Budget food mill

[hobbess]

I'm not looking for the best food mill as there's already a thread about it and the consensus seemed to be either the Cuisipro or Rosle food mill, both of which cost over $100.

At those prices, I don't want to spend that much on a tool that I'm only going to use occasionally.

So, what's the best budget food mill out there?

Will the Oxo food mill work with a cost of about half of the Cuisipro or Rosle? Or, can I find an even better alternative at that price?

[clint1245]

Got the oxo, just used it last night it actually worked really well I have no complaints. The three different discs are nice .

[paulj]

RSVP makes a good copy of the classic French plastic food mill.

http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-rotary-VEG...

[steve h.]

We've had the Mouli for over a decade. Cost should be under $40. We use it often.

[escondido123]

Norpro makes a few for $25 or less. I've had the plastic model--with metal disks--for years. It has gotten rusty in spots, but still works fine for milling tomatoes, potatoes and such.

[tim irvine]

Depending on what you are looking to do with it, I find a potato ricer with interchangeable disks to be easier and more effective. I have seen them out there for under $20.

[cutipie721]

http://fantes.com/food-mills.html

I was about to buy the $35 made in Italy one for myself yesterday :-). Just trying to collect enough stuff to go over $100 for free shipping.

[hobbess]

Looking at the Fantes website, they mention the importance of the size of the holes for the food mill. You need something smaller than 2mm, or else tomato seeds will pass through. And, then they list the different hole sizes for their food mills except for the Oxo food mill.

Anybody ever had any problems with that for Oxo's food mill, where the holes weren't small enough?

[escondido123]

When you have the small holes it can sometimes take a lot of strength and patience to mill tomatoes--especially the canned ones we use most of the year. I can tolerate a few seeds if it saves me work but that's just my take on it.

[Mayor of Melonville]

The Foley food mill is made by several appliance manufacturers including Mirro and T-Fal. I used one for years in canning tomato juice. It's about half the cost of Cuisipro, but I think there's a big difference in quality. That said, not sure it's worth an additional $50.

[mcel215]

Not sure if they still make them, gave mine away years ago. But, when I had one and used it a lot, my Foley Food Mill worked great.