I have the round metal colander my parents got for their wedding in 1952. I still use it! I refuse to get rid of it. Use it to strain pasta, veggies, fruits. It’s 72 years old and working great. My sister has an avocado green electric knife my mom got for Christmas in 1966. Cuts the hams and turkeys every holiday. Still in the original box.
We had that same electric knife. I think my father used if on one Thanksgiving turkey and then put it in a cupboard for ever more...right next to the fondue set.
Have used my aunts metal colander for over 50 years, not sure how long she had it. I still have same electric knife from a wedding gift, over 40 yrs old, electric hand mixer same. They were just made better
👁👁 I use moms Hand beater daily for eggs, trivets, cake breaker for bagels, canning strainer for canning every fall, lastly the three section server for most gatherings…I prepare two full meals daily for my family … I love my “out dated” kitchen tools …❤️
I am exactly the same. Why waste money on plastic when you can use what Mom used when we were growing up. They work great and last forever. They also bring back good memories.
I still use a hand mixer, whisk,trivets, condiment service bowls, metal strainers.You can still find a lot of these gadgets in thrift stores.We still need staple foods to survive.Love this channel🥰
I remember in the 1960's my mom's new refrigerator came with metal ice cube trays that you flipped upside down on a plastic bin. You then pulled the metal lever and the ice went into the ice bin. It worked better than the other ones. I still have my meat grinder, and many old hand appliances. Thanks for this video!
I was going to comment the same thing on the ice cube trays. My parents had a house built that had that type of refrigerator in 1960. The freezer compartment was at the bottom. My mom used the cone shaped strainer to make applesauce.
Awesome. I'm 53. I don't know how mom and gma did it. I've been a single dad for years, but I couldn't do it all from scratch and still care for us kids and go to work. Packaging changed everything.
Those can openers that were attached to the can were such a nuisance. Sometimes as you were rolling the strip of metal off the can opener would quit working because there was too much of the can strip left to fit on the key. You can still get cherry stoners and sieves. I’ve seen the stoners in the grocery stores all the time and sieves are out in the fall when it’s time to harvest the backyard garden. Those are the only items I know of that can still be bought. Thanks for the video. Always enjoy these trips down memory lane. And remember my southern mom-in law who mase so many things from scratch. Her holiday tables were a veritable feast and if you left her house hungry it was your own fault! During the winter in times of snow storms she would say “Nick go get some beer and cigarettes (that was before she quit smoking).” He would get out the boots and heavy coat and go to the store. She rarely gave him any other items to pick up because she made everything. Even loaves of bread-dad made the cinnamon raisin bread-rolls and biscuits. Worst thing I ever did was marry into that family . For my waistline at least. Having them as in laws was the best blessing I could think of!! I miss her so much. “It’ll be alright,” she’d say as she gave you s big hig. And somehow you knew it would!
Ohh I loved this episode!! I used to be an antique dealer and always sold older kitchen tools and doo dads! Best sellers were coffee scoops with advertising of a brand of coffee in them! Hand held mixers were so unique so many variations! Just a pleasure to see them. I have that cast iron cherry stoner. Does a lot of fruit quickly but u still have to go thru the cherry bowl and remove a stray pit or more. My best find was a Raisin Seeder! Made of cast iron back circa-late 1880’s. I still have it! I’ve never seen anther one! One thing you did miss was the Cast Iron Apple Peeler! Such a wonderfully clever and well loved device! I couldn’t live without mine! Nothing beats Homemade American Apple Pie!! Thanks for the memories love your content!!
5:10 My wife uses crystal condiment dishes at every book club meeting or dinner party. NO squirt bottles! She always gets compliments from the guests! Don't be lazy, ladies...that extra little stuff will set you up above the other ladies in the neighborhood. That, and a few of your Mom's appetizer recipes , will make you the envy of the neighborhood!
I kept my mom's kitchen the same as it was when dad bought the house in 1969. All of her gadgets, most from the 1970s, are still in the cabinets. At 66, I eat my meals on the same plates I ate off when I was growing up in the 70s.
And with spiral notebooks, 3 ring binders, scissors, or the hand written essays we used to have to write and the teachers marked us down for smeared ink because our hands moved over the page as we wrote. Good times anyways
I dunno, I kinda like the current days when I can vote, marry whom I choose, have a credit card and/or bank account in my own name, etc etc. As Billy Joel sang, "You know the good old days weren't always good."
@@susanowen1709 what is "current" about any of the things you mentioned? Women have been able to do, and have, those things for decades. You make it sound like women just began to be able to do these things since 2000. Women have been able to vote for the past century. They have been able to marry who they want for at least that long. And having their own bank account or credit card, women have been able to do that since the 1960s. (Which admittedly was way overdue.)
@@willhorting5317 Since this video is focused on 50s gadgets, I presumed that "I miss the old days..." to mean missing the 50s. Not all women could vote in the 50s. While women could, technically, get a bank account in the 60s, many banks would not allow them to do so without permission from their husbands. It wasn't until the mid-70s that the practice became illegal. And no we haven't always been able to marry who we want "for the past century." If I'd wanted to marry a black man, for example, it would have been illegal for me to do so in the 50s. If I'd wanted to marry a woman, that would have been illegal in many states until a mere 9 years ago. So again, the good old days weren't always good, which was my point.
The ice cube trays were a problem for me especially those metal ones. I loved the hand egg beaters. They were a favorite toy even when they weren’t intended for playing with.
@@glennso47. Hello put in a deep bowl. Mix on low until it starts to thicken then turn the mixer on high speed and whip until when u turn off the mixer pull the beaters up and u should have stiff peaks of cream. If they fall over whip it until that stage. Then here is where u can add sugar 1/4 to 1/2 cup is usually enuff. U can also add vanilla if u like! Easy to make. You will do great!!
I'm 45, and I still use a cherry pitter and iron trivets. The manual egg beater is in the drawer just in case (and it goes with me on camping trips). Anybody else still use an old-school citrus juicer? I've got a green Depression glass juicer that comes in handy way more often than I ever thought it would!
@@ashextraordinaire Hello. Lucky u having a green juicer! Cool. I have my moms Yellow depression glass one. Use it all the time. I hate that orange plastic thing u put into the citrus fruit and then squeeze. What a joke. Don’t like the wooden reamer one either. I don’t use it but I do have my grandmother’s cast iron and porcelain lemon squeezer. I love to bring old can openers and whisks and yes the trusty hand cranked mixer!
Oh I almost forgot I inherited my grandmother’s Pie Ice Cream Scoop! Just as it states. It makes a piece of ice cream about 1/2 inch thick that Fits perfectly on a piece of pie!! It’s awesome! I also kept all the old steel and bone handled carving sets; knife ( or 2) 2 prong fork and the old knife sharpener. A couple r still in the original boxes. Damn good kitchen knives also made of steel. I can’t help myself. I am very sentimental. Some of my friends just crack up when I’m cooking with older utensils! I even have moms jam and jelly and apple butter long handled wood spoon. Didn’t want to get splattered with hot apple butter! Fun stuff!
@@karenroot450 Ahhh I love the pie ice cream scoop! I've never seen one! I'm just glad I'm not the only one who's sentimental about good old kitchen utensils.
@@ashextraordinaire Hey. Ya know I went and bought a new potato peeler. Was a piece of crap! So I dug around in my goodies and came up with 2 of them one even had that red handle with a cream stripe on it. Perfect condition. You can bet I hand washed that one
My mom had a measuring cup she got for a wedding present back in 1951.she started to cry when it cracked in 2016.she said I used that for so birthday cake’s & Christmas cookies.
The two tools I enjoyed using as a child were the egg beater (something about it just fascinated me) and the flour sifter. I was sad to not see the sifter included in your gadgets. It served an important purpose back in the day, when flour could be very clumpy, especially in the more humid areas of the country. I gather that nowadays flour is more refined and doesn't clump, but I still itch to sift the flour when making something!
Never saw a pie bird before, but my mother used to insert four or five paper straw segments into her apple pies before baking. They vented the steam and kept the filling from boiling over.
My mom had a nut cutter. Usually used for walnuts. Rotating prongs in a metal box would cut the nuts into small pieces for baking. It had a small crank and a glass jar which the metal box screwed onto. The hand mixers were used after electric mixers came out. They were one piece which was handier. My mom bought a set of pots and pans with a handy gadget in the lids. There was a device that would start tapping when the water or whatever would start to boil. They were sold door to door. Do people still use whistling tea kettles?
I use a whistling tea kettle daily. If it didn’t whistle, it’d probably boil itself dry; I multitask too many things to remember a kettle on the stove without it reminding me it’s there!😊
@@asteverino8569 Hello! Yes I still use my moms Copper bottomed tea kettle from Revere Ware. I remember the door to door salesmen! This Pan set was called a waterless cook set as the lids fit tightly inside of the top lip of the pan. You would use very little water as when the lid sealed tight to the pan due to the steam you wouldn’t lose any moisture/steam. Does anyone remember the Avon Lady and the little samples of lipstick in the tiny white tubes? Boy did I decorate myself with those!🤣🤣
My mom used to give me the “keys” from the metal cans so I could have my own set of keys! I was 4 or 5 (I’m now 72!) when she would do this. Mom even put them on a key ring for me!
I have and use one of the metal pot strainers with the yellow wooden handle...I love it. When I was growing up in the 60's, we had a Cake Breaker; it not only cut cake without crushing it, but it served the slice without falling apart.
I love using classic ktichen tools. I've not been able to have my mother's stuff (she is still around & is giving everything to my brother - 🤬) So I've been collecting special items at yard sales, rummage sales, estate sales & thrift stores - at decent prices. Actually today at a yard sale I got a smaller wood handled egg beater & a small wood handled turning fork. (Paid $3 total) I also have a avocado green metal stove top percolator! Best coffee ever! ☕ 😊
I have my Grandmother's "stand sieve," with the conical wooden pestle. She used it for making applesauce, with the fruit from her Gravenstein apple tree. I don't have a tree nearby, but I find so many uses for it. Thanks for the presentation.
Привіт з України! З приводу механічної м'ясорубки можна посперечатись. У багатьох вона вдома є, бо незамінна, коли відсутня електроенергія. Дякую за цікаве відео!
My parents married in 1948. My mom got a set of Revere Ware utensils and a rack to hang the five pieces on over the stove. She had Revere Ware pots & pans, some cookie sheets, and a few odds and ends for the kitchen. I still remember the manual hand mixer, the stainless steel colander (that I now have and use), the Revere Ware cannisters, and measuring spoons, glass measuring cups, etc. Those items were all built to last. One of my brothers has my mom's original pots and pans, and his wife likes them. I'm still using that old fashioned hand mixer (not electric) and the steak knives given to my parents for their wedding. I inherited my mother's Betty Crocker stainless steel (the pattern with the roses), and we still use that on a daily basis. Remember the hamburger press? The dishes that the markets gave out for shopping there? The gas station glasses? Still have them all----and enjoy using them. Remind me of happy times gone by when life was slower and there were no food processors or all the gadgets people believe they need to cook a meal.
In the 1960's, my mom used a colander to strain pasta (or other foods) out of boiling water. Now, for the past 20 years, I use a hand held pot strainer that fits most pot sizes. I thought it was a NEWLY invented device. But apparently, some old gadgets are so useful, they make their way back!
We still have one of those hand mixers, and I was glad that we did when our eletric mixer broke. Pie birds aren't necessarily commonly used anymore, but you can certainly buy them with ease. Amazon has them at prices ranging from $2.99 for a simple design such as the white one in your video at 5:41, to almost $50 for highly-decorative versions. I own several (including one shaped like a frog on a tree branch) although I've never used them for their intended purpose.
Hello I used to be an antique dealer so I had a few cake breakers. One of them was in it’s original box! People would pick them up and think they were for combing hair!🤣🤣
I recently bought a hand mixer/egg beater because sometimes I don't need to get out my electric mixer and a hand mixer is easier to use than using a whisk.
The metal ice cube trays were horrendous, not only would your fingers stick to the extremely cold handle fresh from the freezer but you’d hurt your knuckles opening the handle if it slipped
I hunt yard sales and thrift stores for our dated kitchen tools. Too many tools today are single use and take up too much room. I use a cherry pitter for my home grown cherries. I still use cast iron the older the better as they have a finer finish
Im 47 and love collecting and using old kitchen gear and i collect and use almost all my fire king jadeite and milk glass dishes and bowls ect. Makes me so happy to use that old stuff. I also remember thise metal ice trays, my grandparents always used those.
I'm pretty sure my grandparents had a hand-crank can opener in their farm house kitchen, and we saved it when they moved in 1988. On a different note, their washer and dryer were in their kitchen. There was just no other place to put them in the old farm house.
The grinder in the video is for meat. My mother would use it to grind up beef for hamburgers. She would grind up leftover roast to use in Shepards pie. The grinders for spices were much smaller
OK, that cake slicer toward the end looked like a Afro pick if I’m lying I’m flying in fact my brother probably had one in the 60s. I did back in the 80s 90s and in the mid 2010’s
When my son was around 7, I took him to a thrift store and told him he could pick something out. He picked an egg beater. Mind you he has no interest in cooking. He just thought it was really cool.
Back when people cooked from scratch, the food was MUCH more healthy and people were thinner. People also tended to walk more as they did not want to wear out their motor vehicle. Today, I see people that are lazy and wasteful.
My mom used so many of these things. But it wasn't until I started working at an antique mall that I saw and learned how the pie birds were used. She (my mom)baked {from scratch}a lot, but never used the pie birds -obviously since I hadn't seen them before. Cast iron pan cleaners from the Victorian era I expected to see in here. Can't think of much else that was missed 😊.
Iron trivets are still available for purchase as are cherry pitters...a lot of people still like to make things from scratch. We even bought the metal ice trays recently. Oh, pie birds are available too
We used to use a tin can key on the toothpaste tube. 3:16 we had one of those ice cube trays! It was a freaking pain for a little girl. Trying to get the overfilled solid block of petirified ice to crack. I don't know why anyone ever bothered to fill it. We never used the ice. You couldn't get it out!
