ricer
Noun
(en noun )
(US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
* 1967 , The New Yorker , Volume 43, Part 6, page 41 :
- He opened the cashbox and counted out the money, and Martin handed it on to one of the ricers .
- “Where are you guys ricing tomorrow?” he said.
- “Down in the Refuge,” the ricer with the money said.
* 1988 , Thomas Vennum, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People , page 229 :
- In exchange for use of a buyer’s boat, the ricers were to sell what they harvested exclusively to him.
* 1999‘ September 19, , ”Under the Wild Rice Moon”, ”Minneapolis Star Tribune”, reprinted in ”’2002 , ”The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings , page 30 :
- There are also lots of ricers‘. By two weeks into ricing season, Native Harvest bought from 30 or 40 ‘ ricers .
(cooking) A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.
* 2007 , Patricia Webster Stewart, Stuck in My Own Family Tree , page 25 :
- He cooked a roast, made applesauce with the ricer and used every size pan he could find to cook vegetables.
* 2008 , Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer , page 14 :
- Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.
* 2013 , Tara Mataraza Desmond, Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal , unnumbered page :
- Passing cooked chunks through a basic, inexpensive handheld ricer maximizes their texture, which is less starchy than their russet brethren, and makes a soft, dry pile that simply stirs into creamy, smooth mounds.
(US, slang, derogatory) An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap.
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who drives such an automobile.
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who modifies such an automobile using after-market parts to give it the appearance of being more powerful or sporty.
Synonyms
* (imported oriental automobile) rice burner
* (kitchen implement) potato masher, potato ricer
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