On Sun 06 Jan 2008 09:34:34p, told us...

> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:26:46 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
>>Look at it he
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ120207314961
>>
>>If it weren't for the two spikes in the middle,
>>I'd say it was a cheese slicer. It looks something
>>like a curd knife (used to cut the curd into cubes
>>during cheesemaking), but it's way too small for that.
>>
>>Could it be an unusual form of cake rake?
>>
>>If not, what are those spikes for?
>
> I think it is a cake slicer look here
>
> http://www.tias.com/11374/InventoryPage/1909692/1.html
>
> koko
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> "There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
> George Bernard Shaw
>

You're partly right. The top implement is a cake breaker used primarily
for angel food and chiffon cakes. The middle one is the cheese slicer.
The bottom one is obviously a knife. We also have the cake breaker, though
I didn't mention in my previous response. I remember my mother using it
with angel food cakes.

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Wayne Boatwright

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