Mystery Kitchen Objects
Almost every local museum has food-related objects in their collections. These range from tractors and farm implements, to kitchen utensils and equipment, to plant and animal specimens, to traditional table textiles, to cookbooks and historic photographs, to fish nets or tools used by indigenous cultures, to household items from archaeological contexts.
Look at the mystery kitchen objects found at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum a few years ago. Can you guess what they are? (email for answers or look in the comments).

Two mystery objects are in this photo. The rectangular block of wood – what shape could it produce if you put some churned butter in it, and pressed down? And how can you churn a small amount of butter?

A favourite kitchen object for anyone who wants to make perfect meringue from egg whites and save the egg yolks for something else.
What interesting items have you seen or maybe still have in your kitchen?
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