pastry blender

American  

noun

1. a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.

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Example Sentences

They would mention a pastry blender.

From Salon

I was like, "What is a pastry blender?"

From Salon

Cut in chilled butter with your fingers or a pastry blender until no pieces are larger than a pea.

From Seattle Times

“While the fork method surely satisfies the requirement of smashing canned tuna, I admit that I prefer the pastry blender method, because it reminds me of my now departed moms,” he wrote.

From Washington Post

When Mitch Cohen was growing up in Springfield, Va., all five children were taught to mash canned tuna using not a fork — the tool of choice in most households — but a pastry blender.

From Washington Post