As Bee Wilson writes in her Guardian long read, people can invest objects in their kitchens with strong meanings or emotions:
Many people told me that they could still feel the presence of a lost parent or partner in their china cupboard. I met someone who said that the one object belonging to his mother that he and his siblings all wanted when they cleared her house was a glass salad-dressing maker. His mother never rinsed out the garlic at the bottom, just adding fresh garlic before pouring in the oil and vinegar, meaning that this vessel carried the garlicky essence of decades of shared meals.
Now we would like to hear your own stories. Do you have a kitchen object that has been passed down through generations of your family? We would like to hear the story behind a kitchen object you own that has past through different hands over the years.
Tell us the story or meaning behind your kitchen heirloom – and send us pictures – below.
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