{"id":20989,"date":"2026-07-09T21:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=20989"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:11:54","slug":"i-found-this-in-a-box-of-old-dishes-it-looks-like-a-huge-sharp-point-but-the-metal-prongs-are-too-thick-the-handle-is-made-of-bakelite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=20989","title":{"rendered":"I found this in a box of old dishes. It looks like a huge, sharp point, but the metal prongs are too thick. The handle is made of Bakelite."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That sounds like an exciting find! When you rummage through a box of old dishes or kitchen utensils, you often come across tools that hardly anyone uses anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bakelite handle already gives us a clue as to its approximate age: This material (the first fully synthetic plastic) was used extensively for kitchen utensils, especially between the 1920s and 1950s, because it is heat-resistant and robust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on your description\u2014a huge point, but with metal prongs that are too thick\u2014three historical kitchen tools are particularly likely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. A meat holder\/carving tool (Very likely)
    If it looks like a giant fork, but the prongs are noticeably thick, flat, or oddly shaped, it is often a meat or roast holder. 1. Function: This was used to skewer a large piece of roast (e.g., the Sunday roast) to hold it steady while carving (slicing) with a knife, preventing it from slipping. The prongs had to be thick enough so they wouldn’t bend under the pressure of the heavy meat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. An ice pick
    In the days before modern refrigerators, households received large blocks of ice (or retrieved them from the ice cellar) to keep food cold.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Function: These tools often had a heavy Bakelite handle and either a thick, hefty point or several thick prongs at the end for chipping chunks off a large block of ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. A historical meat tenderizer (“steaker”)
      Today, flat meat tenderizers are most commonly used, but in the past, there were devices that looked more like torture instruments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Function: A handle with several thick, pointed metal prongs arranged side by side. This was used to strike tough meat to cut through the fibers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What exactly does it look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      To completely solve the puzzle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How many of these metal prongs\/points does the thing have? Is it just one thick point, or are there several (like on a fork or crown)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      That sounds like an exciting find! When you rummage through a box of old dishes or kitchen utensils, you often come across tools that hardly anyone uses anymore. The Bakelite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nteresting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20991,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20989\/revisions\/20991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}