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What is this thing?

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People from two or three particular countries in the world should recognize this one.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

You pinch your nose with it while eating escargot

If you're Lucy Ricardo, anyway

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How is it used? Is it for scooping the meat out of the shell, or for scooping up the entire snail, shell and all?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

It holds the shell.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Indeed! That was quick 🙂
I have no idea what "jummie" means though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the sound Belgians make when they see something delicious

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Okay... I lived 15 years in Liege and I never heard that one 🙂 Must be Walloon from some other region.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dutch speaking part :)

We also call them escargots, to honour the cuisine <3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Dutch speaking part :)

Oh hehe 🙂 Didh't think of that.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 2 points 1 week ago

I also thought escargot.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Huh, I was thinking tongs for hard boiled eggs.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 1 points 5 days ago

I was thinking maybe cold scotch rocks. Apparently not though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Or for grabbing a hot chunk from the fireplace. I think in pre-electric days they'd do that to quickly heat something up or maybe light a cigar, etc.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's used for cock and ball torture

[–] Noodle07 1 points 6 days ago
[–] ccunning 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People from two or three particular countries in the world should recognize this one.

…or anyone who’s seen Pretty Woman…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Silippery little suckers indeed..