I have had a truffle plane fora decade or so, of course it’s still a virgin. My ravioli cutter and agnolotti cutter are also virgins, as are the TWO potsticker hand presses. And little plastic thing that peels oranges w/consummate ease when I remember to use it. My sole use for the melon baller is coring apples. I had a fine old vintage cleaver, but it has disappeared. Instead I use 7" Gerber camp hatchet (which, sadly, they no longer make). Of my 30-liter copper stock pot I can’t bring myself to speak except to say that I saw it a Macy’s 30odd years ago and bought it because it was j\hilariously mis-priced at $30. Who could resist?
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Wow - I would have snapped that up, too!
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I recall something I had that fits this description, but I think of it as a scoring tool rather than a peeler.
Does it look like this? content://com.android.chrome.FileProvider/images/screenshot/17054674549311419285913.jpg
Yup, that’s the one I remember. Thanks.
My uncle and his wife bought a pretty sweet air fryer to eat healthier. I asked him was was good out of that thing. He said “tater tots.” Healthy livin’.
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Didn’t you say you had a duck press, too? i thought it was kaleokahu, but apologize if you weren’t the one who said as much.
Yes, I had one. I gave it to a dear friend.
That’s a cool esoteric that I would have trouble parting with.
Your ducks would cheer!
My dad wanted to buy me one at one point because he thought they looked cool. 
Didn’t happen …
Lucky you to have a dad like him.
Presses are cool, although I didn’t use mine enough–hardly ever for duck, mostly for crustaceans. There’s always the ostentation factor, too–I didn’t want to display mine.
I’m sure he thought it’d look great on my coffee table! I doubt if anyone would have know what it was back then …
Ah yes , we had one of those.
Funny thing is, there’s an especially junky junk shop near to me that has a very nice, ornate, large French nickeled duck press. It’s been there at least 20 years. I’ve sent in shills to offer real money, and so far, not even close.
Must be part of the estate plan…
Too bad my dad isn’t still alive. He’d be happy to try for you.
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I always enjoyed salt cellars with the tiny spoons.
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I love looking at them but find it challenging to salt things properly with them. I like pinching from the salt pig and sprinkling from a bit of a height. Little salt cellars for Maldon and smoked Maldon are often on the table, too, but with no spoons. Tacky of me, sort of blurring front of the house and back. Maybe I would like using the cellars and spoons if the spoons were flatter and the cellars had kosher or other more flaky salt, but every time I encounter them they are loaded with fine table salt.
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My grandmother’s table always had salt cellars - without spoons. And so do I. I’ve had a couple of glass and sterling ones with the wee sterling spoons, but they are incredibly awkward - plus, salt corrodes the sterling.
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