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.

Not to be confused with Calendar, Calender, or Coriander.
For other uses, see Colander (disambiguation).
An enamelled colander

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
Mated colander pot
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]

See also

References
  1. "colander". merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. "Colander". CooksInfo.com. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  3. "Mated Colander Pot". justcooking.in. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. "Pastafarian protester carries an icon of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at Piazza XXIV Maggio square in Milan, Italy, on June 2, 2012". Wikimedia Commons.
  5. "Annular Solar Eclipse Safety". NASA. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. "How to observe an eclipse safely". BBC Sky at Night Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 25 August 2023.


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