"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> "A.Nonny.Mouse" wrote in message ...
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> I think I have searched EVERYWHERE.
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> What I am looking for is the old type, like my Mom and both grandmothers
> used.
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> 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
>


That didn't work for me. I have some good hits, but eternal september has
them in limbo.