What is this utensil?

[Orchid64]

I had a question from a student today about a kitchen utensil and I cannot answer it using Internet searches. She said she is interested in buying a scoop which looks like a spoon with the bowl cut in half and with a flat end. The scoop is about a foot long and is designed to allow flour, sugar, etc. to be scooped out of canisters more effectively (hence the flat end).

She drew a picture for me and it literally looks like a deep-bowled spoon cut in half and the gap closed with a flat piece of material with a long handle. It's not a flat-ended spatula or a standard scoop with a flat end. She said that the bowl was made of something like silicone or special plastic and the handle was wood or metal.

Does anyone know what this is or where it can be purchased?

Thanks!

[grnidkjun]

this is the only thing I can think of.. a ladle with a pouring spout:
http://www.amazon.com/Serving-Pieces-Spout-Ladle-oz/dp/B0001MSE32/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1267197925&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Spout-La...

Oh goodness.. I see the original post is from about a year ago.. I wonder if the OP ever found what they were looking for.

[Pata_Negra]

a scraper. in Netherlands it's called 'flessenlikker' [literally bottle licker]. a common household utensil here for scrapping the last bits of yoghurt, custard, and anything that has a similar texture. invented in Norway but became a smashing success in Netherlands. guess why.

it's one of the things i don't take photos of but here's one i found on the interwebs: http://jeugdsentimenten.net/wordpress...

[armagnac]

Maybe a wok spatula?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...

[emi50]

Search for Rubbermaid Precision Portioning Spoon and see if it looks like the right thing. Also, search for "flat-ended spoon," and peruse the pictures.

[Orchid64]

I already did the search you mention and several variations and came up with all sorts of stuff, but mostly spoons that look like a cross between a scoop and a spatula or flat-ended scoops (like the kind used in bulk selling bins). I looked through hundreds of pictures and nothing resembled what she was talking about.

I only came here after doing searches which is why I said, "I cannot answer it using Internet searches" in my original post.

[Scargod]

Option: get plastic scoop/heat griddle or skillet/push end of scoop against hot surface/cool while holding end in new position. Trim if necessary.

[Scargod]

A picture of the sketch would be worth a thousand words. Can't you scan it or take a snapshot of it?
How much of the 12 inches is the scoop's bowl? I looked on the King Arthur Flour site, too.
PS: when I get that far into my container I just dump it into something!

[Orchid64]

Unfortunately, she drew the picture on her notes which she took with her at the end of the lesson. I'm not sure why anyone would want it, but she said her friend who is a professional chef's apprentice has one and she wants one as well. My student is going to New York city in April and wants to buy one for her friend, but doesn't know what it is called. She asked me to find out the name of it.

[Scargod]

Like this? http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Canister-Scoops-Set-3/dp/B000PIC014/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1238070747&sr=1-10
This is on Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilesco-Flour...

[Orchid64]

I'm afraid not. It's closer to the ice cream scoop (only, as I said, cut in half down through the bottom). If you scooped something like ice cream of cookie dough with it, you'd produce a little dome shape rather than a ball.

[Soop]

Oh, I see... You mean it's like a circle cut in half, but along the x axis rather than the z (I.E. the very end is "missing").

I was imagining the usage that would necessitate such a shape, and imagined twisting my wrist (like I would spoon sugar, or scoop icecream) rather than bending my wrist.

Although, surely it would be better if the curved part was on the end, like this:

=======D rather than D========= or (like my icecream scoop) U=======

[Scargod]

Very creative Soop! =====D will not get down in the corners....
I'm sticking with dumping out the remainder when you get to the point of needing the unobtanium scoop.

[Soop]

Amazon, search for scoop found this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Henckels-Sele...

[Orchid64]

It's like the ice cream scoop, but with the bowl cut in half so that it resembles a half circle rather than a full circle. Thanks for looking!