Topic: What is THAT?

[smokester]

A brick on a string would be more effective
 

Out of interest, have you ever read Tom Sharpe?

[Nobby]

I never have ---

I did not even know
Porterhouse Blue + Blott on the Landscape
were his 

[xtopave]

[smokester]

I never have ---

I did not even know
Porterhouse Blue + Blott on the Landscape
were his 

I asked as he worked in South Africa (was actually deported for sedition) and his time there inspired 2 hilarious books that were Riotous Assembly (1971) and Indecent Exposure (1973).  In one of them there is a reference to the local (tribal) people that walked around with half a brick tied to their wotsits.  I don't think I will ever forget that passage.

Mulling over the new one XT.

[xtopave]

Mulling over the new one XT.

It could be found in a kitchen (but maybe you already suspected that).

[smokester]

So something would slide down over the pin and be held firm by the 4 blades at the bottom while the cutter at the top scrapes away at it.  The question is what?  Butter would be too soft... Fruit would be too messy... A hard cheese would work like a Parmigiano but I have never seen anything like that in Italian cooking.

I can't think of anything else that would need that application.

[xtopave]

Well done!    You're almost there! I'm tempted to give it to you right now but, wouldn't it be fun to find the exact name of the utensil and the cheese it's used for? You're right it isn't Italian.

[smokester]

So that's why Monks have a bald spot.

For Tete de Moine and they're like £140?!?!?!?!?!?!  I'm in the wrong business.

[xtopave]

So that's why Monks have a bald spot.

 

For Tete de Moine and they're like £140?!?!?!?!?!?!

No kidding?!! 

The girolle is a utensil for scraping Tête de Moine Swiss cheese into the form of rosettes that resemble Chanterelle mushrooms (also known as girolle in French, hence the name of the device).

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[smokester]

[Nobby]

Something to do with Roofing?

[smokester]

Something to do with Roofing?

Wow forgot about this completely.  Yes indeed it is a roofing tool.

[ohcheap1]

Hook Blade

[smokester]

Actually classed as an axe.

[ohcheap1]

Ssssssssooooooooo......... the answers wrong? Or should I type out Hook Axe?