When it was time to sell the old house, no one fought over the copper turbotière. Battered, tarnished, 200 years old, big as a suitcase. No one wanted the oversized salmon poacher either. Or the furry carving utensils made from animal legs. Or those nifty shears for severing chicken ligaments. Or the latticed copper chauffe-lit for hot bricks to warm your bed. Instruments of our ancestors. Single purposed, space consuming, dust collecting “things” no one needs anymore. We welcomed them all. John is amazingly fearless when it comes to old tools. A 3 kilo, rhombus […]
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