Thread: What's This Purported Food-Related Tool ???

See it here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398

I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
draining a teabag. Lots of people do get more than
one use from a teabag, unlike myself who averages
less than one because many are thrown away unused.

But note the diameter, it's so tiny. Just barely
big enough for a teabag. I'd be willing to consider
other theories as to its purpose.

On Mon 27 Apr 2009 01:29:13p, Mark Thorson told us...

> See it here:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398
>
> I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
> draining a teabag. Lots of people do get more than
> one use from a teabag, unlike myself who averages
> less than one because many are thrown away unused.
>
> But note the diameter, it's so tiny. Just barely
> big enough for a teabag. I'd be willing to consider
> other theories as to its purpose.
>

It's not for a teabag but for insuring that when loose tea is brewed in a
teapot does not make it into your cup. One pours the tea through the
strainer. The bottom is prevent any drips from the leaves left in the
strainer.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more
flavor. ~Chinese Proverb

"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> See it here:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398
>
> I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
> draining a teabag.

It's a condom washer. Spooge tray on the bottom, pubic hair screen above.

Honestly, I don't have a clue why anyone would want to reuse a teabag. I'd
rather reuse a condom.

Christy's not here to smack me upside the head, so get that killfile button
lubed up. You're gonna need it.
(this is a general statement, and in no way directed at Mark)

Back to the item, I just don't understand.
I'd use it to get garlic juice.

TFM®

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> It's not for a teabag but for insuring that when loose tea is brewed in a
> teapot does not make it into your cup. One pours the tea through the
> strainer. The bottom is prevent any drips from the leaves left in the
> strainer.

Ah! That explains the swivel action for the strainer!

On Mon 27 Apr 2009 02:13:52p, Mark Thorson told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> It's not for a teabag but for insuring that when loose tea is brewed in a
>> teapot does not make it into your cup. One pours the tea through the
>> strainer. The bottom is prevent any drips from the leaves left in the
>> strainer.
>
> Ah! That explains the swivel action for the strainer!

I think I still may have one of these, but I don't know where it is. I
almost never make hot tea in a teapot. If I did, I would definitely use
loose tea.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure
with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of
garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in
heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. ~Luigi Barzini

On Apr 27, 3:29*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> See it here:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398
>
> I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
> draining a teabag. *Lots of people do get more than
> one use from a teabag, unlike myself who averages
> less than one because many are thrown away unused.
>
> But note the diameter, it's so tiny. *Just barely
> big enough for a teabag. *I'd be willing to consider
> other theories as to its purpose.

I never buy teabags. I use loose tea. It's more economical. I
bought my tea strainer at a dollar store. One kg of gunpowder tea
makes nearly a hundred gallons of good quality iced tea.

My son just had his first real stovetop cooking experience, aside from
just stirring. He cooked French toast. I'm putting the pics on my
Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/3480998131/
His first cooking task was turning the brats on a grill, over a
hickory fire at a campsite. That was when he was 5, almost 6. He's 7
now.

The French toast was made with Brownberry Natural Wheat with whole
egg, half&half, and Tone's vanilla extract. THe syrup was Maple Grove
Farms blueberry.

--Bryan listen @ http://www.MySpace.com/TheBonobos

"The 1960's called. They want their recipe back."
--Steve Wertz in rec.food.cooking 4-20-2009

"Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Apr 27, 3:29 pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
>> See it here:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398
>>
>> I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
>> draining a teabag. Lots of people do get more than
>> one use from a teabag, unlike myself who averages
>> less than one because many are thrown away unused.
>>
>> But note the diameter, it's so tiny. Just barely
>> big enough for a teabag. I'd be willing to consider
>> other theories as to its purpose.
>
> I never buy teabags. I use loose tea. It's more economical. I
> bought my tea strainer at a dollar store. One kg of gunpowder tea
> makes nearly a hundred gallons of good quality iced tea.
>
> My son just had his first real stovetop cooking experience, aside from
> just stirring. He cooked French toast. I'm putting the pics on my
> Flickr site:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/3480998131/
> His first cooking task was turning the brats on a grill, over a
> hickory fire at a campsite. That was when he was 5, almost 6. He's 7
> now.


Good on ya. Teach a boy to cook and he'll be less reliant on the bitches
later in life.

TFM®

Mark Thorson wrote:
> See it here:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180348960398
>
> I tend to agree with the seller -- that it's for
> draining a teabag. Lots of people do get more than
> one use from a teabag, unlike myself who averages
> less than one because many are thrown away unused.
>
> But note the diameter, it's so tiny. Just barely
> big enough for a teabag. I'd be willing to consider
> other theories as to its purpose.

Not a teabag -- tea. I used them all the time when I had a proper tea
setup. The cool thing about that particular design, my favorite, is that
the base gets out of your way when you're pouring tea (made with loose
tea) through it into the cup, but then the base catches the drips. I
still have a few of them, and I love them.

Serene

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Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> My son just had his first real stovetop cooking experience, aside from
> just stirring. He cooked French toast. I'm putting the pics on my
> Flickr site:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/3480998131/
> His first cooking task was turning the brats on a grill, over a
> hickory fire at a campsite. That was when he was 5, almost 6. He's 7
> now.
>
> The French toast was made with Brownberry Natural Wheat with whole
> egg, half&half, and Tone's vanilla extract. THe syrup was Maple Grove
> Farms blueberry.


It is nice to learn early, and he seems to have a gift for cooking.
He's a good lookin' kid.


Becca