Looking for a pliers-like tool for making crushed tomatoes
I need a tool for crushing or mashing fresh tomatoes. I know I can use a grater but that takes too much table space for me to use and it's not comfortable enough - if you want to crush a tomato after you start eating, you need space for another plate to grate the tomato on top of it. You also have to stand up.
I am looking for a tool similar with an egg slicer, where you can simply push one side on top of the other to crush the tomato. Or like a nut cracker, so I can crush the tomato while holding it on top of my plate. And I can sit down when doing it.
Is there any instrument like that?
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I think a lemon squeezer might work:
You would want to buy one in person so you can see the size of the holes, which vary a lot. I think some of the tomato would come out through the holes and some would be left behind mushed up in the squeezer, which you could shake out onto the plate.
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You could also try a food mill. They are a little bigger then a ricer but if you use a larger plate in it you'll get slightly bigger chunks of tomato.
Answer 3
The ability to do this while seated makes most tools unsuitable.
If you're only going to be using relatively small tomatoes (heirloom plum tomatoes), I would use a nut chopper. Not the grinder style, but the 'slap chop' style.
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