And the number is – 246
- My favorite bar sign!
- Hand-carved nautical stars, gold-leafed and set to serve as fridge magnets. A Christmas for a boat-building friend.
- A liniment sign at an antiques store.
- A batch of cherries is being washed before getting pitted.
- “Proofing a batch of cherry hand-carved spoons and spatulas. They are immersed in boiling water to do a final grain raising. After this, you finish sanding them and apply the mineral oil and beeswax, or other food-safe finish.
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My first silly thought was, “A person would have to be really hungry to resort to boiling spoons.”
You have to boil forever for them to become tender!
I’ll bet!! ha haha
I was puzzled, too, before finally reading the comment on my second viewing.
All my questions were answered once I found your descriptions, but the bar sign still puzzles me!
I shot the photo in Montreal a few years ago because it reminded me of another, more profane, bar sign.
What was the other one? Dare I ask?
I’m saving that for a future post…