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Milchwächter

English translation: milk saver, milk guard

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German term or phrase:Milchwächter
English translation:milk saver, milk guard
Entered by: Deborah Shannon

09:47 Nov 5, 2002
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ household item
German term or phrase: Milchwächter
Help! This has popped up as a "Werbegeschenk" in a text which has absolutely nothing to do with cooking.

On the Internet I've found odd phrases from "disk to prevent milk boiling over" to "ceramic thingy". Do these exist in English? Or any idea what I could call it to make it sound useful/desirable?

Entire context:
...einen original Milchwächter aus Porzellan, der unsere Großmütter rechtzeitig warnte, bevor etwas anbrannte.


Image: a white china disc with a small rim and a slight indentation in one place, not enough to make it kidney shaped though. (If you're still with me, picture a china teapot lid flattened and turned upside down ...)

Thanks for any inspiration!
Deborah Shannon
Germany
Local time: 10:19
milk saver
Explanation:
I think it's a piece of china or stainless steel that you can put in the bottom of a saucepan when you're boiling milk. When the milk starts to boil, the milk saver starts to rattle...


http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/products/prodcat/catkit.htm#...
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SEH
Local time: 10:19
Grading comment
To both answerers and all who dropped by to agree - thanks, it was great to have the answer so quickly. It seems the implement can be called either a "milk saver" or "milk guard" and works as described by SEH.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6milk saver
SEH
4milk guardian
Uta Muller


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
milk saver


Explanation:
I think it's a piece of china or stainless steel that you can put in the bottom of a saucepan when you're boiling milk. When the milk starts to boil, the milk saver starts to rattle...


http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/products/prodcat/catkit.htm#...


    Reference: http://www.ncbi.ie/shop/living.htm
    Reference: http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/products/prodcat/catkit.htm#...
SEH
Local time: 10:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 8
Grading comment
To both answerers and all who dropped by to agree - thanks, it was great to have the answer so quickly. It seems the implement can be called either a "milk saver" or "milk guard" and works as described by SEH.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wolfgang Tiefert
10 mins
agree  Vesna Zivcic
25 mins
agree  jerrie: http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/products/images/dk28.gif - a picture of a stainless steel one!
2 hrs
agree  allemande
3 hrs
agree  Bob Kerns (X)
3 hrs
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith
3 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
milk guardian


Explanation:
This implies that the device is on alert adn will prevent the milk from burning.

Uta Muller
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 4
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