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.

[cmcmck]

Crab claw picks?

[chochiyo_sama]

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