A kit for use in turning plain food material into a stream of food material with sides having different colors, said kit comprising:
- a cylindrical tube, wherein said tube is configured with a length and a diameter and an internal volume to serve as a shipping and storage container for the kit, and further, wherein said tube is configured to serve as a filling stand for the kit when said kit is rested on a counter, said tube having a circular shaped first end, a circular shaped second end and an internal wall between them;
- a first circular shaped end cap, wherein said first cap is configured to frictionally engage and close said first end of said tube;
- a second circular shaped end cap, wherein said second cap is configured to frictionally engage and close said second end of said tube;
- at least one pastry bag which fits within said tube when it is closed for shipping and storage purposes, wherein said bag can be:
- (i) inserted into said tube when it is open by inserting said bag through said first end;
- (ii) advanced further into said tube by pulling on said bag through said second end;
- and (iii) ultimately suspended within said tube;
- wherein said bag is configured with a size and a shape relative to said length and said diameter of said tube, including a conically shaped wall portion, such that when said bag is suspended within said tube said conically shaped wall portion engages said first end of said tube, such that said bag is held in said tube in a predetermined stationary position, said bag will not “collapse” when said tube with said bag inserted is held in one hand and tilted, and wherein said bag has an internal wall to which coloring gel can be applied and said internal wall of said bag will remain “taut” while said tube with said bag inserted is held in one hand and tilted;
- at least one output nozzle which fits within said tube when it is closed for shipping and storage purposes, wherein said nozzle is configured to be attached to said pastry bag and, once said pastry bag is striped, filled with frosting and closed, serves to achieve the desired output of a stream of food material with sides having different colors, and further, wherein said length and diameter of said tube and said size and shape of said bag cooperate to ensure that said nozzle, when attached to said pastry bag suspended within said tube, does not extend out of said second end of said tube and touch the counter when said tube is rested on the counter;
- at least one coloring means which fits within said tube when it is closed for shipping and storage purposes, which coloring means can be used for the purpose of striping said internal wall of said bag;
- at least one coloring spreading means which fits within said tube when it is closed for shipping and storage purposes, which coloring spreading means can be used to spread said coloring means on said internal wall of said bag;
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- at least one closure means which fits within said tube when it is closed for shipping and storage purposes, which closure means can be used to close the end of said bag once the bag has been striped, filled with frosting and twisted closed.