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Iron round or flat rod (approx. 40-100 cm) with a pointed end, bent or not bent, which is used to start the fire in a fireplace, in a stove, a heating boiler or an oven. Usually the poker ends in a hook or a ring with which it can be hung. For the fireplace or the kettle, there are sets with a poker, an oven-rake, a fire shovel (stoker) and clinker tongs or a pair of fire tongs. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/pocket-knife?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/plough-gauge?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/pointed-chisel?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/plunger?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/potato-crusher?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/polishing-iron?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/polish-scrubbing-stick?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/pot-lifter?lang=nl>

After the potatoes, turnips, beets and vegetables, which will be used as animal feed, have been transferred from the kettle in which they were cooked (see potato spoon) to a tub, they are crushed with a potato masher. The potato masher is a wooden or iron stamper in all shapes. It can be a round piece of wood, thinner at the top than at the bottom. It can also be a round grid (approx. Diam. 13-15 cm) that is connected to the stem (approx. 55-80 cm) via a fork-shaped intermediate piece (approx. 20-25 cm). Sometimes the masher is also forged in the shape of an S. See also the potato masher to make puree. [MOT]