I love old kitchen utensils. Do you have one of these?

[Ruth n Jersey]

I still use my moms kitchen utensils. I have an old mixing bowl that was my Grandmas also. Today I needed to squeeze a few lemons.
I bought this old juicer to sell on Ebay a few years back and fell in love with it. It never did get on Ebay.
I love how it works. It even has a removable insert that catches the seeds and also a pour spout on the side.
I never researched it but I'm wondering if this came before the glass ones where you turn the fruit on the middle part.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I'm also a fan of old kitchen equipment and have a few things from my mother and grandmother.

That looks like a Universal Juicer.

We had a couple of glass ones and my aunt had one of these in her Florida house.

 

[Gaer]

Big fan! I have, (have always had) a 1930's kitchen! It's filled with old signs and tins, antiques from my Grandma! I've got the old calico aprons and linens, an old bread box. I was just wondering this morning why I'm so drawn to the 1930's decor. I love the suits, hats, darted blouses, clunky shoes, the old cars, hairstyles, the hair nets, everything! s & p shakers, and corny fresh white daisys on my kitchen table. I even had a juicer like Aunt Bea's but it was stolen. I love the rich colors and the designs they used in the 30's. (Maybe it was a past life!) I wish they would start making some of these things again! I love this thread!

 

[applecruncher]

Two things stick out in my mind:

Meat grinder bolted to table
Egg beater

 

[Aunt Bea]

Two things stick out in my mind:

Meat grinder bolted to table
Egg beater

I remember the old silver meat grinder and miss the ham salad with sweet pickles that we used to make with the leftover Easter ham.

 

[Lee]

Ruth, I saw one of those orange juicers in Value Village and wondered what it was.....now I know

Aunt Bea, I know it's off topic but the ham and pickle thing sounds interesting.

I have a modern kitchen but two things I will not part with, Baba's original Betty Crocker cookbook and her old heavy rolling pin, they don't make those anymore.

 

[Fyrefox]

It's curious, but some of those things once used in the kitchen are now hung on the walls of others as decorations! Some things never die, they just become quaint and collectible...

 

[JB in SC]

Yes, we have a meat grinder. My late dad used it a lot. Still works like a charm.

 

[Pecos]

I remember the old silver meat grinder and miss the ham salad with sweet pickles that we used to make with the leftover Easter ham.

Oh I remember ham and pickles. Good stuff.

 

[RadishRose]

Oh I remember ham and pickles. Good stuff.

Yes, chopped ham & pickle! It was at every kid birthday party!

 

[fmdog44]

Did the ham & pickle mentioned above taste like this stuff? I used to love the spread.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Did the ham & pickle mentioned above taste like this stuff? I used to love the spread.

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I loved that stuff also and I haven't seen it in years. I don't know about the ham and pickles but my grandma used Spam and pickles coarsely chopped with mayo on rye bread. The sandwich spread tasted a lot like that.

 

[RadishRose]

Did the ham & pickle mentioned above taste like this stuff? I used to love the spread.

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I never saw that FM.

 

[RadishRose]

I loved that stuff also and I haven't seen it in years. I don't know about the ham and pickles but my grandma used Spam and pickles coarsely chopped with mayo on rye bread. The sandwich spread tasted a lot like that.

OMG Don't tell me I was eating Spam, Ruth!

 

[Catlady]

My father was a carpenter by trade. After retiring he liked to make wood stuff. I asked him to make me a mortar but I have never used it, just keep it as a memento of him.

ADDED = I thought of staining it, but don't want to ruin it, I like the natural wood look anyway.

 

[RadishRose]

My father was a carpenter by trade. After retiring he liked to make wood stuff. I asked him to make me a mortar but I have never used it, just keep it as a memento of him.


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It's very nice!

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Aunt Bea]

Recently I purchased a tube pan similar to this one from an old Swans Down baking kit.

I have my mother's baking spoons and measuring cup pictured in the advertisement.

 

[jujube]

I remember the old silver meat grinder and miss the ham salad with sweet pickles that we used to make with the leftover Easter ham.

My mother always used bologna to make "ham salad". I was an adult before I found out that people actually made it out of...gasp....ham. Out came the meat grinder, the huge chunk of bologna, the pickle relish and some mayo and I knew I'd have "ham salad" sandwiches in my school lunch box for two weeks.

How about the Foley Food Mill, used to making applesauce or tomato sauce:

 

[Aunt Bea]

My mother always used bologna to make "ham salad". I was an adult before I found out that people actually made it out of...gasp....ham. Out came the meat grinder, the huge chunk of bologna, the pickle relish and some mayo and I knew I'd have "ham salad" sandwiches in my school lunch box for two weeks.

How about the Foley Food Mill, used to making applesauce or tomato sauce:

Bargain priced hot dogs make great ham salad too!

I still have a little Foley food mill that I use about once a year for tomatoes or split pea soup.