Tomato sauce? Just as easy. Fresh quartered tomatoes go in one end; the juice/pulp and the seeds come out separately. After that, it's only a matter of cooking the sauce down.

The strainer is a great addition to my kitchen.

67 of 71 found the following review helpful:

Handy, but replacement screen is EXPENSIVE  Aug 07, 2003

I bought one of these several years ago and have used it quite a bit. It is very handy for straining, if a bit slow and messy. The big gripe I have with the product is -- one of the first times I used it (straining blackberries) the seam down the side of the strainer cone split. I continued to use it for a couple of years, but it finally split completely and became unusable. I called about a replacement and the customer service representative told me that they do not reccommend straining blackberries in it, for just that reason. I looked in my manual. I couldn't find a warning to that effect, although in all fairness the straining instructions contain a list of fruit and blackberries are not listed. At any rate I think it is really sorry that this fruit strainer self destructs over blackberries. The real clincher to my poor review is that the strainer cone, just that one dinky peice, costs $$$$$ to replace. I was in too much shock to even ask about shipping costs....

33 of 34 found the following review helpful:

Great for Applesauce but not for rasberries  Nov 16, 2004
By G. Powell
I tried this for rasberries and it left too much of the berry stuff among the seeds, so foolishly I ran it through again. That cracked the strainer. I'm still using it (cracked and all) for applesauce, going on 15 years, and its still the cat's pajamas. Everyfall it gets loaned out to my friends who don't own a mixer. (Otherwise I'd buy them this strainer pack).

But for Applesauce, its is so worth it. A 16qt pan of apple mash (skins, seeds, stems) takes about 10 minutes to seperate into muck and sauce. Why can it, when you can make it fresh anytime you want it?

24 of 25 found the following review helpful:

A Food Canners' Best Friend  Jul 30, 2003
By Joel Nossoff
Makes much easier work of processing tomatoes (home grown or farmer's market) for tomato sauce, and I am looking forward to processing fall apples for apple sauce for canning. I wish the instructions were more helpful. Tells you how to assemble and clean it, but no instructions and just a few recipes. I had to find out for myself that I need to put the tomato waste through three times to get the most juice and pulp. You have to experiment with it. We are going to try it with grapes this fall, for juice and wine.

14 of 14 found the following review helpful:

Great for juicing  Jul 16, 2010
By Sweet Lotus "Sweet Lotus Creations"
I bought this because I was needing something to juice wheatgrass. I had the Kitchenaid stand mixer and really did not want to buy yet another expensive counter gadget if I did not have too. I opted to buy this instead and found a reconditioned one on Ebay for $30, including shipping. This works fabulously for juicing wheatgrass. From start to clean-up, I can juice about 2 ounces in 8-10 minutes. I've done some comparison viewing online and from what I can tell, this attachment works the same as the expensive juicers work. Is it perfect? No. Sometimes the grass gets hung up, sometimes the juice seeps out where it shouldn't, sometimes the pulp is still a tad wet so I run it through again. But, these are all comments I've seen on other juicers so I don't think the more expensive models are any better.

All in all, this serves the purpose for what I need and I am extremely pleased I got away with only a $30 investment instead of a $225+ investment for a wheatgrass juicer.

Oh, I did try other greens such as spinach, lettuce, cucumbers, and even tomatoes. It juiced those just as well. Very pleased with this attachment.

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