Thread: America's Favorite Game: Name That Kitchen Tool !!!

On Oct 1, 1:22*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>
> What the heck is that thing used for? *I presume it
> is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
> movie _Forbidden_Planet_.

>
>
It is a food mold from around the turn of the century.

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:22:21 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>
>What the heck is that thing used for? I presume it
>is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
>movie _Forbidden_Planet_.

Looks like it could be a freezer mold for dessert toppings

On Oct 1, 1:22*pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>
> What the heck is that thing used for? *I presume it
> is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
> movie _Forbidden_Planet_.

It's an old mold for some kind of cakes or treats.

Actually, it looks like those are the same shapes of my very-best-all-
time-favorite treat we could get at a little bakery in Bowling Green,
KY, when I was in 6th grade there....there was a thin chocolate cake-
like bottom, then a swirly stack of pastry cream, and the whole thing
was (similar to having been) dipped in chocolate. I can see this kind
of mold being used for that - line the molds with a "rinse" of
chocolate, let it set, pipe in the pastry cream, and then top it with
the cake round and let the whole thing set. Yum. I've never seen
those treats at any other bakery.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Oct 1, 1:22 pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>>I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>>
>>What the heck is that thing used for? I presume it
>>is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
>>movie _Forbidden_Planet_.
>
>
> It's an old mold for some kind of cakes or treats.
>
> Actually, it looks like those are the same shapes of my very-best-all-
> time-favorite treat we could get at a little bakery in Bowling Green,
> KY, when I was in 6th grade there....there was a thin chocolate cake-
> like bottom, then a swirly stack of pastry cream, and the whole thing
> was (similar to having been) dipped in chocolate. I can see this kind
> of mold being used for that - line the molds with a "rinse" of
> chocolate, let it set, pipe in the pastry cream, and then top it with
> the cake round and let the whole thing set. Yum. I've never seen
> those treats at any other bakery.
>
> N.

I wonder if the top is original to the bottom? it could have been put
together accidentally just because it fit. And while it might be a
'professional' piece, used by a catering firm where food might be
prepared in one place and served in another so as to facilitate the
transporting of it (see the biography of Rosa Lewis). Why would it be domed?

Other wise the bottom molds could easily be ice cream or 'bombe' molds
as well as various pastries and possibly even an aspic mold.

I couldn't tell from the photos whether was a handle on the top of the
lid or not.

No handle would make it possibly more functional as a mold, with a
handle would argue for a more decorative aspect to the tip of the mold.
Unless perhaps the domed lid was meant to hold ice? to keep whatever
is in the molds below cool?

--

Mr. Joseph Paul Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.

Let the games begin!
http://fredeeky.typepad.com/fredeeky.../sf_anthem.mp3

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>
> What the heck is that thing used for? I presume it
> is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
> movie _Forbidden_Planet_.

It's a device to make evil mutant hybrids of abelskivers and fallen
popover figgy puddings. I'll go with custard double boiler like thing
or season it very well and culture yogurt in the molds.

On Oct 1, 11:22*am, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>
> What the heck is that thing used for? *I presume it
> is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
> movie _Forbidden_Planet_.

When I saw it I flashed on "floating islands."

JL wrote:
>
>
> Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Oct 1, 1:22 pm, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836




Looks kind of like this:

http://tinyurl.com/65uvkj

http://www.nordicware.com/store/prod...2-0002B3267AD7

On 10/1/2010 4:58 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Oct 1, 11:22 am, Mark Thorson<nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
>> I realize it's been a long time, but here goes:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250704918836
>>
>> What the heck is that thing used for? I presume it
>> is for food, rather than making props for the 1950's
>> movie _Forbidden_Planet_.
> When I saw it I flashed on "floating islands."

It makes little baby Devo hats.

Becca