Colander

Short description: Bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food

An enamelled colander

A colander (or cullender) is a kitchen utensil used to strain foods such as pasta or to rinse vegetables.^[1] The perforated nature of the colander allows liquid to drain through while retaining the solids inside. It is sometimes also called a pasta strainer or kitchen sieve.

Description and history

Traditionally, colanders are made of a light metal, such as aluminium or thinly rolled stainless steel. Colanders are also made of plastic, silicone, ceramic, and enamelware.^[2]

The word colander comes from the Latin colum, meaning sieve.^[1]

Types

A mated colander pot showing the colander fully inserted into the bottom pot, and slightly lifted out of it

Bowl- or cone-shaped – the traditional colander
Mated colander pot^[3]

Other uses

Pastafarian protester wears a colander while showing an icon of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

The colander in the form of a pasta strainer was adopted as the religious headgear of the religion Pastafarianism in deference to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.^[4]

Colanders are also used during solar eclipses to project multiple images of a partial eclipse onto the ground for safe viewing of the eclipse.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "colander". Merriam-Webster. 2011. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colander.
↑ "Colander". 15 October 2010. http://www.cooksinfo.com/colander.
↑ "Mated Colander Pot". http://justcooking.in/dictionary/mated-colander-pot.
↑ "Pastafarian protester carries an icon of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at Piazza XXIV Maggio square in Milan, Italy, on June 2, 2012.". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9378_-_Pastafariano_al_Presidio_anticlericale,_Milano,_2_June_2012_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall'Orto.jpg.
↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse Safety". NASA. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/safety/.
↑ "How to observe an eclipse safely". BBC. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-to-view-the-eclipse.

External links

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[MerriamWebster-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "colander". Merriam-Webster. 2011. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colander.

[2] "Colander". 15 October 2010. http://www.cooksinfo.com/colander.

[3] "Mated Colander Pot". http://justcooking.in/dictionary/mated-colander-pot.

[4] "Pastafarian protester carries an icon of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at Piazza XXIV Maggio square in Milan, Italy, on June 2, 2012.". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9378_-_Pastafariano_al_Presidio_anticlericale,_Milano,_2_June_2012_-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall'Orto.jpg.

[5] "Annular Solar Eclipse Safety". NASA. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/safety/.

[6] "How to observe an eclipse safely". BBC. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-to-view-the-eclipse.