Have you inheirited any OS gadgets?

poppett

I was in the kitchen yesterday using a old mixer (possibly from 1983 ~ it says on the bottom) that I inheirited from my mum and it got me thinking....do any of you have things passed down that you still use and work a treat?

I also have a meat carving tray ~ the ones with the spikes to hold a cut of meat in place. That has been used since I was a child and I bought that home with me too after mum passed away. It is still used every week.

Would love to hear what other people have that has been passed down.

thriftmonster

I have a meat press (for brisket, gammon etc) which was my Nana's from when my Mum was little - My Mum has my Gran's of similar vintage.

One of our sherry decanters was a wedding present of my grandparents from the mid 1920s and dh's chest of drawers was a wedding present for my other grandparents in the 1920s.

I also have an Ideal Home meat/bread slicer which I can remember my grandfather using when I was a kid (early 70s)

Olliebeak

I have a HUGE tin opener but don't know where it came from (or who from). It's one of those that you push into the top of the can and then sort of 'see-saw' your way around the rim. It leaves the most disgusting jagged edges but it has outlived all our far more expensive openers. No matter how much I pay for one, it rarely lives longer than 2 years.

This hideous old one has been with us for around 20 years now and has been, rather fondly, nicknamed 'Lethan Weapon' in our home! It does get hidden when we aren't using it, but it can always be found when any 'normal' can opener bites the dust!

champys

I have so many! A very old yoghurt maker called 'yogurtera' - from the '60s or '70s, but still works fine. Also our carving set comes from OH's family, I have OH's grandmother's enamel covered roaster, a plate heater that looks a bit like a mini-electric blanket from my mother, etc etc etc.... One of the weirdest things is something called a 'kitchenmajig' which can be used as a slotted spoon but also as a potato masher. All very useful!

oldMcDonald

I have a lovely old apple slicer, peeler and corer made out of cast iron. It's at least 50 years old, probably more (it certainly was in use during WWII). It looks lovely on the kitchen shelf and it is put to good use in the autumn when I get loads and loads of apples processed and in the freezer.

It looks a little like this:
http://www.applesource.com/peeler.html

only it has a clamp to hold it in place, and is quite a bit bigger and more substantial.

Jammygal

I have an old brown mixing bowl which was passed to me from my grandmother.......she was an a keen cook even up until the time she died....her specialities were welsh cakes and pancakes

poppett

oldMcDonald wrote: »

I have a lovely old apple slicer, peeler and corer made out of cast iron. It's at least 50 years old, probably more (it certainly was in use during WWII). It looks lovely on the kitchen shelf and it is put to good use in the autumn when I get loads and loads of apples processed and in the freezer.

It looks a little like this:
http://www.applesource.com/peeler.html

only it has a clamp to hold it in place, and is quite a bit bigger and more substantial.

Oh wow, how cool is that!

purpleivy

I have my grandmother's mincer. I presume she got this when she got married in 1932.

floss2

I have my grandmother's large Pyrex glass mixing bowl, my mum's mixing bowl, various Pyrex bowls & casserole dishes & an oval meat plate that was always used when I was a kid. I also have my other grandma's enamel plate which was used when my dad was a teenager (born 1928!)

Nix143

I have my Nanna's slow cooker and hand mixer and I wouldn't swap them for all the new fancy schmancy ones in the world - everytime I use them it reminds me of her xx

grunnie

I have my grandmother's breadboard which is in daily use. It was made by my grandfather in 1918. I have loads of other old things. I have a collection of ancient chemist bottles which sit on my kitchen window sill which came from a local shop that closed in 1960 so date way before that. When my Mum moved into a home and my Aunt died it was amazing which items my sons wanted from enamel breadbins to old clocks and kitchen gadgets which I would have sent to the charity shop.My second son completely furnished his house form the contents of my aunt's flat except for her dining table -I pinched that and gave him mine.I also have my grandfather's beer mug - he died when I was 2.