OK, . . . then if the post does not poke a hole in the food then it is a post to contact the lid and push the tray down on top of the food. So it must be a device to compress and form a cube of some soft food, maybe dough or cheese.
just to make you work for it, and to see if you've been reading... what do you use it for with eggs? :wave:
we have a winner! el rojo, you have won a fabulous square boiled egg! and hell if i know! no, i do not own one. i have a lot of strange kitchen gadgets, but when i ran across this one i had a "wtf" moment also! this is how it works, etc.