Patent ID: 7578234

Claim:
A method of making and using a kitchen receptacle for the collection and transfer of prepared food material from atop a food preparation or food serving surface having a straight edge end portion, comprising the steps of: Forming a flexible dished, semi-circular or semi-elliptical receptacle by cutting an existing dished circular or elliptical food plate in half, resulting in two matching units, or manufacturing a dished semi-circular or semi-elliptical receptacle in the shape of half of a dished circular or elliptical food plate; and The receptacle having a generally curved proximal outer arc rim portion forming a handle, a shallow substantially horizontal planar combination food collection and food transfer surface portion, and a distal planar straight edge end portion; and Grasping the handle and positioning said straight edge end portion in flush parallel communication with the straight edge end portion of the food preparation or food serving surface; Transferring prepared food material to the receptacle from atop the food preparation or food serving surface and bending the receptacle along a center axis extending from the proximal outer arc rim portion to the distal planar straight edge end portion, while food material is being discharged into a second receptacle.