We had a collapible veggie steamer that likely would've doubled as a
collander.  Fit right in a 3 or 4 qt. sauce pan IIRC.

YMMV

DM&FS

At 06:05 AM 2/9/2009, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
>How about this?
>
>http://www.flatfoldcolander.net/index2.html
>
>--
>Pete
>'79 Westy "Aardvark"
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>
>On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > The colander was standard size, I did find them on-line, I had never
> > heard of that before & I had to look. Now that I know they are there
> > I'll probably seem them everywhere. I have not bought one yet.
> > My metal one doesn't fold well either...
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> > At  2/8/2009 09:40 PM, azsun99 wrote:
> >
> >>  Thank you for the report. It reminded me that I have one of the
> >> older aluminum ones
> >> and it is now out on the counter, ready to go. On the road, I buy
> >> grapes and grape
> >> tomatoes, and I like to wash them all, first thing, so the colander
> >> would make it
> >> easier. I spread them out on the Westy SS drainboard to dry before
> >> stowing them away.
> >> I am nowhere near a Whole Foods market. Do you remember the
> >> approximate dimensions of
> >> the silicone colander? My aluminum one does not fold very flat.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 9:52 PM
> >> Subject: Collapsible Colander
> >>
> >>
> >> > The other day I was in a Whole Foods market (my first visit) and saw
> >> > a silicone collapsible colander and my first thought was that would
> >> > be great for the Westy, it really does get smaller and that's a good
> >> > thing in the Westy.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Rob
> >> > becida@comcast.net
> >> >
> >> > '91 VW Jetta & an '84 Westy in western WA
> >> >
> >> >
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