Thread: Old stuff

In article <[email protected]>,
George Leppla <[email protected]> wrote:

> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted
> and we don't use it.
>
> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things
> work really well, but we seldom use it.
>
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
> George L

Muffin tins, cookie sheets and metal pie plates. I'm not a baker.
The glass pie plates get used for various stuff.
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On Feb 27, 7:43*am, George Leppla <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted
> and we don't use it.

We have an aluminum roaster from my grandmother's set of the Canadian
version of Guardian Service or Magnalite, et al. She gave it to my
mother and now I have it. It is pretty badly pitted so we quit using
it. At one time I researched the manufacturer -- they sold door-to-
door -- but the information disappeared.

I use a hand-cranked Universal meat grinder I got from a moving and
storage company. And I have a 50's Mixmaster Jr. that doesn't develop
much torque any more.

George Leppla wrote:
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.

I have the VERY large cast aluminum oval stockpot my mother used to cook
in when I was little. It's the largest cooking pot I own, and I do use
it when I cook either a huge batch of spaghetti sauce, or a big
casserole or turkey or something, but not super-often. It's got some
splits in it, and it's heavy as hell, but I like it.

Serene
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choosing." -- Pat Kight, on alt.polyamory

In article <[email protected]>,
Omelet <[email protected]> wrote:

> Muffin tins, cookie sheets and metal pie plates. I'm not a baker.
> The glass pie plates get used for various stuff.

I often use the metal pie tins (from Baker's Square and the like) when I
toast nuts for baking. Easy to shake them around.

Glass pie plates are great for reheating a plate of food when I'm using
my pottery plates at table.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Melba's Jammin' <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Omelet <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Muffin tins, cookie sheets and metal pie plates. I'm not a baker.
> > The glass pie plates get used for various stuff.
>
> I often use the metal pie tins (from Baker's Square and the like) when I
> toast nuts for baking. Easy to shake them around.
>
> Glass pie plates are great for reheating a plate of food when I'm using
> my pottery plates at table.

I love the glass pie plates. :-)
It's all these muffin tins I'm trying to get my sister to take!
Those and the cookie sheets. I'll keep one insulated cookie sheet for
pizza on the very rare occasion I make one. Ditto for biscuits for dad.

The monster mixing bowls that mom used for bread are actually useful for
other things.
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On Feb 27, 7:43 am, George Leppla <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
> [snip]
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
I inherited a few things that are now more than fifty years old. A
cast iron skillet that I use for fried chicken, cornbread, and
occasionally as a comal/griddle as in heating tortillas or blistering/
charring chiles/peppers. An Oster blender that I use rarely now that
I have a stick blender. For margaritas, mostly. A GE hand mixer that
I use even more rarely. Maybe if I made cakes more than once a
year..... -aem

"George Leppla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted and
> we don't use it.
>
> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things work
> really well, but we seldom use it.
>
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
> George L
I have quite a few things that I inherited from my mother and over the years
their usefulness is less as I found something better. But, I have an
enormous stainless steel pan with 2 helper handles made by Vollrath that I
can remember being used as my bath as a toddler. It is absolutely fabulous
during canning season. It holds well over a bushel
Janet

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:58:06 -0600, Omelet <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> George Leppla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>>
>> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>>
>> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted
>> and we don't use it.
>>
>> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
>> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things
>> work really well, but we seldom use it.
>>
>> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>>
>> George L
>
>Muffin tins, cookie sheets and metal pie plates. I'm not a baker.
>The glass pie plates get used for various stuff.

When we moved it was cut back time, and we gave away alot.
It's amazing what you collect over 37yrs., there were some things I
don't even remember buying that were parted out to new homes.

I think the main things collecting dust now are the small sunbeam
food processor (mainly because it's really small and was one of the
first appliances we bought), and of course the corning wear (which I
wouldn't part with). We BBQ alot now (even at -20C), and use the new
toaster/convection oven Dan gave us for Xmas even more than was
expected.

George Leppla wrote:
>
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted
> and we don't use it.
>
> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things
> work really well, but we seldom use it.
>
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
> George L

Waffle maker (2 or 3 of them!!!! all gifts), that blooming onion slicer
thingamajig, 2 cuisinart FPs, coffee maker (I do use an espresso machine
however), pancake flip pan (another gift), electric skillet (cord's
lost), and that "slap chop" gizmo (another gift). More than likely I've
forgotten a few, too.

Sky

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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

"George Leppla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted and
> we don't use it.
>
> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things work
> really well, but we seldom use it.
>
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
> George L

I, personally, me, like to garage sale and buy "old stuff". I think my
favorite things are:

An old colander. Nice round base, big, and BakeLite handles
A carving set with long knife, tine fork with tablecloth protector, and
knife steel, all with stag handles.
Bulletproof garlic press that one could put two pounds (nearly) of garlic
into.
Various metal mixing bowls.
Those spatulas and spoons that are thick stainless steel that look like they
came from the Army.
The shiny round sugar holder that is all frilly with the red liner, cap, and
spoon that used to sit on diner counters.

I could go on and on.

And some stuff just looks good sitting there, like the copper colander that
just hangs on the pot rack.

Steve

"George Leppla" wrote

> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?

I've been freecycling off the old stuff we no longer use.

George Leppla wrote:
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
>
> We have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch Oven..... seldom use it.
>
> I also have an old cast iron fry pan that I inherited but it is pitted
> and we don't use it.
>
> There is also a pretty old Salad Master... the fore-runner of the food
> processor. (It Slices, dices and makes Julienne fries") These things
> work really well, but we seldom use it.
>
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?

Not gathering dust as such - I use a lot of old stuff simply because
they still work and/or haven't been bettered or no longer able to be
bought new - such as the hand powered meat slicer - see no point in
having an electric one really. I still use an old cast iron kettle for
the combustion stove and also couple of iron skillets. The Electicaire
dehydrator is also from the 1970's.



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On Feb 27, 7:43*am, George Leppla <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:
> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
Bless the heart of my younger son, he cleaned me out of any really old
kitchen goodies. As a single, living on his own adult until he was
about 32 he'd lived with other young men who had already established
their kitchens. John (son) is the only caring cook among his group of
friends, but he'd not set up his own kitchen until deciding at 30 that
his life would be so much better living alone and away from the 24/7
rowdies he grew up with. When trelling me he intended to move out of
the home he shared with two others, I quickly appointed myself as the
kitchen setter upper. What fun! I'm not positive, but I think it was
BB&B that I went to for most everything I knew he's need, other than
the complete set of Calphalon I'd already bought for both of our
homes. I bought him a four of each piece set of white Corelle dishes
in at least eight different shapes/sizes; a decent set of utensils for
both tableware and cooking with; an inexpensive hand mixer along with
glassware and coffee cups rounded things out for the kitchen. Them I
hit my Brylane mail order catalog for all his linens: kitchen,
bedroom and bath.

BabyJohn drove out (we live two driving hours apart) to pack out his
goodies (including a hand-down recliner and a natural wood four chair
kitchen table set). The "extras" he had no trouble talking me out of
were the 35 year old Osterizer blender that never leaked from the long
side crack in it's glass container part; the toaster with swing down
side racks that was my grandfather's and well over 50 years old; my
small, very old hand crank meat grinder, and he decided that the Paint
Pot absolutely had to become his. That pot was a heavy metal 16-
quarter that he grew up with, watching it being used for everything
from stews, soups and spaghetti, to steaming tamales. 'Twas so named
the Paint Pot by his paternal grandmother who'd saved it's partially
filled and paint speckled self from the back yard of a for-sale home
she'd helped set up for showing with her girlfriend, the Realtor.
Though I'd already gifted him with a good size set of Revereware two
years before, then the huge Calphalon set, that brat also talked me
out of the bigger, more complete set of Revereware that I'd inherited
from my own paternal grandmother!

My Gramma collected pretty little china plates for wall hangings, and
several years before she died she had each of her 23 granchildren
write their name on an adhesive tape to afix to the back of the plate
they wanted handed down to them. I was the only child, then about ten
years old and wanting nothing to do with ever working in a kitchen or
learning to cook, who asked Gramma if I could have all her Revereware
when she was to go on to next. The entire family was shocked, Gramma
laughed, and the "order" was immediately noted by my Grandfather that
I was to inherit all her pots and pans. They served me well for over
30 years, John grew up learning to cook with them, and he has already
picked out which of the small children in his life is to have the
Revere set after he goes on.
....Picky

On Feb 27, 3:55*pm, PickyJaz <Picky...@msn.com> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 7:43*am, George Leppla <geo...@cruisemaster.com> wrote:> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?
> > What's gathering dust in your kitchen?
>
> Bless the heart of my younger son, he cleaned me out of any really old
> kitchen goodies. *As a single, living on his own adult until he was
> about 32 he'd lived with other young men who had already established
> their kitchens. *John (son) is the only caring cook among his group of
> friends, but he'd not set up his own kitchen until deciding at 30 that
> his life would be so much better living alone and away from the 24/7
> rowdies he grew up with. *When trelling me he intended to move out of
> the home he shared with two others, I quickly appointed myself as the
> kitchen setter upper. *What fun! *I'm not positive, but I think it was
> BB&B that I went to for most everything I knew he's need, other than
> the complete set of Calphalon I'd already bought for both of our
> homes. *I bought him a four of each piece set of white Corelle dishes
> in at least eight different shapes/sizes; a decent set of utensils for
> both tableware and cooking with; an inexpensive hand mixer along with
> glassware and coffee cups rounded things out for the kitchen. *Them I
> hit my Brylane mail order catalog for all his linens: *kitchen,
> bedroom and bath.
>
> BabyJohn drove out (we live two driving hours apart) to pack out his
> goodies (including a hand-down recliner and a natural wood four chair
> kitchen table set). *The "extras" he had no trouble talking me out of
> were the 35 year old Osterizer blender that never leaked from the long
> side crack in it's glass container part; the toaster with swing down
> side racks that was my grandfather's and well over 50 years old; my
> small, very old hand crank meat grinder, and he decided that the Paint
> Pot absolutely had to become his. *That pot was a heavy metal 16-
> quarter that he grew up with, watching it being used for everything
> from stews, soups and spaghetti, to steaming tamales. * 'Twas so named
> the Paint Pot by his paternal grandmother who'd saved it's partially
> filled and paint speckled self from the back yard of a for-sale home
> she'd helped set up for showing with her girlfriend, the Realtor.
> Though I'd already gifted him with a good size set of Revereware two
> years before, then the huge Calphalon set, that brat also talked me
> out of the bigger, more complete set of Revereware that I'd inherited
> from my own paternal grandmother!
>
> My Gramma collected pretty little china plates for wall hangings, and
> several years before she died she had each of her 23 granchildren
> write their name on an adhesive tape to afix to the back of the plate
> they wanted handed down to them. *I was the only child, then about ten
> years old and wanting nothing to do with ever working in a kitchen or
> learning to cook, who asked Gramma if I could have all her Revereware
> when she was to go on to next. *The entire family was shocked, Gramma
> laughed, and the "order" was immediately noted by my Grandfather that
> I was to inherit all her pots and pans. *They served me well for over
> 30 years, John grew up learning to cook with them, and he has already
> picked out which of the small children in his life is to have the
> Revere set after he goes on.
> ...Picky

From my step mother, I have an ice cream scoop with a patten date of
1904 on it. It is made out of steel & the moving parts have big
cotter pins holding it together. I also have an iron egg beater with
a date of 1904 on it, and finally my favorite bread knife in the
world...it is stamped "The Burns Bread Knife, Stainless Steel, Pat
8-23-21, The Burns Mfg Co., Syracuse, NY, USA".

Harriet & critters in rainy Azusa

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:40:07 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Omelet <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Muffin tins, cookie sheets and metal pie plates. I'm not a baker.
>> The glass pie plates get used for various stuff.
>
>I often use the metal pie tins (from Baker's Square and the like) when I
>toast nuts for baking. Easy to shake them around.
>
>Glass pie plates are great for reheating a plate of food when I'm using
>my pottery plates at table.

I use a metal pie tin (from Marie Callendar's) to cool the custard for
cream pies. Cools faster.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

In article <[email protected]>,
Stu <[email protected]> wrote:

> When we moved it was cut back time, and we gave away alot.
> It's amazing what you collect over 37yrs., there were some things I
> don't even remember buying that were parted out to new homes.
>
> I think the main things collecting dust now are the small sunbeam
> food processor (mainly because it's really small and was one of the
> first appliances we bought), and of course the corning wear (which I
> wouldn't part with). We BBQ alot now (even at -20C), and use the new
> toaster/convection oven Dan gave us for Xmas even more than was
> expected.

I plan to go thru stuff with my sister once I can "kidnap" her for a
day.<g> I'll treat her to lunch then make her go thru the cabinets and
pantry with me.

I know she currently lacks storage space as I live in a house and she
lives in a apt., but I'll happily store what she actually wants and
freecycle the rest...

I'm tired of having too much crap from 3 generations of dead people.
<sigh>
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In article <[email protected]>,
Sky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Waffle maker (2 or 3 of them!!!! all gifts), that blooming onion slicer
> thingamajig, 2 cuisinart FPs, coffee maker (I do use an espresso machine
> however), pancake flip pan (another gift), electric skillet (cord's
> lost), and that "slap chop" gizmo (another gift). More than likely I've
> forgotten a few, too.
>
> Sky

Freecycle is your friend. :-)
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George Leppla <[email protected]>
news:[email protected]: in rec.food.cooking

> What's gathering dust in your kitchen?

An old Sunbeam juicer. I'd say it's circa '70s. A pressure cooker I
bought a year or so ago that I've never used. Quite a few pieces of cast
iron that we've had for Gawd knows how long. An extra crock pot, still in
the box, never used, won at a raffle years ago. A spiffy electric can
opener, never used. Lots of storage containers that are never used but must
be kept in case they are needed.

Michael

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~Margaret Cho

You can find me at: - michael at lonergan dot us dot com

George Leppla <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> What old kitchen stuff do you have... and do you use it?

Lot's of old utensils.

I use this hand mixer often.

Looks like this:
http://coinsandmoreonline.com/images...andMixer-1923-
Good.jpg

Also old graters.
Like this one.
http://images.goantiques.com/thumbna...NC9739GR09.jpg