They come in several sizes, I have the large chinoise. I used to use it quite a lot for raspberry chipotle sauce that I use a lot. I now can buy it from Fischer and Weiser. It's pricey but tastes as good as the homemade and let mess. <g> I still use it when I want a really silken sauce. terry On May 17, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Mike Chester wrote: > This is correct. It was originally called a China Cap and still is sometimes. Apparently at some point someone thought that it looked like a Chinaman's cap. > > Mike > > It's called a chinois. Mine has a handle, hooks on the other side to > rest on the vessel being strained into, and a wooden pestle to aid in > pushing the material through. > > Oddly enough there was a Chinese proverb at the bottom of this post. I > think chinois is French for Chinese. :-D > >>> The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. >>> --Chinese proverb-- > >