I love old kitchen implements. Yankee magazine used to have a wonderful "guess what this is" column, and I learned a lot of good stuff there. I have to check that Michigan site!
Vintage Mashers and Forks
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Credit: Sur Le Table
Another great retro tool in the Things Cooks Love series is a long, three-pronged granny fork. I purchased this for several relatives and myself so that we would stop fighting over our own grandma's fork. (In case you're wondering, my mom got it.) You can read about other weird old utensils in the online archives of the Michigan State University Museum, home to a large collection of historic cooking implements.
