Re: Nut bags...

[Guest guest]

PLEASE don't use the paint strainers-they are not food grade, and have been stored around who-knows-what chemicals and paint-NOT something you want around your food! There is a link for some inexpensive food grade ones on ebay in the files section, or you can just use unbleached cheesecloth available pretty much anywhere. I make my own nutmilk bags with unbleached hemp or muslin fabric. You can also use a coffee filter, though they are not as efficient.From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>Subject: Nut bags... Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 1:10 AM

for straining after making things like almond and soy milk.

Where do people get theirs and how much are they? The reason I ask is because I was getting ready to order one and pay quite a bit for one - I think the one I was looking at online was $10 or $12. Then someone told me that the paint strainers that they sell in Home Depot and Lowes are exactly the same thing, they just don't have a draw string, they have elastic (to hold them on the paint can). I went to Home Depot and I found the ones that fit a gallon can of paint in a pack of 2 for less than $5.00 (might even have been less than $3). I've been using the first one for a few months now. The elastic has come away on one side but it still works great. I put it over a large plastic container that I seem to have lost the lid for and is now my "official soy milk-straining container".

Just thought this might help someone if they either can't find a "nut bag" or don't want to pay that much for one.

[Guest guest]

Check the eBay link on the home page.

Nut bags...

for straining after making things like almond and soy milk.

Where do people get theirs and how much are they? The reason I ask is because I was getting ready to order one and pay quite a bit for one - I think the one I was looking at online was $10 or $12. Then someone told me that the paint strainers that they sell in Home Depot and Lowes are exactly the same thing, they just don't have a draw string, they have elastic (to hold them on the paint can). I went to Home Depot and I found the ones that fit a gallon can of paint in a pack of 2 for less than $5.00 (might even have been less than $3). I've been using the first one for a few months now. The elastic has come away on one side but it still works great. I put it over a large plastic container that I seem to have lost the lid for and is now my "official soy milk-straining container".

Just thought this might help someone if they either can't find a "nut bag" or don't want to pay that much for one.

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[Guest guest]

If you go to our home page ( www..com ) and look for the link called "links" on the left hand side of the page (click on that) there is a link about the 5th link down titled, "an eBay source for nut milk bags".

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On Apr 24, 2011, at 1:10 AM, new_sprouter wrote:

for straining after making things like almond and soy milk.

Where do people get theirs and how much are they? The reason I ask is because I was getting ready to order one and pay quite a bit for one - I think the one I was looking at online was $10 or $12. Then someone told me that the paint strainers that they sell in Home Depot and Lowes are exactly the same thing, they just don't have a draw string, they have elastic (to hold them on the paint can). I went to Home Depot and I found the ones that fit a gallon can of paint in a pack of 2 for less than $5.00 (might even have been less than $3). I've been using the first one for a few months now. The elastic has come away on one side but it still works great. I put it over a large plastic container that I seem to have lost the lid for and is now my "official soy milk-straining container".

Just thought this might help someone if they either can't find a "nut bag" or don't want to pay that much for one.