (or similar recipes) I bake the sweet potatoes, let them cool a little, slip off the skin that comes off easily (you don’t have to get every bit), then run them through the food mill, which takes the “stringiness” out of the sweet potatoes. I know by doing this it takes some of the fiber out, but most of the time we eat them baked or roasted, so I don’t feel bad about doing it this way for special occasions.
Thanks so much for all the good information you share on your blog!!