Janet Baraclough wrote:
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> The message <nn56k.79889$MF3.10999@trnddc06>
> from "Paul M. Cook" > contains these words:
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> > "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> > > Paul M. Cook wrote:
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> > >>
> > >> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >>> It's got to be something to do with manipulating
> > >>> dough or pie making, that's what I think:
> > >>>
> > >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150260011112
> > >>>
> > >>> But I can't figure out what. It looks German
> > >>> to me, probably early 20th century.
> > >>
> > >> I used to have one. It was used to make Mexican hot chocolate.
> > >> You spun the handle between your hands to whip the milk into a
> > >> froth.
> > >
> > > Molinillo. I've seen them in mainstream supermarkets here in L.A.
> > > -- the all-wood ones like these:
> > >
> > > http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/molinillo.htm
> > >
>
> > Mine looked sort of like the Columbian version, it was painted with
> > pictures
> > of all kinds of fruits like bananas, limes, cherries etc. It was ceramic.
> > Got it at a Ikea when they first opened back in the mid-80s
>
> But does it work? Better or worse than a whisk?
>
> Janet

It does work. Not quite the same as a whisk... doesn't beat eggs all
that well but good for other mixing tasks.