On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:23:54 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> wrote:

>"notbob" > wrote in message
...
>> On 2013-06-16, Polly Esther > wrote:
>>> I was happily left in a kitchen tool store to inspect and consider most
>>> of
>>> what was in there. YeeHa! Finally found something I'd needed for quite
>>> a
>>> while. Over in the mostly specific cake section was a small - maybe 2"
>>> wide - strainer/sieve little thing whose intended purpose is to sprinkle
>>> powdered sugar onto baked good stuff. Aha! methinks. Just right for
>>> skimming scum, bubbly white froth from boiling potatoes or beans. Yesss.
>>> The standard skimmer here is okay when I'm cooking for a pack of wolves
>>> but
>>> when cooking for four, this little tool is just right.
>>> Been looking a long time for this one. Polly
>>
>> What!? Yer not gonna show us the tool or where to get it?
>>
>> nb
>Here you go - or this may give you the zip code directory for Biloxi. The
>picture is heaps magnified. In reality, the strainer is about the size of a
>tablespoon. http://www.crateandbarrel.com/powder...-spoon/s604356

This works much better:
http://www.amazon.com/Winware-Stainl...d+sugar+shaker