“This has a wooden handle and a metal top with 5 sharp pointy tips and is about 8 1/2 inches long. What is it?”
Answer: "It can also be used as an ice pick for big blocks of ice that went into an icebox before refrigeration was common. I think that was the primary purpose."
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Ike 2 year s ago
Some wrong answers here:
#2 Actually these are for eating crab of lobster. Crush the scale and empty them wth the picks.
#15 It is a tool to press and crush garlic. For Americans among us: garlic is not a powder :-)
#2 Actually these are for eating crab of lobster. Crush the scale and empty them wth the picks.
#15 It is a tool to press and crush garlic. For Americans among us: garlic is not a powder :-)
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Rose 2 year s ago
Ike,
#2 is both. They are sold as each.
#2 is both. They are sold as each.
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Agatha 2 year s ago
Ike,
#2 is for nuts. We had a set like that. Cracker with multiple picks, and a bowl for nuts with a holder in the middle for the tools. Similar to this one https://www.pinterest.com/pin/157837161928043131/
#2 is for nuts. We had a set like that. Cracker with multiple picks, and a bowl for nuts with a holder in the middle for the tools. Similar to this one https://www.pinterest.com/pin/157837161928043131/
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Elvira 2 year s ago
Ike,
#15 would be sh#tty when used as a garlic crusher..
#15 would be sh#tty when used as a garlic crusher..
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Ree 2 year s ago
Elvira,
To clarify. Garlic crushers have holes for the garlic to squeeze out. This tool is enclosed, which would make it very hard to remove the crushed garlic.
To clarify. Garlic crushers have holes for the garlic to squeeze out. This tool is enclosed, which would make it very hard to remove the crushed garlic.
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Magdelina 2 year s ago
#1 It may also be used to hold some soap and to create foam for washing the dishes.
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Jacob 2 year s ago
Magdelina, and for beating rugs, too!
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Willie 2 year s ago
Jacob,
It's too small to use for BBQ cooking and also beating rugs .. it's definitely used for saving scrap soap and swished around to make soapy dish water .
It's too small to use for BBQ cooking and also beating rugs .. it's definitely used for saving scrap soap and swished around to make soapy dish water .
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Vinson 2 year s ago
Willie, that's exactly right.
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Brenda 2 year s ago
Willie, nope, its a smores holder 
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Hy 2 year s ago
Jacob,
Also to put soap in them and then beat things with it (or people). Would spare the sock
Also to put soap in them and then beat things with it (or people). Would spare the sock
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Louis 2 year s ago
I have this strange obstruction standing in the middle of my kitchen for years now. Weighs about 125 pounds, smells like coffee and looks good in yoga pants, yet really has no idea what any of the other objects are for. It burns food every time I try to use it and...oh sh#t, here she comes!
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Vinson 2 year s ago
#5 No...it is, in fact, a scoop for making butter curls.
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Pandora 2 year s ago
Gotta love the stupidity of Izismile commenters. 
#2 Actually these are for eating crab of lobster. Crush the scale and empty them wth the picks.
#15 It is a tool to press and crush garlic. For Americans among us: garlic is not a powder :-)
#2 is both. They are sold as each.
#2 is for nuts. We had a set like that. Cracker with multiple picks, and a bowl for nuts with a holder in the middle for the tools. Similar to this one https://www.pinterest.com/pin/157837161928043131/
#15 would be sh#tty when used as a garlic crusher..
To clarify. Garlic crushers have holes for the garlic to squeeze out. This tool is enclosed, which would make it very hard to remove the crushed garlic.
It's too small to use for BBQ cooking and also beating rugs .. it's definitely used for saving scrap soap and swished around to make soapy dish water .
Also to put soap in them and then beat things with it (or people). Would spare the sock