An egg slicer for really really large eggs? ;-)

an egg slicer?

Pasta cutter?

A carrature, a cutter from Abruzzo for making pasta alla chitarra.

A guitar cutter, for slicing chocolates and caramels?

It's a "chitarra" to make "spaghetti alla chitarra".

A chitarra for cutting pasta. Now, what will you make with it?

I also guess egg slicer.

You have a great site by the way. Especially love the new design

Does it stay in tune???

An egg slicer.

I've used it to slice eggs and massacred unwilling tomatoes too.

it is either an egg or cake slicer.

It looks like the tomato slicers we used at Burger King in 1976. They were evil, as they sliced knuckles regularly as well.

Slicer for hard-boiled eggs???

Chitarra!

I have to go with chitarra too. My mother has one that looks just like that.

something to make noodles with?

a cheese slicer?

it's the tool to make spaghetti alla chitarra! yummy : )

Hi,
It's a chitarra, for cutting pasta.
I like this game!!
Suzie

chitarra!
now i'm hungry!

It is definitely a chitarra, to cut pasta with! Ciao!

Hi just called in from Bleeding Espresso...I think it is a Pasta Cutter...Going to have a good read of your blog later...I have found lots of good ones lately...now so many too read...:-)

Is it an angel food cake fork? :)

For tearing or pulling apart pieces of angel food cake.:)

Oh, Now I see the box below.... yeah, a pasta cutter!... Dummy me!!!!! :)

I have no clue what the mystery tool is but after googling what a chitarra was I have to agree it looks like that. My first thought was a bread slicer but the slices are awfully thin and I'm not sure they use slicers over in Europe.

I found your blog through Bleeding Espresso, great job.

Sheesh, you guys know your obscure regional cooking implements, don't you?

It is, of course, a chitarra, for cutting pasta.

As for where I picked it up, Brett nailed that one on the head. And he even knew the name in local dialect!

More soon...

Neat! Is the word "chitarra" based on the Italian for "guitar"? That would make sense. (Yes, I have no Italian beyond "Dove sono le mie chiavi?")

as Francesca wrote, it'the 'chitarra' for cutting the 'spaghetti alla chitarra'.

Hmmmm... I can't even guess... So hurry up and give us the answer. ;-)

Paz

OK now that we know what it is...what time is dinner?!

And to Kit, yes, chitarra (pronounced "key-TAR-rah" means guitar in Italian :)

Oops, that's "Kitt." Sorry!

It's a chitarra, a tool to cut a typical pasta from Abruzzo, Italy: the spaghetti alla chitarra.

pasta cutter doohickey thingymabobber!

...everyone in Abruzzo knows!!
Melissa, thank You for Your description of "Ceppe" the traditional pasta of Civitella del Tronto.

Isn't a chitarra ALSO used for cutting fresh mozzerella?

Kitt - As bleeding espresso confirmed, it does indeed mean 'guitar'. Not too hard to see why, eh?

Maurizio - Thank you for such a wonderful meal!

Maven - I've never seen or heard of that use for a chitarra, but one of the Italians here should be able to say for sure.

it's a "guitar" for slicing fresh pasta dough into thin noodles.

and no, I didn't read the comments before me! :-D
I was in Italy for a week in the end of May. oh, I'm in love. I've been listening to Paolo Conte since I got back, living in a piedmontese movie!

noodle cutter?

Chitarra for "spaghetti alla chitarra"!

look here:http://www.pasta.it/pastespeciali.htm

delicious with garlic, oil and chili, on a fondue of creme and parmigiano reggiano!

old fashioned Pasta cutter

I say egg slicer. I think my mom had one.

it is a guitar...it is used to cut exact pieces of ganache, pate au fruit!

A pasta cutter.