— Carlene McIntyre

My favorite way, uh, to rinse these very, very small, uh, grains. You know, these, for those of you that have not used amaranth or tef, uh, you know, these grains are smaller than a pinhead. And so they can very easily pass through, uh, many strainers, uh, that we might have in the kitchen. And we certainly don't wanna be using a colander, uh, that has even larger holes. Um, but, you know, my favorite way to rinse these small grains is to use cheesecloth. And if you, uh, take a calendar, uh, or some, you know, reasonable size strainer, uh, and align it with cheesecloth, and I would recommend at least, uh, you know, folding it in half, uh, for, for two layers, uh, then you're gonna capture what you need to it. And maybe even more than that now, give it a try and, and see if, uh, two or maybe even three layers, uh, is gonna be the best answer. But nonetheless, cheesecloth, uh, is the way that I like to handle that. And then you can do your rinsing. Uh, you can, you can pull the cheesecloth out of the colander or strainer, and then you can, you know, sh shake the water out or let it sit off to the side as you need to, uh, before opening it up into a, a, a bowl or a pan. And, uh, you'll need to gently sort of shake or pat, uh, the backside of the cheesecloth or, uh, or even rub the inside in order to loosen up, uh, some of those small grains that might, uh, adhere, uh, to the texture of the cheesecloth. Okay? Uh, if you're working with a relatively small quantity of these small grains, then consider even a coffee filter. Um, and, uh, you know, you can, you know, use, um, uh, if you've got some sort of a, a harder plastic, um, or, or whatever the material is, but a harder container to hold that coffee filter, uh, that is convenient as well. Uh, then you can just put your greens inside, run some water over it as you need to, uh, let that run through, and then pull, uh, the filter out with the grains, and then transfer that to your cooking vessel. Okay? So those are a couple of suggestions, and I would imagine that something in there, uh, will fit your situation.