“What is this paddle-like object? Received from a friend but our friend had no idea what it was.”
“My grandma was Norwegian and used a similar tool for transporting lefse from the countertop we rolled it out onto the griddle. Lefse is super thin so it needs a tool flat enough to slip underneath it and long enough to support it all the way across.”
Small porridge crosiers were used like today's whisks.
#21 can also be a washing paddle a hand tool used to do laundry. It is made of wood, shaped like a baker's peel, but with a much shorter handle used as a grip. It was used to beat the wet clothes and linens, pushing out the dirt by hammering the items against the washboard, or against the flat slabs built into the laundry area.
And you know this from experience??