RE: Source for a wooden pounder

[Guest guest]

funny you should mention that! this morning my husband set about carving me

one.

i'll letcha know when it's done how it works!

At 03:48 PM 4/21/2004, you wrote:

>I'm making sauerkraut and so forth now and am in need of a pounder

>(preferably wooden, but stainless steel is ok). The head should fit

>inside a wide-mouth mason jar with a handle mounted vertically (so I

>can press/pound from above the jar's mouth) and long enough to go

>almost down to the bottom of a quart jar.

>

>Does anyone know of a good source to purchase one? Preferably

>Internet.

>

>I bought a nice, heavy stainless steel one from Amazon.com but alas

>the head is too big to fit inside a mason jar and I had to return

>it....

>

>Any pointers would be appreciated.

>

> M

[Guest guest]

I use an antigue one I inherited from my grandmother. You might try

some flea markets. This is the type of item you find sometimes with

kitchen utensils, usually called a potato masher. Most were handmade

and this has made them a collectable, though.

> I'm making sauerkraut and so forth now and am in need of a pounder

> (preferably wooden, but stainless steel is ok). The head should fit

> inside a wide-mouth mason jar with a handle mounted vertically (so I

> can press/pound from above the jar's mouth) and long enough to go

> almost down to the bottom of a quart jar.

>

> Does anyone know of a good source to purchase one? Preferably

> Internet.

>

> I bought a nice, heavy stainless steel one from Amazon.com but alas

> the head is too big to fit inside a mason jar and I had to return

> it....

>

> Any pointers would be appreciated.

>

> M

[Guest guest]

I just use the part from the mortar/pestle that I have. I have a ceramic

one and a wooden one. They work great. You can get those on ebay or HF

store.

k

Source for a wooden pounder

I'm making sauerkraut and so forth now and am in need of a pounder

(preferably wooden, but stainless steel is ok). The head should fit inside a

wide-mouth mason jar with a handle mounted vertically (so I can press/pound

from above the jar's mouth) and long enough to go almost down to the bottom

of a quart jar.

Does anyone know of a good source to purchase one? Preferably Internet.

I bought a nice, heavy stainless steel one from Amazon.com but alas the head

is too big to fit inside a mason jar and I had to return it....

Any pointers would be appreciated.

M

[Guest guest]

> I'm making sauerkraut and so forth now and am in need of a pounder

> (preferably wooden, but stainless steel is ok). The head should fit

> inside a wide-mouth mason jar

I have two hickoy pick handles that I use when I am making sauerkraut.

I bought them new and sanded them to clean off the finish.

One is the full size. I use this one to pound the shredded cabbage.

On the other I cut off the tapered head at the point where it would fit in a

wide mouth mason jar and shortened the lenght of the

handle to about sixteen inches.

I use this one for packing the kraut into jars.

Regards, Bruce

[Guest guest]

I use a wooden meat pounder. Works fine.

Elaine

[Guest guest]

>> I'm making sauerkraut and so forth now and am in need of a pounder

>> (preferably wooden, but stainless steel is ok). The head should fit

>> inside a wide-mouth mason jar with a handle mounted vertically (so I

>> can press/pound from above the jar's mouth) and long enough to go

>> almost down to the bottom of a quart jar.

Way back when I bought a big dowel and just chopped off a piece.

If you want to be more " natural " ... cut a limb off a nearby tree

(not a conifer or Rhododendron or Oleander), strip the bark

with your handy Boy Scout knife, and cut to size. Oil it occasionally

as it dries out, with olive oil or whatever edible oil you have handy.

Actually you can use a conifer, tho it may add some smell

to what you are pounding, but conifers aren't generally toxic.

The dowel I bought was dried pine, and it works great (just your

average hardware store dowel).

Rhodies and Oleanders ARE toxic, but any fruit tree is safe,

the others you should check. Around here we use Alders

a lot, they fall down all the time and the wood is good for

smoking or making pounders.

Our Korean store has " official " pounders, but they are

too fat for mason jars.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

Kayte Sisler said:

" I just use the part from the mortar/pestle that I have. I have a

ceramic one and a wooden one. They work great. You can get those on

ebay or HF store. "

I reply:

That's a great idea! I'll check it out onliine. Thanks.

mm

[Guest guest]

Fantes has a wooden pestle for a chinois (fancy French food strainer):

http://fantes.com/strainers.htm

this is a photo of it: http://fantes.com/images/99004strainers.jpg

Hardwood Pestle for Chinois

12 " long,

2-1/2 " at its widest,

7 " long flat area,

Comes to a rounded point

France

$11.99

#99004

I'm not sure this will suit your purpose, but it's what I'm going to try,

when I get around to making kraut myself. I'm a happy Fantes customer.

They aren't the speediest place around, but they have good service, good

products and typically good info about them too.

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Subject: Source for a wooden pounder

> Any pointers would be appreciated.

> M