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Sausage Meat Grinder

Display: Cutting Edge
Culinary Technique: extrusion

Date: 1860–1900

Dimensions: 5.75" h x 10" w x 6" d

The teeth on the cylinder turning inside the grinder pressed the meat against the sharp blades of the lid and base. Seasonings could have been dropped through the opening in the lid. The latch snapped the two halves of the device tightly together to maintain the pressure.

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