Photo Meme pt2 - Guess the Mysery Object

[absolutedestiny]

As requested by jic, it's time to guess the mystery object!

This one had me stumped when I first found it at a friend's house and I had to finally ask what it was.

Download Mystery_Object.avi (about 2mb, xvid encoded) (right click and choose Save As...)

I'm going to screen comments on this post in case someone knows what it is right away. If you get it wrong, your post will be unscreened as soon as I see the post, if you get it right then I will reveal your name and the true answer in a few days once everyone has had a good chance to guess at it.

Comments

[dji.livejournal.com]

I look at it, and I want to say it has something to do with ice-cream.. but I'm sure that's wrong...

So I'll just say it has to do with eggs... it just reminds me of easter for some reason... and makes me think you'd use it to spin a hard-boiled egg to test if it's completely hard-boiled through.

I'm assuming I'm wrong.

guesses

[jic]

ice cream / dough scoop?
mellon baller?

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Well, it's too small for ice cream and doesn't look tough enough for melons. It is a bit unpretentious for use with pate or caviar but, I imagine that would be a very useful tool for making nice round scoops of butter or guacamole.

[sweetestdrain]

Errr... well, if the inside of that scoop bit is more rubbery, I would guess (probably incorrectly) that it's a bottle cap loosener.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

It most closely resembles the cookie-dough measurer that I have in my kitchen. (Similar to but smaller than an ice-cream scoop, it measures small amounts for drop cookies).

I have no idea what it really is though.

[jic]

A tool for making truffles - measure out the center stuff using this tool, then dip the "ball" in chocolate coating?