"vintage" kitchen tools?

[Chocolatl]

I don't know if that would work with a meat grinder. It's pretty heavy.

[katie in the UP]

Tink, I have that cookie press!!! I love it!!

[**Tinkerbell**]

Chocolatl wrote:
I don't know if that would work with a meat grinder. It's pretty heavy.

Yeah, as I wrote the suggestion, that's what was going through my mind. No way is the apple peeler/corer/slicer as heavy as a meat grinder!

[**Tinkerbell**]

katie in the UP wrote:
Tink, I have that cookie press!!! I love it!!

Thanks! I do too. I love that I have all the original packaging for it too. Oh! And I find it pretty funny, and interesting, that the box says, "Cookie Press", while the manual says, "Cooky Press".

[ala-kat]

I have a very old nut chopper. Glass jar with plunger working metal over a wood base in the jar. It came from my grandmother, and I have no idea how old it is. My sister found (again from my grandmother) a home-made slotted spoon. Seriously, it's the metal shape and chicken wire was for the spoon itself. Depression era stuff, no doubt.

[PaulO in MA]

Bought a Standardwerk cheese shredder/grater that clamps onto the counter like a meat grinder. Saw it at a consignment shop. It's great.

The new, hand-held plastic one I bought broke after a few uses, and the newer hand-held all metal one I bought was junk.

[Sierra Silver]

I have an old GE rectangular waffle maker. It was my grandma's - my dad remembers her using it to make waffles when he was a child, so it's gotta be over 50 years old. It has cast-iron waffle plates and one of those old small plugs that I'm sure has no safety on it. Still turns out perfect waffles to this day!

[**Tinkerbell**]

ala-kat wrote:
I have a very old nut chopper. Glass jar with plunger working metal over a wood base in the jar. It came from my grandmother, and I have no idea how old it is. My sister found (again from my grandmother) a home-made slotted spoon. Seriously, it's the metal shape and chicken wire was for the spoon itself. Depression era stuff, no doubt.

What unique and amazing pieces you have!

[**Tinkerbell**]

PaulO in MA wrote:
Bought a Standardwerk cheese shredder/grater that clamps onto the counter like a meat grinder. Saw it at a consignment shop. It's great.

The new, hand-held plastic one I bought broke after a few uses, and the newer hand-held all metal one I bought was junk.

It's so sad that the new versions are just slapped together so cheaply, yet they cost a fortune to buy and maintain.

[**Tinkerbell**]

Sierra Silver wrote:
I have an old GE rectangular waffle maker. It was my grandma's - my dad remembers her using it to make waffles when he was a child, so it's gotta be over 50 years old. It has cast-iron waffle plates and one of those old small plugs that I'm sure has no safety on it. Still turns out perfect waffles to this day!

Mmmm! When should I be there for the next batch?

[Bonnie G #2]

I've loved reading these posts. Unfortunatly I really don't have any items like them as my Mom was never much of a cook (she was always a working Mom) and with all the moving I do I don't tend to hold on to anything very old. About the oldest item in my cabintes is my trust Salad Shooter and I'd never part with that - love it.

[PaulO in MA]

Just returned from Brimfield. Picked up another old, pressed metal biscuit/donut cutter. The kind with the removable center piece and red handle. $2.

Also bought three, cast iron, NES (New England-style) gem pans. 3 for $25.

[**Tinkerbell**]

Paul, I am so jealous of your donut cutter!
I am about done cutting out centers by hand in my potato donuts. The only bonus is they're so ugly everyone believes that they're homemade!
*Tink

[Bonnie G #2]

**Tinkerbell** wrote:
Paul, I am so jealous of your donut cutter!
I am about done cutting out centers by hand in my potato donuts. The only bonus is they're so ugly everyone believes that they're homemade!
*Tink

Potatoe Donuts???? That's a new one on me - I'll have to look for that one on the search!

[PaulO in MA]

Donut cutters are very inexpensive on ebay. Just search "biscuit donut cutter."

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=biscuit+donut+cutter&_sacat=0

I bought this one before I bought the vintage ones.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ateco-3-1-2-Inch-Stainless-Steel-Doughnut-Cookie-Biscuit-Pastry-Cutter-NEW-/280946297957?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4169b44c65

Here is the three vintage ones I bought.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ALUMINUM-RED-METAL-HANDLE-BISCUIT-DOUGHNUT-CUTTER-NICE-/360473502212?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53ede52204

My mom had that one when I was a kid. I asked her about it several years ago, and she had no recollection of it.