Mar 17, 2006 09:52
18 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
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Tamis chinois
French to English
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Cooking / Culinary
kitchenware
I know it's not a Chinese sieve!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | strainer |
Emérentienne
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| 4 +2 | china cap (strainer) |
Katherine Mérignac
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| 4 +2 | conical sieve |
MDI-IDM
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Proposed translations
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strainer
We either speak of a tamis or a chinois. I've rarely heard of a tamis chinois.
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-17 10:03:46 GMT)
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conical strainer to be more precise
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-03-17 10:22:30 GMT)
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conical strainer to be more precise
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-17 10:03:46 GMT)
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conical strainer to be more precise
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-03-17 10:22:30 GMT)
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conical strainer to be more precise
Peer comment(s):
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MoiraB
: yes, conical strainer or sieve used for straining soups and sauces to produce a very smooth texture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinoise_(utensil)
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thank you for the link
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Anna Quail
: Conical strainer yes. See http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000BVEII/qid=1142... and http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/fr/boutique/produits...
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thank you for the links, I should have added some
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IC --
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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38 mins
Katherine Mérignac
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china cap (strainer)
Is another term that is used.
Peer comment(s):
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Anna Quail
: True, and it would avoid the problem sieve/strainer:-) See https://www.surfasonline.com/productlines/28.cfm And to answer Daniel's question about "égouttoir" - you can say strainer, but in the UK we say "colander".
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Thanks!
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emiledgar
: Yes, we call it a China Hat to distinguish it from other strainers/colanders (colander; a word we also use here in the USA)
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thanks emiledgar!
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conical sieve
if it's for a UK readership, I'd go with sieve.
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I think "wiremesh" should definitely be specified - I remember recipes specifying the use of cheesecloth to strain liquids.
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I think "wiremesh" should definitely be specified - I remember recipes specifying the use of cheesecloth to strain liquids.
Note from asker:
| thanks - it is - and I'm definitely a sieve man not a strainer man... but at the risk of showing my culinary ignorance, what then is an egoutoir? |
| it seems there is something called a chinese wiremesh strainer, according to one culinary glossary. Any idea what that might be? And where do colanders fit into this complex culinary conundrum? |
Peer comment(s):
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Anna Quail
: Sieve is finer than strainer. You use a sieve for flour. (I'm not saying sieve is necessarily wrong in this context - just that what is known as a chinois in France is not as finely meshed as a sieve, as I understand it.
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After answering the second one of these questions I went to look in the "Dictionnaire Visuel" and found "flour sifter-tamis" and "passeoire-strainer" but no chinois. Perhaps we should tell them to put it in...
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IC --
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Thank you!
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Tony M
: A 'chinois' is a sieve specifically intended for straining liquids, and hence, designed to encourgae them to flow neatly in the correct place
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Of course - thus the shape
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Discussion
And compare with photos of a (tamis) chinois.