gadget with the crank..
If i rememder correctly, that gadget is called a Salad Master. the grandfather of a Salad Shooter basicallly. The cone shaped grater cylinders in the picture fit it, and one turns the crank. Other than being powered by a crank, it operates exactly like the grater attachment on a Kitchenaid mixer.
The mother of a highschool friend had one, and used it all the time, cooking for her brood of 4 boys, and all their friends. Their home had origionally belonged to his great grandmother, and her 2 spinster sisters, and was like a time capsule. The kitchen was done in youngstown metal cabinets, with a red and marbled grey checkerboard linoleum, and a 40 inch GE pushbutton range. The furniture was almost all antiques from the turn of the century, (marble topped dressers, clawfoot picture frame sofa, 4 poster beds, the works). The vacuum was an Electrolux G, stored in the upstairs landing closet, in its original box after each use. Ancient oil painting portraits, and turn of the century photos on every wall. It was their home that first showed me the possibilities of living in an all vintage home.
