Living in a Progressive Household

So Dr Skull bought a chinois to aid in the production of some sort of fancy cooking, I can't remember what and probably I couldn't spell it if I could. Glace de viande? Is that right?

A chinois

For those of you who do not live with an obsessive cook, a chinois is a fine-meshed conical metal strainer used to puree food or to strain things like clarified butter, which is what Dr Skull and the kid were using it for yesterday.

The name comes from the French. It is called that not because the strainer comes from China, but because it "resembles an Asian conical hat."

Yesterday, Me: "Isn't that kind of racist?"

Dr. Skull: "No."

The kid: "It does sound kind of racist."

Me: "Let me ask the internet."

(Some time passes)

Me: "The internet is divided on the question. Some say it's not racist, others say we should say conical strainer instead."

The Kid: "We can just call it a conical strainer, that's not a big deal."

Me: "It's from the French, and apparently the French are okay with it."

The Kid: "Well, even so."

Me: "Let's call it a conical strainer."

Dr. Skull: "Call it what you want, just find me some cheesecloth."

For those who are interested, it did strain the clarified butter very nicely.