Asparagus Buncher No.1
Display: Cutting Edge
Culinary Technique: measurement
Date: c. 1900
Dimensions: 6.75" h x 12" w x 9" d
Watch collection donor Mel Mickevic demonstrate this object with
Dean Christopher
Koetke, School of Culinary Arts, Kendall College,
and Victoria Matranga, exhibition curator.
Such a device helped prepare uniform bunches of asparagus for sale. Asparagus spears were sorted by size, placed into the buncher's hinged spring-grip hoops, then cut across the bottom. A notched latch on the hoops allowed for varying the circumferences of the bunches to be tied.