[Sca-cooks] Marrow - thanks

[Elaine Koogler]

Not sure what you mean...the thing looks a lot like a shovel only rounded...if
you look at it end-on from the spoon part, it has a kind of U shape, only the
sides don't go up quite that far...maybe more like an O with the top cut off.

Kiri

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> >Actually, I have what I've been told is a marrow spoon, not medieval, but
> >probably Victorian.  It is sterling silver and has a sort of spoon
> >shape...only instead of being
> >dished, it is a flat shape with the edges rolled up so that it almost
> >resembles a cylinder.  At the other end it has a large knob which I've been
> >told was used to crack the
> >bone, then the spoon end was used to scoop it out. It's probably about 8 -
> >10 inches long.   It's quite a lovely piece that I inherited from my former
> >husband's
> >grandmother...the type of lady who, if such a thing was available, would be
> >sure to have a marrow spoon!
> >
> >Kiri
> >
> Yes.  That's it Kiri.  Does the turned up edges of yours stick out a little
> further?
> Olwen
>
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