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Linen Crash Jelly Bag

A linen crash jelly bag is a funnel-shaped cloth bag for straining jelly. Crash is a fabric, made from heavy, rough flax that can be woven in finer or coarser grades. It’s an older term that went out after the Second World War. The word “crash” here is presumed to come from the Russian word…

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Pastry Bags

A pastry bag (aka “piping bag”) is a bag shaped like a cone, with a small opening at the tip of the cone, and a wide opening at the other end. You put the food item that you are working with into the bag through the wide opening, then squeeze the food item out the…

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Sachet Bags

A sachet bag is a small bag made out of loosely-woven cloth filled with herbs and other flavouring items. You toss a sachet bag into the soup, sauce or stew that you are cooking, then remove it at the end of cooking and discard.

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