It feels like these are for fruits (e.g., peaches, apples) and/or vegetables (e.g. tomatoes, cucumber), a lovely meal that may be wet fresh to be dried/opened to the refreshing air!
They look marvelous for a sunny ceramic, marble table, I believe!
I was thinking for presentation you would be slicing things like peaches and nectarines so they would drip. Nobody's serving up whole large stone fruit in a fancy bowl for a meal.
These things are maybe 5 or 6 inches in diameter. As an artist, I wouldn't definitely not pick this for a a still life of fruit in a bowl since you'd be lucky to get three pieces of uncut fruit in it. And these are definitely display pieces, not storage so I can't picture someone putting a whole peaches or nectarines in one of these for presentation.
Letting water sit on soft fruit will speed up the process of them getting mushy and gross. So you wash them, put them in these, and the air circulates to help dry them off and they keep a little longer. I wouldn't try these with blueberries, but it looks like they'd work for strawberries, cherries, small apricots, etc. the lack of a hole in the bottom is probably because they're not for actively straining things. The size is probably about right for a single pint.
My mom had something similar to this for serving dinner rolls. You put a cloth napkin in the bottom, draped over the sides and all, then put in the rolls, then wrap the cloth napkin around them to hold the steam and warm.
These are obviously intended to be serving bowls and I can't think of any whole fruit or vegetable that we would be put in a bowl for presentation. These gaps are so large that a grape would fall right through them.
neither did we, but I got this image off of Facebook or something via googling "vomit popcorn vintage Tupperware bowl" and this was the result I got lol
Its hard to tell the scale but they could be useful for separating egg yolks from whites. But the fact that there are two gives me the impression that theyre bigger and not intended for egg seperation lol
Egg separation might be an actual legitimate use for these things. The holes are about exactly the right size to let whites through but no yolks. But I can't imagine a bowl without a hole in the center for that purpose.
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artwork@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 39d
It feels like these are for fruits (e.g., peaches, apples) and/or vegetables (e.g. tomatoes, cucumber), a lovely meal that may be wet fresh to be dried/opened to the refreshing air!
They look marvelous for a sunny ceramic, marble table, I believe!
scrion@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 39d
You are correct. These are fruit bowls for ripening. This page (scrolled down a bit) presents a similar design:
https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramics-monthly-article/nan-coffin-working-smarter-not-harder
I can only recommend this design, and ceramic in general, for fruit ripening.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 39d
But they would drip all out the holes. Nobody wants that. It's stealing their precious bodily fluids.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 26 pts · 39d
If your uncut vegetables drip, they need to be thrown out.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 39d
I was thinking for presentation you would be slicing things like peaches and nectarines so they would drip. Nobody's serving up whole large stone fruit in a fancy bowl for a meal.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org · 5 pts · 39d
I think it's more like the classical still live with different fruit piled up in a bowl.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 39d
These things are maybe 5 or 6 inches in diameter. As an artist, I wouldn't definitely not pick this for a a still life of fruit in a bowl since you'd be lucky to get three pieces of uncut fruit in it. And these are definitely display pieces, not storage so I can't picture someone putting a whole peaches or nectarines in one of these for presentation.
fiat_lux@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 39d
Then I think they might be berry bowls https://www.epicurious.com/shopping/tiny-colander-berry-bowl
Letting water sit on soft fruit will speed up the process of them getting mushy and gross. So you wash them, put them in these, and the air circulates to help dry them off and they keep a little longer. I wouldn't try these with blueberries, but it looks like they'd work for strawberries, cherries, small apricots, etc. the lack of a hole in the bottom is probably because they're not for actively straining things. The size is probably about right for a single pint.
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social · 16 pts · 39d
My mom had something similar to this for serving dinner rolls. You put a cloth napkin in the bottom, draped over the sides and all, then put in the rolls, then wrap the cloth napkin around them to hold the steam and warm.
Idk if thats what yours are for, but could be.
Squizzy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 39d
Shaping tortilla wraps into bowls. Cook them in that for a few minutes to make a shell
Sophocles@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 39d
First thing I thought of was a dome-style drain guard, kinda like this one
elephantium@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 39d
Colanders?
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 39d
What would you strain that could be so big yet so small?
Krusty@quokk.au · 4 pts · 39d
My balls.
grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 39d
maybe..... whole vegetables? not sure, thats a total guess.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 39d
These are obviously intended to be serving bowls and I can't think of any whole fruit or vegetable that we would be put in a bowl for presentation. These gaps are so large that a grape would fall right through them.
grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 39d
I'm thinking closer to zucchini or acorn squash sized vegetables; but maybe a serving bowl would work too?
Then again it might be a multipurpose dish; like this thing:
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 39d
That’s disgusting! We never used ours for a foot bath.
grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 39d
neither did we, but I got this image off of Facebook or something via googling "vomit popcorn vintage Tupperware bowl" and this was the result I got lol
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 38d
That's exactly the picture you should get from that search.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 39d
A whole zucchini or acorn squash would cause the bowl to be overcapacity. These things are only five or six inches in diameter.
grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 39d
Yeah, I'm stumped. got no clue..... ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ
trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 39d
Maybe it's a fruit basket? Like for apples, oranges, bananas etc.?
elephantium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d
Oh, the scale isn't apparent from the photo. I was thinking these were more like 10 inches in diameter. In that case, yeah, no clue.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 39d
Its hard to tell the scale but they could be useful for separating egg yolks from whites. But the fact that there are two gives me the impression that theyre bigger and not intended for egg seperation lol
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 39d
Egg separation might be an actual legitimate use for these things. The holes are about exactly the right size to let whites through but no yolks. But I can't imagine a bowl without a hole in the center for that purpose.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 39d
I guess we can't be certain of the scale. They look way too big for that to me
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 39d
They are about 5 or 6 inches in diameter
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 39d
So a whole raw egg would slip through those holes no problem
Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 39d
Friend, this is the internet
I'm going to need that converted to bananas
Are you sure this is kitchenware and not like a planting pot? Those holes could be for drainage
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 39d
Definitely kitchen. I have no bananas today
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 37d
What about string beans and onions, cabbages and scallions?
Old fashioned tomato? Long Island potato? :)
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 37d
There's a bit of a produce shortage as of late. Maybe a Lego minifig?
GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io · 3 pts · 39d
how big are they? maybe just for holding fruit?
bigfish@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 39d
I'd use them for strawberries. If they're 5-6" across, that's about a pint worth
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 39d
They look more like lids to a container that you want to let air in but protect otherwise, like for fruit or something.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 39d
I'm thinking it's totally for serving and not protecting. I can't see how this would offer any protection.
farmgineer@nord.pub · 3 pts · 39d
I was thinking the same or maybe something hot that you wouldn't want to get soggy if enclosed (like a bread roll or something) for a while.
BlackJerseyGiant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 39d
Auxiliary support for rather flimsy disposable paper bowls? I've seen the same for paper plates in a flatter format.
bryophile@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 39d
These are berry bowls, Google it and you'll see many similar bowls.
They come in different sizes, as do berries. Maybe you can put a banana for scale, which is also a berry so you would fulfill the bowls purpose
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 39d
Washing fruit? Small fruits like grapes or blackberries