Mystery Objects

[poliphilo]

I found these in the cutlery drawer and think they're winkle-pickers- meaning utensils for eating winkles and other shellfish. This is only a guess. Perhaps you know better....

Comments

[sovay]

I found these in the cutlery drawer and think they're winkle-pickers- meaning utensils for eating winkles and other shellfish.

I would believe it; they look like slightly sturdier versions of lobster picks to me. They're lovely.

[poliphilo]

It makes me want to buy in some shellfish just to try them out.

[sovay]

It makes me want to buy in some shellfish just to try them out.

I support this plan.

[cmcmck]

Crab claw picks?

[poliphilo]

Very likely. You could use them to eat anything that comes out of the sea in armour.

[chochiyo_sama]

What is a winkle? It sounds like an inhabitant of Narnia. Like a puddleglum.

[poliphilo]

A winkle is a small shellfish. A lot of British seaside towns have booths that sell them- along with cockles and mussels and other shellfish.