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US 2003/0188439 A1Published application
Simple fat skimming ladle
OwnerEric Y. Tenginventor
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention a fat skimming ladle that is efficient and convenient to use for removal of fat and other floating debris off of cooked soup stock. This special purpose ladle retains the simple elegant look of a common soup ladle, and can just as convenient to be used. The conduit structure with inlet located at the interior bottom of the ladle bowl and outlet located behind the proximal end of the handle allows for a simple, elegant and greatly functional design.
Claims8
A kitchen utensil comprising:
- a) an elongated handle having a distal end and a proximal end;
- b) a liquid container bowl having an internal side and an external side;
- said container bowl being connected to said proximal end of said handle;
- c) a liquid conduit having an inlet and an outlet;
- said inlet being located substantially at the bottom of said container bowl on its said internal side;
- said outlet being located substantial at said proximal end of said handle on said external side of said container bowl;
- whereby a mixture of liquid stock within said container bowl having different densities may be separated by draining through said conduit.
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A method of skimming off fat from soup stock or liquid food comprising of:
- a) heating to boil soup stock in a pot filled with water, meat and other ingredients;
- b) submerging slightly a ladle having a handle connected to a container bowl allowing stock mixture having a top layer of fat and other floating debris and a lower layer of broth to flow into said container bowl filling a liquid conduit through its inlet located substantially at the bottom internal to said container bowl;
- c) tipping backward said ladle to drain broth back to said pot through a conduit outlet located substantially at the proximal end of said handle external to said container bowl;
- d) emptying said container bowl by discarding fat and other floating debris left wherein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.