Whis is this kitchen tool?!
Answers: My mom found this when she was remodeling her kitchen. I am guessing it belongs in the kitchen since that is where she found it it may possibly be used for pastry or meat tenderizing (just a guess). It looks like a big metal comb. It is about 6 or so inches long and is stainless steel with prongs on it like a comb, the handle has a plastic grip. I don't have a picture and I have been looking online with no luck. Any responses would be appreciated...thanks!
It could be for Angel Food cake service. We have something like that. The teeth of the comb are about 4 or more inches long. You push the teeth down into the soft cake and then pull threw to cut the piece. If you have ever tried to cut Angel Food with a regular knife you'll know why you use this instead.
Meat probe. Pokes holes in pieces of meat so that marinades, &c., will penetrate.
to hold the onion as you cut it between the teeth.
Sounds like a poultry lifter. You stick one in either end of a turkey or other larger bird/meat to lift it out of the roaster.
it's possible it's used for baking bread, for kneading the bread before letting it rise with a towel covering it. try searching 'antique baking tools' online. then again, maybe it isn't a kitchen tool at all. i keep my gardening clippers in a drawer by my backdoor, in MY kitchen. :)
If it has no bar across the bottom of the tines, it is probably a knife guide to help you slice even slices of, i believe, cheese. There are versions also designed to slice butter into even slices, some for cream cheese, some for bread.
If it is very heavy weight metal and the tines are pointed, it could be a chicken lifter. They came in pairs and you stuck them into the sides of the finished chicken to remove from roasting pan.
Look up Jaccard or Jacard online. I have one of those and it sounds really familiar. I used it to tenderize steaks and meats at my restaurant. It may not be that brand name, but I swear that's what you've found.
That is for cutting angelfood and other delicate cakes without crushing them.
Poohbear's answer sounds about right to me. IF it's what I'm thinking. They supposedly reduce the damage done to cakes by cutting with a traditional knife.
See if this is what you are referring to. Found it by typing cake comb into the search bar.
Sounds like a cake cutter.
sounds like a meat tenderizer.
pam
Sounds like something that you would put into an item to hold it while you slice it like a tomato or onion or something like that.