# What the hell happened to my muffins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-my-muffins/970405>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [August 26, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-my-muffins/970405 "2022-08-26T18:21:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-my-muffins/970405/21 "2022-08-27T23:30:25Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> It’s not difficult to improvise a quick sifter using a small strainer

This exactly how I do it. Easy peasy. Although my mom had one of those coffee can shaped sifters with a handle on the side (there were also later models where you squeezed the handle). I used one of those when I was a kid. Hated it.

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