"A.Nonny.Mouse" wrote in message ...

I think I have searched EVERYWHERE.

What I am looking for is the old type, like my Mom and both grandmothers
used.

It had a thick twisted wire handle, with a loop large enough for my thumb
to go through on the end opposite the bristle end. The bristle end is the
important part. The bristles were stiff enough to get into corners of pans
and into the smaller indentations of ornate mold type pans. It wasn't so
stiff that it would ruin the tops of pastry when it was used for it's
originally intended purpose.

It was NOT one of those limber, practically useless silicone rubber things
that every place in the world sells today. It was NOT a small, softer
bristled brush resembling a natural bristle paint brush that you might use
for painting the rungs on the back of your chairs.

If anyone has a link to such a thing, I would really appreciate it. I
really don't want to go through Christmas baking like I did on Thanksgiving
and in previous years.

Like I said, I think I have searched everywhere, this is hoping that I
might have missed a place or two.

Thanks in advance.

A.

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I know exactly what you are describing. My mother used to get them as free
gifts when she bought items from the Fuller Brush door-to-door salesman. I
still have a couple of hers. They are great! So, you might be able to find
one if you do a search for pastry brush and attach Fuller Brush to your
search.

MaryL