Help ID this kitchen gadget

SourChipmunk · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:34

SOLVED: Help ID this kitchen gadget

Found this device laying 'round and have no idea what it is. Diameter of the tube is about 1.75cm, so kind of small for anything. The tube contains a screw device so it's made for serious pressure. My best guess is a garlic press. Does anyone else have any ideas?

233 · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:35

pepper grinder?

some sort of masochistic *****?

chesterstu · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:35

I would say garlic press aswell

Gilly · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:35

Looks like some sort of mill. Pepper?

Shifter_Hull · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:35

garlic press

Cybermyk · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:40

Looking at the base and tube I'd say pepper mill too. It could also be used for salt though.

Zefan · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:42

Mill.

SourChipmunk · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:44

I ruled out pepper mill because it's made to squeeze the item, not grind it as far as I can tell. The inside guts push down as the screw is turned, not spin.

If it is for garlic, it would hold a lot of cloves! Giddy-up!

Cybermyk · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:49

Raist said:
I ruled out pepper mill because it's made to squeeze the item, not grind it as far as I can tell. The inside guts push down as the screw is turned, not spin.

If it is for garlic, it would hold a lot of cloves! Giddy-up!

Must be a garlic press then, can't see any other use for it if it just pushes down. Seems like a lot of cleaning and engineering for such a simple task though.

KizZ · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:55

You bought it and you don't know what it is?

manoz · 22 Jan 2007 at 00:59

I thought it would be a pepper mill, you would hold the top and spin the bottom, rather then the other way round,that not work?

Stellios · 22 Jan 2007 at 01:01

Fresh spaghetti maker

some sort of masochistic *****?

I just roared, and the 'rents are in bed.

Kreeeee · 22 Jan 2007 at 01:03

Gilly said:
Looks like some sort of mill. Pepper?

Screw thread says otherwise.

SourChipmunk · 22 Jan 2007 at 01:04

KizZ said:
You bought it and you don't know what it is?

No, didn't buy it. My mother-in-law, who just passed, had it in her collection of strange things she's bought from infomercials. Gotta love her.

manoz said:
I thought it would be a pepper mill, you would hold the top and spin the bottom, rather then the other way round,that not work?

The bottom is stationary. By spinning the top it turns a screw that slowly pushes down on the interior.

edit: I stand corrected. The interior plate rotates with the screw, so it would turn/grind the food item. I suppose by flipping the blade over it could work as a mill. Possibly a hard cheese grater as well. I guess I'll just have to sample a few different items. Maybe its an all-in-one thingy!

Stellios said:
Fresh spaghetti maker

I considered that, also. But the screw moves so slowly it didn't seem like it would work efficiently for that purpose.

Mickey_D · 22 Jan 2007 at 02:25

Looks like it could also be a fresh Parmesan cheese grater.

But saying that, most of the pepper mills I've seen look like that.

Never really had a use for a garlic press, so no idea on that one.

Azagoth · 22 Jan 2007 at 03:23

It's a ricer ain't it? Just not one of those ones you squeeze.

Stiff_Cookie · 22 Jan 2007 at 03:31

Juicer?

manoz · 22 Jan 2007 at 03:52

I will also say Salt grinder? For them rock salts.

Gilly · 22 Jan 2007 at 08:02

Unlikely to be a garlic press IMO. If you put fresh garlic in that you'd never use it before it went bad. A garlic press is much smaller.

Beren · 22 Jan 2007 at 08:59

OK that's wierd if it's not a mill. I thought it might be a pasta maker too, but it's smaller than any I've seen.

Have you tried putting some stuff in it to see what happens?

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