Featured Whatsit? A mold for pressing something?

Ah... And have you ever heard what Anthony Bourdain has to say about garlic presses?

Misuse of garlic is a crime. …garlic that has been tragically smashed through one of those abominations, the garlic press … disgusting. Please treat your garlic with respect. Smash it, with the flat of your knife blade if you like, but don’t put it through a press. I don’t know what that junk is that squeezes out the end of those things, but it ain’t garlic.

from: http://garlicgeeks.com/anthony-bourdaine-on-garlic

I'm a garlic "smasher" myself, and I've never used a garlic press, but I only listen to Anthony Bourdain when I agree with him!

 

more likely a primitive citrus press, I think; can't see these being very useful for garlic. I'm a garlic smasher using the side blade of a knife; if I want it fine I use a microplane...

 

Those tiny holes look like powder post beetles.....active--just MHO!!!!!

 

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