Stainless Steel Can Colander
For years I wondered why no one had built or designed a way to drain out all of the liquid out of a can of tuna. Then, lo and behold, I found one. This stainless steel can colander is relatively inexpensive and built with a high grade of stainless steel, so it is practically bullet proof and almost impossible to bend. This colander also works on any normal-sized can, but its real magic is its ability to completely drain the liquid out of a can to prevent wet and soggy tuna. Progressive also makes a plastic colander but I wouldn't recommend it. The stainless steel model isn't much more expensive and it will last you your lifetime.
-- Dennis Emge
You can flip the colander over and use it on regular cans of things like corn or beans or whatever to drain off the liquid. Its cool.
-- Johanna Bocian
Stainless Steel Can Colander
$10
Available from Amazon
Manufactured by Progressive
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Friendoftuna
Why don't you save the $7 and squeeze the top of the opened can down to push the water out?
tenmilekyle
#1 | Sun, 12-21-08 08:46
Friendoftuna
Why don't you save the $7 and squeeze the top of the opened can down to
push the water out?
EXACTLY--What an asinine product...I really hate when CT jumps the shark like this...it's stooopid
Handymel
Just squeeze the lid into the can. Yet another silly way to separate a fool from his money.
George C.
Re: "Why not just push the lid into the can?" Qs- there are a couple of reasons why people may look for other ways to drain a can.
1. Modern side-cut can openers leave a neat, tidy, re-seatable lid when they open a can, because the rim of the can is split, rather than a hole cut through the interior of the lid. The resulting lid cannot be easily pushed into the the can, as it is larger in circumference than the opening. You can do it, but it's a PITA and often results in olive oil spurting all over the place if you push hard enough to fold the too-big lid into the can.
2. Some folks live in abject fear of the cooties, rat poop, and bad vibes that they believe cling to the exterior of tin cans, soda cans, cereal boxes and other stuff that spends time in trucks and warehouses. To those people, pushing a "filthy" lid down into their precious canned goods is a deplorable idea. Fussy, yes, but whatever comforts people can't be such a bad thing.
Personally, I use a Julep Strainer to do the job. It's an old-fashioned bartender's tool, much like the now more-common Hawthorne variety, but without the spring around the edge. It fits quite nicely into the opening of the can and allows a good amount of liquid extraction. $1 in most restaurant supply and bar suppliers.
mata
It isn't that hard to push the lid in, but I've cut myself several times getting the lid back out. Even the pop-top can tops are sharp on the edges. This seems a small investment to save my finger tips.