Can anyone identify this object ???
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Can anyone identify this object ???
Can anyone please take a look at the photos posted on a friend's blog and tell us what that thing is and what it is called and what on God's beautiful Earth it is used for??
http://misding.blogspot.com/2007/08/mys ... opper.html
The center metal grids you see are solid, e.g. they cannot be further collapsed or expanded. The photos show pretty much everything that can be done with this thing. So we're sure it's not used for producing Italian gnocchis or any other pasta, you can't cut eggs with it .... heck, we're not even sure that this thing is something you'd find in a kitchen.
We have no clue what that thing is. Anyone got any plausible theory?
http://misding.blogspot.com/2007/08/mys ... opper.html
The center metal grids you see are solid, e.g. they cannot be further collapsed or expanded. The photos show pretty much everything that can be done with this thing. So we're sure it's not used for producing Italian gnocchis or any other pasta, you can't cut eggs with it .... heck, we're not even sure that this thing is something you'd find in a kitchen.
We have no clue what that thing is. Anyone got any plausible theory?
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- grimdestripador
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"Greetings, stay a while and listen" - decard cain
It it a magic tool to put the ridges in peanut butter cookies.
btw:
http://deckard.ytmnd.com/
has a cool decard cain rap...
It it a magic tool to put the ridges in peanut butter cookies.
btw:
http://deckard.ytmnd.com/
has a cool decard cain rap...
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When I saw this thing the first thing that came to mind were the fruit hullers I used to work with when I used to be the dessert chef in a restaurant. You can see a more modern version here:
http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=KK7230
It's basically a tool that slices fruit into multiple slices at once.
That's the closest I can come to figuring out what this thing is.
http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=KK7230
It's basically a tool that slices fruit into multiple slices at once.
That's the closest I can come to figuring out what this thing is.
Nope, there are no blades on this thing. The central metal "basket" is not made for cutting anything, it looks more like it was made for holding something .... but what?red-e-made wrote:It's basically a tool that slices fruit into multiple slices at once.
One theory I was given was that it must be some part of a fryer or something, e.g. you'd put whatever you want to deep-fry (spring rolls??) into that metal basket and then put this thing into a special fryer ....
I thought that this was a good theory until my friend brought this thing into the office and I was able to hold it in my hands. The entire thing isn't really that big, and the metal basket is far too small to hold anything the size of a Chinese spring roll ... It might still be something that's used for a deep-frying something, it just would have to be way smaller than the usual Chinese spring roll ...
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Yeah, I thought of strudels .... but these have to be really small strudels then, about the size of a cigarette box. That's about the size of that metal basket in the center of the object.red-e-made wrote: Strudels? I don't know. I'm stumped.
One guy around our office claimed it's a pre-WW1 era "sex toy" because his girlfriend has such objects too in her drawers ... We were like: "Oh, fine .... AND HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU USE THIS THEN ????"
For some mysterious reason the color in his face turned from pink to snow-white and then to a fiery-red. And he refused to comment any further or to elaborate a bit more on his claim and whatever objects his girlfriend is collecting ...
I just hope he was making a stupid joke, because if this thing is what he claimed then I am really deeply confused young man now
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Small fried pastry makings, small fritters maybe
(as I am not sure about my english translation here is in French what I want to say: des petites pâtisseries frites, des petits beignets)
(as I am not sure about my english translation here is in French what I want to say: des petites pâtisseries frites, des petits beignets)
K.I.S.S. ===> "Keep It Simple, Stupid"
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)
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Unlikely ... that central metal basket cannot be collapsed any further. Whatever it was made for, cutting something or cracking nuts are not amongst the intended functions.kenetics wrote: Hey Porcorosso, maybe it has something to do with cracking walnuts.
The suggestion about it holding something was probably the best so far. But I also agree with the argument about the stick being a bit too short and too small ... if you put this thing into a fryer (even a specially designed-for-this-strange-thing one) you'd probably get your hands burned.
Is there any chance that this is some sort of .... I dunno ... 'tool' of any sorts? As there are no blades on it it's probably safe to say that this thing isn't something a carpenter would use. You can't cut wood with it.
Maybe this is some weird sort of paint brush of some kind or something a painter would use??? (maybe there are parts missing) ...
We're thankful for any idea what this thing might be.
@scorp, I was referring to another - very funny - episode of the Dick Van Dyke show titled "It may look like a walnut!". It was a parody of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", in which the alien pods looked like walnuts. They took over people bodies and left them emotionless and without thumbs (the theory being without opposable thumbs, humans would be helpless).
I was wondering if porcorosso would remember the episode and he did!
See how much you miss out on without American TV? My god, this stuff is from the 60's and I remember it.
I was wondering if porcorosso would remember the episode and he did!
See how much you miss out on without American TV? My god, this stuff is from the 60's and I remember it.