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Tell me what it is, what it is??? Clues!

1) Yes, it is a fine iron rack.

2) Yes, it is used to hold something.

3) No, it does not hold pretty little things…. but that is a matter of opinion.

4) Yes, it is used by a fire.

5) Yes, it is used to serve one thing in particular.

6) Every rack has a purpose, though it could be used for other things (listed below #7) though the main reason has not been discovered.

7) Not meant for cakes, tartes, dishes, cups, glasses, candles, pizza, cheese… or anything else mention in the last two post's comment section.

8) It is what it is a rack used by a fire.

9) I am soooo happy I have finally STUMPED you smarty pants!

10) The iron rack name starts with a "G" in French.

 

Happy Guessing. Because it has been such a stumper the winner will win something from my online brocante shop.

(Comments from the last two posts and from this one will be followed.)

 

Comments

34 responses to “Tell me what it is, what it is??? Clues!”

  1. linda

    chestnuts?

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  2. Laura McHugh

    My guess is that it is a rack used to hold oysters while cooking over a fire then serving them.

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  3. Laurie SF

    17e siècle grill de camping!

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  4. jend’isère

    I will then remain with my previous bird theme and try Grille Pidgeon or Grille Voillaile (poultry grill)

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  5. Franca Bollo

    Panties dryer!

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  6. BrittArnhild

    In her book The French kitchen, Joanne Harris has a recipe for a bread named Fouace Aveyronnaise. It is round with a hole in the middle, and could easily have been made in a bread oven, on a “grille-pain”

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  7. Janet Maddison

    Could it be a grillade de lard?

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  8. Carol

    Maybe it holds potatoes and vegetables underneath a roasting chicken so they are bathed in the chickens succulent juices???

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  9. BrittArnhild

    Or may be a grille girolles……

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  10. Darlene

    I think maybe it’s used to dry out meat to make jerky? Or dry out fruit by the fire.

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  11. Emily

    A gridiron to cook meats?

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  12. Merisi in Vienna

    Chestnuts roasting by an open fire?
    (This reminds me of the huckleberry daiquiry joke told by Garrison Keillor – who knows why.)

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  13. Emily

    A graticule….to roast meats?

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  14. mimi

    OK You are driving me mad!!
    Is it a Gigot a La Ficelle? Used for cooking leg of lamb on the hearth fireplace?

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  15. Gail marie

    I think a cooling rack for something…but what? The cooking pot that was in the fire? This one is tough you clever girl!

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  16. Diogenes

    is it a grille poissions?

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  17. Diogenes

    I mean poissons…

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  18. Christine

    Is it used to dry mushrooms?

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  19. martina

    to dry unmentionables on after washing. What I’d call a grille de pantaloons et chaussettes.

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  20. Gail marie

    For bed warmeres after you take them out of the fire?

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  21. Samantha

    a wood or coal grate

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  22. Mahala

    Shoes!

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  23. Mahala

    If not shoes, then how about gloves or socks?

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  24. Marilyn from Chico, Ca

    sock warmer

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  25. Marilyn from Chico, Ca

    meat dryer

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  26. Brenda, Walker, LA

    ….Again…Sure would love this on my firepit to grill my big shrimp and roasted veggies! My mouth waters as I look again…..

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  27. Mahala

    Does it hold the firewood or fire starters?

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  28. Mahala

    It looks like it is meant to hang or stand on it’s own. I could see it hanging by the fireplace to hold pots and pans or to hang dry flowers or herbs.
    It could sit at the fire holding the coals or wood. Another might be that you hang the rack above the fire to heat things up or dry them.

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  29. beatnheart

    seafood grill? scrimps on the barbie?

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  30. beatnheart

    mackerals? mackrels? little fish? sardine grill?

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  31. Jeannie

    Is it a French herb drying rack? crémaillère herbes de séchage

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  32. Laura

    now I see what it is. I was WAY off. My answer was going to be a tray to hold small pots which allowed the water to drip out and not have them sit in water. Wrong. Way wrong. way, way, way wrong 🙂

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  33. Carolyn

    For pottery, porcelain in a Kiln.

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  34. Maggie

    Le chat nouveau: Charley (Chaplin)

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