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How to clean a flour sifter?

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Sylvia Bass

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Apr 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/27/98
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Hi,
I recently purchased a flour sifter but don't know how to clean it. I
think I may have made a mistake and washed it with soap and water. It now
has dried flour clumps that I can't get out. Any suggestions?

Thank you,

Sylvia

so...@spamlesssoleassociates.com

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Apr 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/27/98
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sib...@uci.edu (Sylvia Bass) wrote:

»Hi,

For now, I'd soak it and then pick out all the gunk. Then, dry it
thoroughly...

After the next use, just shake it out.
--
-Kenneth

If you email please remove the "SPAMLESS."

langel

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Apr 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/27/98
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What is it made of? I just put mine in the dishwasher along with
everything else..tap out any excess flour first....
chheeerrss..LAngel

Ruffian2

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Apr 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/27/98
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> I recently purchased a flour sifter but don't know how to clean it. I think I
may have made a mistake and washed it with soap and water. It now has dried
flour clumps that I can't get out. Any suggestions? <

My mother NEVER cleaned her sifter or rolling pin in 40 years of baking. When I
began to bake, I followed her lead. But then I thought, hey! This is nuts! Why
do I want dirty dishes in my cabinet?

So from that day forward I've washed all my baking tools in the same manner as
washing the din-din dishes: by hand or in a dishwasher, when I've been
fortunate enough to own one.

Why you got clumps? Beats me. Give it another soaking and scrubbing!

David R. Woolums

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May 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/3/98
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Since Water and flour create paste, I would never wash a flour sifter in the technical sense.  The most you should ever need to do is to tap out the excess and put the sifter away since flour has such a low water activity level and isn't considered potentially hazardous.  Washing leads to ruining.

David

langel wrote:

What is it made of?  I just put mine in the dishwasher along with
everything else..tap out any excess flour first....
chheeerrss..LAngel

Sylvia Bass wrote:
>
> Hi,

> I recently purchased a flour sifter but don't know how to clean it. I
> think I may have made a mistake and washed it with soap and water. It now
> has dried flour clumps that I can't get out. Any suggestions?
>

> Thank you,
>
> Sylvia

 

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