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ExpandI'm curious about this implement. It's clearly a strainer of some kind, but it seems like it would be too slow to drain for culinary uses like retrieving stuffed pasta from boiling water. Perhaps it's for stirring stews or soups. Do you know its purpose?
That looks very similar to a traditional Iranian kafgir/Iraqi chafchir, specifically used for cooking and serving rice
ExpandI'm curious about this implement. It's clearly a strainer of some kind, but it seems like it would be too slow to drain for culinary uses like retrieving stuffed pasta from boiling water. Perhaps it's for stirring stews or soups. Do you know its purpose?
That looks very similar to traditional Iranian kafgir/Iraqi chafchir, specifically used for cooking and serving rice
