Vintage kitchen tools

[mattl]

Remember these?  Still have some?

25 Head-Scratching Photos Of Once-Popular Kitchen Tools That Basically Disappeared Over The Past 50 Years

I don't know what I thought a vintage microwave looked like, but I wasn't expecting this.

www.buzzfeed.com

 

[DADoES]

 
We had a cookie press but it wasn't the caulk gun-type.

Hand mixer / egg beater.

Granny had a Sunbeam vacuum percolator and I recall a nut grinder.  She had a fruit masher funnel but I never saw a stand or pestle.

 

[launderess]

General Electric mixer with three beaters and several bowls? Check

Sunbeam C-50 automatic vacuum coffee maker? Check

Old (Litton) microwave oven? Check

General Electric and Proctor-Silex vintage toasters? Check

Vintage cookie gun and pastry decorator? Check

Vintage (Braun) food processor? Check

Do I win a prize or something?

 

[launderess]

Metal and mesh cone shaped colander

Is called a China Cap strainer, not to be confused with a Chinois. Both have been around for ages and are still used today.

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/rec...ois is a cone,19th-century Chinese immigrants.)

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/4090/colander-vs-strainer.html#:~:text=The%20chinois%20strainer%20and%20China,to%20hold%20them%20in%20place.

 

[ea56]

My paternal grandma had an old egg beater with a wooden handle that was painted green that she got at a county fair during the Depression. She used this all the time, even though my Uncle Joe bought her a beautiful chrome Dormeyer stand mixer that sat unused.

My grand parents had a whole city lot right next to their home in Richmond. Calif. that was all planted in vegetables and fruit. Grandpa grew the best ever strawberries and on Memorial Day every year the whole family would gather at their house and Grandma would use that old egg beater to whip up a huge crockery bowl of whipped cream for the delicious Strawberry Shortcake that she would make for a crowd of at least 25 people. It was the very best Strawberry Shortcake that I’ve ever eaten.

Eddie

 

[petek]

I've had or have most of them even that dutch themed on the wall coffee grinder which the previous owner left. I finally removed it after 15 years and took it to habitat. The electric egg cooker I have is a different make but same vintage and still works. I gifted away the Ronson cook'n stir blenders I had and there's still an upright GE triple whip somewhere in the cave.

 

[kevin313]

Thanks, Matt - that was a fun article!

 

[combo52]

Interesting article

But I hate all the stupid hype. The last item the microwave oven that is so old
It is impossible to date, that would be the single easiest thing to find a manufacturing date on if it was a model sold in the United States. It’s required to have a manufacture date right on the back of it or on the model tag.

I’m not sure it was a model that was ever sold in the US, but you could still find date coding on parts just by opening it up.

John

 

[askolover]

I have a cookie press, a manual egg beater, and potato masher.  I remember my grandmother having that fruit masher thingy as she was always making jellies and jams (my grandfather fed half the town with his huge garden).

 

[appnut]

I still have the manual beater and use it periodically.

 

[mrsalvo]

My egg beater broke and keep meaning to buy a new one. They are a must!!! I used that as much, or more so than an electric mixer.
Also a manual potato masher. Mashed potato’s tastes better. Waaaay better.

Barry

 

[tomturbomatic]

#18

A chinois is a conical sieve with an extremely fine mesh. It is used to strain custards, purees, soups, and sauces, producing a very smooth texture. It can also be used to dust food with a fine layer of powdered ingredient.

 

[launderess]

Anyone else remember when boxed cake mixes gave directions for hand mixing, using electric mixer and beating by hand? *LOL*

IIRC 300 strokes was recommended for mixing by hand.

 

[bpetersxx]

drinkmaster

Sunbeam vacuum pot c50 that I got from a member of this fine club thankkkees

nut grinder

fruit masher for tomatoes

still got them

and lots more that are not shown