Retro Culinary Curiosities: Unearthed Kitchen Tools In Puzzling Pics (25 PICS)

Posted in PICTURES       30 Oct 2023       2186       10 GALLERY VIEW

The original cookie gun and pastry decorator, which allowed people to effortlessly pipe out cookie and frosting shapes.

The DrinkMaster, which...basically just mixed drinks.

This — believe it or not — is a toaster. And I wish they still made them like this.

Back when times were simpler, lots of people had a real need for an egg-grader, which weighed each individual egg in a cute little cup and categorized its size appropriately.

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Food processors looked a lot cooler way back when.

And before we had electric hand mixers, we had actual hand mixers that you had to, you know, spin by hand.

And speaking of mixers, this one has three beaters. I do not know why, but I very much appreciate the added power.

This white and blue porcelain thingamabob adorning a wall is actually a coffee grinder — complete with a metal crank — and I need one ASAP.

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And for all that coffee: a vintage Sunbeam coffee maker.

On the subject of things that used to be wall-mounted: can openers. TBH, Sears really changed the game with this one.

My tiny, digital kitchen scale could NEVER compete with this behemoth old-school manual scale.

The 1965 Mince-O-Matic, not to be confused with the Dice-O-Matic or the Veg-O-Matic, was basically a glorified juicer.

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Behold: a nut grinder.

This, too, is a nut grinder.

And you probably guessed it...but this is yet another nut grinder. Evidently, people loved nuts in the '60s.

Take me back to the era when ovens came with built-in baking cheat sheets, complete with temperatures and time recommendations for just about anything you'd bake.

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I tried really hard to figure out exactly what this was called, so I can only discern that people referred to it as a "fruit masher," and it was normally used for making jam.

50% terrifying, 50% iconic, and 100% just a once-popular vessel for fresh cream.

This 60-year-old egg poacher...

...still works!

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I realize that juicers still exist...but they do NOT look like this anymore.

Nowadays, we have big, stainless steel exhaust hoods in most kitchens. In the '50s, they had these.

The "Foley Fork" was actually a pretty common kitchen utensil once upon a time. Fun fact: Julia Child loved it for making mashed potatoes.

The Cook 'N' Stir blender did just that. It cooked liquid foods (like soup), stirred them, and was also a literal blender.

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And last but very much not least: a microwave so old that it's impossible to date.



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10   Comments ?
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Molly 10 month s ago
most of these things work way better than it's future predecessor. My electric blender already cr#pped out after 3 years. my vent hoods no longer vent well, and gas stoves are illegal
       
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Chan 10 month s ago
Molly,Gas stoves are not illegal you simpleton.
       
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Alice 10 month s ago
Chan,
Oh yeah? Try putting one in a new house in California, genius
       
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Simeon 10 month s ago
Quote: Molly
future predecessor


??? Oo ?
       
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Lu 10 month s ago
#16 that time has been here for a while. I have seen (and owned) ovens where you just select your type of food, it's size/amount, and the oven does (supposedly) the rest.

#25 allegedly this model was produced in 1977.
       
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Chris 10 month s ago
#17 I'd guess to make jelly vice jam, it looks like it strained out seeds and skin and just let the juice be collected.
       
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Cass 10 month s ago
#3 Modern toasters now dry your bread out if you want it dark. Ever since some morons burnt themselves and sued they make them less powerful. Along with wide slots for bagels and anything you might want to put in them , they don't toast like the old ones did. I still use a circa 1960's toaster and nothing beats it.
       
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Julian 10 month s ago
#13, #14, #15 You must use a nut grinder to make powder from almonds and other nuts or the oil can come out. The #5 foodprossesor is faster, but can make the oil separete.
       
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Cindy 10 month s ago
#13 is not a nut grinder, looks like herbs grinder, still used in Italy
       
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Juda 10 month s ago
Cindy,

Yes it is. In my country it was sold as a parsley grinder.
       
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