attractive edges on pies and filled pastries, while similar tools are still sold today for cutting pasta and pastry dough.
What Would Grandma Have Used It For?
There are several possibilities.
She may have used it for:
- Cutting homemade pasta
- Making ravioli
- Trimming pie crust
- Creating decorative pastry edges
- Cutting cookie or cracker dough
- Making decorative strips for pie tops
The ridges on the wheels are particularly useful for producing a patterned edge rather than simply slicing the dough.
Definitely Not a Can Opener
A traditional manual can opener normally