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What Is It?
February

Send your answers to the What Is It contest, postmarked by February 20, to the Mountain States Collector, P.O. Box 1003, Bailey, CO 80421. Three winners will be drawn. Winners receive a year’s subscription to the Mountain States Collector.
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Answer to What Is It?
January

Wowee Fazootie! We had so many people take a guess at the January’s What Is It. All of these people correctly identified the object as a nutmeg grater: Kay Chambers, Larkspur, Colorado; Star Howe of Roggen, Colorado; Judy Hess of Greeley, Colorado; Cindy Sutton and Jean Helzer of Arvada, Colorado; Vicky Kellen of Castle Rock, Colorado; Sue Capra and Patricia Echelmeyer of Wheat Ridge, Colorado; Katy Bodwell of Bailey, Colorado; Joan Taigman and Charles Pheasant of Centennial, Colorado; Marjorie McLaren of Anchorage, Alaska; Jerry Michals of Aurora, Colorado; Jeannie Reynolds of Nederland, Colorado; Cheryl Miller and Loene McIntyre of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Tory Rhodes of Littleton, Colorado; Sharon Fowler of Pueblo, Colorado; Loretta Lockett of Boulder, Colorado; Myran Teneyck of Westminster, Colorado; and Fred Clark of Colorado Springs, Colorado. We are thrilled to hear from all of you. Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to enter our contest. All of you have won a year’s subscription to the Mountain States Collector. We can’t resist.

This particular nutmeg grater was patented in 1891. It is called The Edgar nutmeg grater. The pressure of a spring in the cylinder keeps the nutmeg pushed against the grater as the cylinder is moved back and forth on the wire like a slide trombone.

Kitchen equipment reflected the changes in American life style. Through most of the 1800s, factory-processed foodstuffs were unavailable; nearly all food had to be prepared or preserved in the home. The home cook inspired the invention of countless simple gadgets to make food preparation easier.