What is this mystery object?

September 14, 2012 5:41 PM

What is this mystery item I found in our kitchen? Pictures here (with a pen in the background for scale).

Here's what I know:

- There are no identifying markers, numbers, or letters.
- It's made out of hard plastic.
- I found it at the way back of a high kitchen cabinet.
- It looks like it should fit over some kind of container, but I didn't find anything that seemed to fit.
- A small child used to live in this house, so it's possible some kind of child-related thing?
- It could be from as early as the mid-70s, though it's much more likely that it's from the 2000s.

posted by charmcityblues to grab bag (9 answers total)

Thats the gaurd thing for a slap chopper.
posted by sanka at 5:46 PM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]

It looks like the guard piece from an Oxo chopper.
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:46 PM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]

It looks the the goes-over-the-blades portion of a food chopper, similar to this this one from Pamper Chef, seen in multiple parts here.
posted by banannafish at 5:46 PM on September 14, 2012

That is the guard for the cutting blade of a food chopper, plunger type. It keeps the items you are chopping from sticking to the blade mechanism, it inserts into the body of the chopper, matching the blade pattern.
posted by JujuB at 5:46 PM on September 14, 2012

This sort of thing.
posted by sanka at 5:47 PM on September 14, 2012

I don't know exactly which brand, but I'm betting it's a cover to a chopper similar to this one.
posted by bswinburn at 5:47 PM on September 14, 2012

Looks like part of a "Slap Chop" style kitchen chopper device. The blade passes through that weird shaped slot.
posted by orme at 5:47 PM on September 14, 2012

It's part of a veggie chopper. We used to have one. There should be a blade that's the same shape as that zig zag, and a clear plastic containter that you toss your onions and whatever into. Then you bash the chopper a dozen times or so and PRESTO! Diced onions!
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:47 PM on September 14, 2012

Wow, you guys are fast! I would never have been able to figure that one out. Thanks, MetaFilter!
posted by charmcityblues at 5:53 PM on September 14, 2012