The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?Nut cracker.
That saw isn't really a kitchen tool, it's a woodworker's coping saw. It
could be used in the kitchen for sawing bones, I guess. -
BOB said:
That saw isn't really a kitchen tool, it's a woodworker's coping saw. It
could be used in the kitchen for sawing bones, I guess.If it has a wire instead of a toothed blade, it's a cheese cutter.
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:58:28 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email hidden]>
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?Apple corer, perhaps.
Boron
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.Make of it what you will.
Felice
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Felice said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.BINGO! It's an avocado pitter!
Or maybe not. :-)
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:10:39 -0500, "Felice" <[email hidden]>
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.Make of it what you will.
It could also be pear shaped.--
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Mark Thorson said:
Felice said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.BINGO! It's an avocado pitter!
Or maybe not. :-)
I vote nutcracker. As a corer or pitter, it would simply smash
the [censored] out of anything you put in it, including the fruit.-sw
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Felice said:
No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.Along both those same lines, a scrotum would fit in there, too.
Male chastity device.
-sw
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:10:39 -0500, "Felice" <[email hidden]>
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.Make of it what you will.
It could also be pear shaped.Now that you mention it, wasn't the avocado known at one time as the
alligator pear?Felice
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Oh pshaw, on Sun 11 Nov 2007 04:33:42p, Felice meant to say...
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:10:39 -0500, "Felice" <[email hidden]>
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> The third one from the right, with the T-handle
> and threaded shaft, what is that?
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ320180459060No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.Make of it what you will.
It could also be pear shaped.Now that you mention it, wasn't the avocado known at one time as the
alligator pear?Felice
Yes, it was.
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Wayne Boatwright(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
______________________________________________________________OK, I'm weird ! But I'm saving up to be eccentric.
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?Looks to me like some kind of "collapsible" spoon for camping or whatever.
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"Sqwertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Felice said:
No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some
kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an
avocado.Along both those same lines, a scrotum would fit in there, too.
....someone already mentioned nutcracker...
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Felice said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.BINGO! It's an avocado pitter!
Or maybe not. :-)
It does look like some sort of pitter.
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?You didn't ask about the spoon that is hanging on the box. I have one
that came from my Grandmother's house. It's for scooping the cream from the
top of a glass milk bottle. The kind that has a bulge near the top.
......Sharon, born in '43 -
biig said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?You didn't ask about the spoon that is hanging on the box. I have one
that came from my Grandmother's house. It's for scooping the cream from the
top of a glass milk bottle. The kind that has a bulge near the top.
.....Sharon, born in '43That certainly explains the name on the spoon.
You can't just reincorporate the cream by
shaking the bottle? Or would that make the
separation worse, like churning butter?By taking the cream off the top, I'd think
the milk would be made weaker -- like
skimmed milk. -
Julie Bove said:
It does look like some sort of pitter.I thought it might be a nutcracker shortly before
seeing the first reply in the thread. Though
I was thinking maybe a cracker for the large
round pods that hold Brazil nuts (seldom seen
in the U.S.). This idea seemed a bit too
unlikely, but the general idea of a nutcracker
seems reasonable because the bowl of the spoon
would catch the bits of meat and shell.However, the screw action would be a slow and
tedious way to shell nuts. I'm now thinking
maybe it's for shelling black walnuts. They
are hard little guys, much more difficult to
crack that regular walnuts, and their nearly
spherical shape causes them to slip out of
many other types of nutcracker. The slightly
cupped end on the screw looks like it would
be just right to hold a black walnut. The
tedious screw action might be acceptable because
nobody uses a large number of black walnuts.
They are usually used in small amounts in
candy, cakes, and ice cream. -
Oh pshaw, on Mon 12 Nov 2007 01:37:09p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
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biig said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?You didn't ask about the spoon that is hanging on the box. I have
one
that came from my Grandmother's house. It's for scooping the cream
from the top of a glass milk bottle. The kind that has a bulge near
the top. .....Sharon, born in '43That certainly explains the name on the spoon.
You can't just reincorporate the cream by
shaking the bottle? Or would that make the
separation worse, like churning butter?By taking the cream off the top, I'd think
the milk would be made weaker -- like
skimmed milk.No, the milk under the cream is not as "spare" as skimmed milk, but more
like 2%. Yes, you could shake it to reincorporate it and it wouldn't hurt
a bit.Most folks called that "top cream" and reserved it for coffee. It wasn't
as heavy as whipping cream, but more like half and half.Milk prcessed back in those days was put through a cream separator (so most
of the cream was already removed), and was pasteurized, but not
homogenized.--
Wayne Boatwright(to e-mail me direct, replace cox dot net with gmail dot com)
______________________________________________________________OK, I'm weird ! But I'm saving up to be eccentric.
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"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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biig said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?You didn't ask about the spoon that is hanging on the box. I have one
that came from my Grandmother's house. It's for scooping the cream from
theQuoted message said:
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top of a glass milk bottle. The kind that has a bulge near the top.
.....Sharon, born in '43That certainly explains the name on the spoon.
You can't just reincorporate the cream by
shaking the bottle? Or would that make the
separation worse, like churning butter?By taking the cream off the top, I'd think
the milk would be made weaker -- like
skimmed milk.You had a choice. You could shake it up or use the cream and milk
separately. I had a treat in the winter if the cream froze before the milk
was brought in, in the winter. I don't remember if we added any sweetener,
though...Grandma got her milk this way, but my parents didn't. The milk at
our house came in a regular bottle. .....Sharon -
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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biig said:
"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The third one from the right, with the T-handle
and threaded shaft, what is that?You didn't ask about the spoon that is hanging on the box. I have one
that came from my Grandmother's house. It's for scooping the cream from
theQuoted message said:
Quoted message said:
top of a glass milk bottle. The kind that has a bulge near the top.
.....Sharon, born in '43That certainly explains the name on the spoon.
You can't just reincorporate the cream by
shaking the bottle? Or would that make the
separation worse, like churning butter?By taking the cream off the top, I'd think
the milk would be made weaker -- like
skimmed milk.Replying a second time. I dug out my spoon and the end of the curve on
the handle is very pointed. It was used for taking the cardboard cap that
was inserted in the top of the bottle, under the paper "cap". The name on
the handle says "Creamtop" Pat Sept.2nd 1924 and under that, Mar. 3rd
1925....... It has minute spots of rust, so isn't a high quality peace, but
I'm not as old and I'm a little rusty too....lol....Memories popping up
here.. Sharon
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