The things you learn: Dutch bottle scrapers

[pne]

A utensil that’s apparently ubiquitous in the Netherlands yet unknown outside the country: the bottle scraper (flessenschraper/flessenlikker).

Useful for extracting the last bits of vla (which is more viscous than milk) from the bottles it was traditionally sold in; modern versions of the scraper apparently have not only a rounded edge useful for bottles but also a straight edge with two right angles useful for the cartons that vla tends to be sold in these days.

Comments

[steorra]

Oh, I remember vla from when my family was in Belgium. I think I liked it. Wasn't aware of bottle scrapers though.

[ailbhe]

In Sweden they have plastic sink-scrapers which have little drainage holes, so you can scrape the soggy yuck out of the kitchen sink. Clas Ohlson in England sell them, too. Brilliant things, very Swedish.

[pne]

That does sound useful! Never heard of those before, either.

[ewx]

Looks handy.