A Simple Little Thing

Sometimes the simplest little things are the best.  In my shelves and bins full of kitchen gadgets the one I use so frequently is the one that cost the least, only a dollar years and years ago.  Still being sold today I recently noticed something similar at a kitchen store for $3.00. Antique shops usually have them as well and those too are never expensive.  What is it?  It’s just a simple shaker with a screw-top lid.  I keep mine filled with flour.  It comes in so handy for shaking a bit onto pasta dough, or bread dough that is just a bit too sticky.  It works just as well for dusting a surface you are going to set dough on, or sifting a bit of flour onto an oiled baking pan.  I often put this to use when I need to thicken a sauce by just sprinking a bit of flourright onto the surface of the sauce and quickly whisking it in.  The fine dusting of flour never clumps when added to sauces.  Someday I will remember and pick up a few more, one for powdered sugar, one for cornstarch, baking cocoa, and who knows what else!