What are these aluminum tab things?
You could sift it over a bowl, but if you need to add these dry ingredients gradually the wax or even parchment paper Then pick up the egdes of the paper, and slowly add flour a little at a timeThis get's it in the bowl without so much mess.
A sifter is a kind of a wire bowlWhen you put the dry ingredients through it, it breaks them up so they don't clump togetherSifting over a sheet of waxed paper is only a suggestion to save on cleanupYou can do it over a bowl if you like.
Just sift it into a bowl It means to hold your sifter over a piece of wax paper, so that you can use the wax paper to catch the flourIf you do not have a sifter, gather all your ingredients in a large bowl, and use a whisk to mix it, just like you're stirring somethingIt works just the sameBasically you're just breaking any lumps in the dry ingredients, and making sure that they are all mixed up
Place a sheet of wax paper on the table or kitchen counter, take a sifter, put all the dry ingredients into the sifter, hold it over the wax paper and sift it.
That's an aid for threading a needleYou push the thin wire diamond through the needle, then put your thread through the diamondWhen you pull the diamond back through the needle, the thread comes with itIt's really only effective when threading a rather fluffy thread into a decent-sized needle.
