I have some thoughts, but I don't want
to influence your suggestions prematurely.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>I have some thoughts, but I don't want
> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251

My guess would be some kind of harvesting tool. Cranberries?

On 5/30/2014 5:39 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251

Looks to me like it's a "picker" of fruits like apples, pears, peaches,
etc. It's obvious that it's mounted on a wooden stick of an unknown
length. The half-cage is used to twist off the fruits from the trees,
something like that. Just a guess of my part ;>

Sky

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251

With a long enough handle you could harvest jellyfish.

"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
>> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
>> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251
>
> With a long enough handle you could harvest jellyfish.

How do you cook them?

On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:10:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >,
>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>
>>> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
>>> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251
>>
>> With a long enough handle you could harvest jellyfish.
>
>How do you cook them?

Heat. Use heat.

On 5/31/2014 6:24 AM, wrote:
>
> One of my Chinese friends makes a wonderful jellyfish soup for Chinese
> New Year - it's considered a treat.
>
Authorities stopped the jellyfish harvesting that was going on near
where I live. They were operating without permits, dumping waste from
processing into an already delicate ecosystem. Don't mess with our
shrimp and blue crab! Don't poison our beautiful shore birds! The
jellyfish were being harvested for Asian export.

Jill

On 5/31/2014 8:36 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 31 May 2014 08:32:27 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/31/2014 6:24 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>> One of my Chinese friends makes a wonderful jellyfish soup for Chinese
>>> New Year - it's considered a treat.
>>>
>> Authorities stopped the jellyfish harvesting that was going on near
>> where I live. They were operating without permits, dumping waste from
>> processing into an already delicate ecosystem. Don't mess with our
>> shrimp and blue crab! Don't poison our beautiful shore birds! The
>> jellyfish were being harvested for Asian export.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'm not sure how you blame that on the Chinese ? Presumably you are
> talking about what American fishers were doing ?
>
I wasn't blaming the Chinese! Merely noting the (yes) Americans were
(illegally) harvesting and processing the jellyfish for Asian export.

Jill

In article >, says...
>
> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251

Just looks like junk to me. Why would anyone buy that?

wrote:
>
> One of my Chinese friends makes a wonderful jellyfish soup for Chinese
> New Year - it's considered a treat.

Please admit that was a joke. (?) I sure hope it was.

G.

On Sat, 31 May 2014 07:24:36 -0300, wrote:

>On Sat, 31 May 2014 12:28:22 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:10:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
>>>>> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251
>>>>
>>>> With a long enough handle you could harvest jellyfish.
>>>
>>>How do you cook them?
>>
>>Heat. Use heat.
>
>One of my Chinese friends makes a wonderful jellyfish soup for Chinese
>New Year - it's considered a treat.

If it's made out of atoms, the Chinese consider it to be a treat

On Sat, 31 May 2014 10:16:35 -0400, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> One of my Chinese friends makes a wonderful jellyfish soup for Chinese
>> New Year - it's considered a treat.
>
>Please admit that was a joke. (?) I sure hope it was.

Never heard of eating jellyfish before? It's quite well known to most
people, much like the differences between industrial factory chicken
and free range chicken.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 31 May 2014 07:24:36 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 31 May 2014 12:28:22 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:10:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Don Martinich" > wrote in message
...
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have some thoughts, but I don't want
>>>>>> to influence your suggestions prematurely.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251
>>>>>


It is missing the short stick. You use that to cover your face when Chef
throws things at you.

On 6/2/2014 7:56 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Sky wrote:
>>
>> Looks to me like it's a "picker" of fruits like apples, pears, peaches,
>> etc. It's obvious that it's mounted on a wooden stick of an unknown
>> length. The half-cage is used to twist off the fruits from the trees,
>> something like that. Just a guess of my part ;>
>
> There's no hook on it. Tools like that
> have a hook on the basket.

Ah, that makes sense. I was only guessing, anywho ;>

Sky

Sky wrote:
>
> Looks to me like it's a "picker" of fruits like apples, pears, peaches,
> etc. It's obvious that it's mounted on a wooden stick of an unknown
> length. The half-cage is used to twist off the fruits from the trees,
> something like that. Just a guess of my part ;>

There's no hook on it. Tools like that
have a hook on the basket.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 May 2014 14:39:53 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > I have some thoughts, but I don't want
> > to influence your suggestions prematurely.
> >
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/351080423251
>
> I've seen them being used at crab and crawfish boils. With a handle,
> of course.

That must be it. I was thinking it could be
used to fish something out of water or oil.
Like maybe potatoes in a trough of water to
wash the dirt off, but it's too small to be
useful in an agricultural setting, even in
the old days before machines started doing
it all.

The parallel wires to catch the desired object
suggested to me that it was for picking up
something roughly spherical. Anything flat
or long might get stuck between the wires.

I did consider fishing doughnuts out of a
pot of hot oil.

But crayfish or crabs would explain the
parallel wires. If it were a grid pattern,
there would be a greater chance a claw or leg
could get caught in a square of the grid.
By using only parallel wires, the chance of
getting caught is minimized.

Most of the various Pickers for fruit from trees are more of a basket shape, much deeper
than this shallow tool. I am voting for a crab boil pot fisher-outer. ;-). It needs a handle, is all.

N.