Browne Cuisipro Stainless-Steel Potato Ricer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Browne Cuisipro Stainless-Steel Potato Ricer
Customer Review: Skip peeling the potatoes!
Summary: 5 Stars
I too learned about potato ricers from Cook's Illustrated. They're right -when you use a ricer, mashed potatoes are fluffier and taste much better. (It helps to follow their rule of adding melted butter first, then mix, then add hot milk or cream, then mix again). But the best thing about the potato ricer is that you can boil the potatoes in the skins, plop them into the ricer, and voila! Mashed potatoes with no peeling. Even better yet is that potatoes cooked in their skin retain more flavor than peeled potatoes. Of course, a few bits of peel might escape through the holes and end up in the mashed potatoes -but those are easily picked out -or left in unnoticed. I've even done this for fancy dinner parties for 20 people -once you have the hang of it (I use a fork to pick out the peels in one large piece between potatoes), it takes a couple of minutes to rice a pot full of potatoes. It's so easy that I'm willing to make mashed potatoes on a busy weeknight when I would never think of making mashed potatoes if they required peeling. I can't vouch for any other brand of ricer. Mine is the cuisipro and I'm delighted with how well made it is. Clean up is a snap (in the dishwasher or just rinse) and the construction is excellent -heavy duty stainless steel that is quite rigid and still looks brand new after a year of heavy use. I'm about to order a couple of these as christmas presents for friends who are serious cooks who seriously envy my potato ricer :)Customer Review: A Ricer is Nicer
Summary: 5 Stars
Yep - a ricer is a whole lot nicer--and faster--than a potato masher. I've been living in the dark ages, having never even heard of one of these contraptions until I read about it in Cook's Illustrated, and I will be forever grateful to them, and Cuisipro, for introducing me to a really great piece of equipment. It's solidly built but not overly heavy, has a long enough handle to make quick and easy work of mashed potatoes, spatzle and other "squeezing" chores, and comes with three disks. It also fits perfectly on both large and small pans. Whether you're a beginning cook or a seasoned pro, the Cuisipro is a great addition to any kitchen.Customer Review: BEWARE!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered one of these with great anticipation but when I got the ricer it seemed fine then when I open and closed it a few more times it started binding badly. I returned it for an exchange and when it arrived it too was binding after open and closing it. I notified Amazon customer service that they may have a bad inventory of ricers but they responded that I should contact the manufactuer....I returned it and I guess I'll buy it somewhere else. Cuisipro is a very good manufacturer and I'm sure Amazon just got a bad shipment of ricers. Amazons return process is pretty painless so give it a shot but I wish they where alittle more receptive to my warning.
Updated 11/5/05: I re-ordered the ricer awhile ago and it works great. I guess I initially got a bad batch. I can't seem to change my rating to 5 stars.
Customer Review: THE ONLY PART OF THE DREAM MACHINE THAT DOESN'T WORK....
Summary: 5 Stars
IS ME!!!! Just received the ricer... and I love, love, LOVE it!!!.... HOWEVER.... I need more help! Tried my hand at gnocchi for the first time w/company f/dinner, and being somewhat of an ego maniac in the kitchen (dare I admit this?), I TOTALLY DISREGARDED the warnings, that this delicate little pasta takes practice. Por moi? OUI!... What an unmitigated disaster; HOWEVER, the ricer was soooooo wonderful and the rest of the meal was thankfully good..WHEW! Back to the ricer, and away f/ my biography...boring! No force needed,.. riced beautifully. I adore the fact that I have not one, but three alternate size attachments from which to choose. Clean-up? .. a snap! Ease of use: a snap...or should I say..a squish? Again, my bossy "YOUNGER" sister raved about ricers and how wonderful they were... so this time I think I topped her!!! Used hers f/Williams/Sonoma...well, not only was it plastic.. the potatoes squished out over the edges of the gadget, making it necessary to scrape frequently and hunt down the lost blobs that dropped in the bowl AND it was much (really MUCH) harder to press the potatoes through her tool. As much as I hate to gloat (me?), this Cuisipro is FAR superior! Hee! hee! It's so much fun to win once in a while and this little gadget made me a winner! THANKS CUISIPRO!!!Customer Review: A splendid performer
Summary: 5 Stars
It does a great job and gives superb flexibility by providing three disks, each with different size hole, so it is truly versatile. Additonally, the 18/10 steel is a real plus, and the length of the handles are such that it does not take the strength of a giant to force your products through the opening.