I found this at a thrift store. I have no idea what it is, or what it is used for…….and yet I still bought it! Crazy? Quite possibly!
There is nothing printed on the bottom, no markings, nothing!
Do any of you know what this is?
Sincerely, Emily
I found this at a thrift store. I have no idea what it is, or what it is used for…….and yet I still bought it! Crazy? Quite possibly!
There is nothing printed on the bottom, no markings, nothing!
Do any of you know what this is?
Sincerely, Emily
Hey Emily, I think that is a cheese strainer. Like for a fresh cottage cheese or maybe straining yogurt for cheese. Seems like I saw a recipe once for a dessert which called for straining the yogurt/cream mixture and the accompanying picture showed a ceramic strainer with bowl similar to the one you have. That’s just my guess, I might be totally off base!
Hi Annie, I think that is a good guess. I have strained yogurt to make a soft cheese, but I use a butter muslin to do that, and I will do a large batch, like a quart or more. It seems odd that the contains is so tall and the strainer dish is small, like maybe you would strain a lot of liquid off something and there wouldn’t be much in the strainer. Or maybe something is meant to sit in the strainer section and the liquid fills the container – soaking or steeping? Thanks for looking. Emily
Yeah, I agree, the proportions seem weird. I’m with you, when I strain yogurt I strain more than the size of that top part. And now that we’ve had this conversation about strained yogurt I’m going to have to make some! It sounds good and I just made fresh crackers so I’m thinking dip 🙂
Annie, Making crackers is on my “list’ of things to do. It has been on that list for about 1 year. I need to move it to the top and just do it. Enjoy your crackers and dip! Emily
I think it is a grease strainer, but the ones i have seen have a metal screen mesh.
OH MY GOSH! Mary Ann, I think you are right! I just did a search for “ceramic grease strainers” and I think that is exactly what this is. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Emily