Every cook owns cooling racks, and most of them resemble the one on the left. I inherited the one of the right from my mother, and she probably got it from her mother. Staunch German Lutherans, both of them.
This is a cake rack for the ages. It will not bend or sag under the heaviest burdens. It will stand up to angel food or devil’s food with equal aplomb. It will not falter, or fail, by gum.
“Here I stand. “
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I find old hand me downs items last longer compared to modern new items. Things are never produced the same way these days. Not meant to last else no sales!