Who Still Does Old-fashion Cooking?!!

[Shermie]

Do any of you still do Olad-fashion cooking? It is when you are still using some of the gadgets pictured below with little or no new modern conveniences. Now new appliances or anything, like mixers, blenders, air friers or the like. Sort of like the olden days of cooking, where you do everything by hand. That must really be time-consuming!!

 

[SilverSage]

Those may be old, but they're not old-fashioned. With the exception of the ice pick and ice tongs, I have every one of them in my kitchen. Mine are just newer, shinier, and more colorful.

 

[Sass Muffin]

My Grams had many of those.
I especially recall the boiled egg slicer and the pastry cutter.

 

[Shermie]

Those may be old, but they're not old-fashioned. With the exception of the ice pick and ice tongs, I have every one of them in my kitchen. Mine are just newer, shinier, and more colorful.

Sure, they can still be used. Just like the modern kitchen gadgets do today!!

 

[Doc]

Just the other night my wife used the hand potato masher rather than get out the mixer. Worked great for small amount of mashed taters just for the two of us.

 

[SilverSage]

At least 6 of those ARE new-fangled gadgets. The cheese slicer, pastry blender, egg slicer, garlic press, strawberry huller, and pastry wheel were all new-fashioned upgrades to a knife. If you really want to do things the old way, just use a knife.

 

[Shermie]

Just the other night my wife used the hand potato masher rather than get out the mixer. Worked great for small amount of mashed taters just for the two of us.

When doing a recipe that requires mashed taters, I just get out one of the mashers, either the metal one or the plastic one. Most of the time, it's the plastic one because when making Shephard's Pie, I mash the potatoes right inside the extra cooking pot that is with

the Ninja Foodi after boiling the potatoes in it. This is so that the non-stick coating doesn't get scratched up from using the metal masher.

 

[Johnny West]

We have all of those except the jointed church key. I used to have several. When I was a kid I collected beer openers of every brand. I have no clue what happened to the them - lost to time, like my marbles.

 

[rickismom]

I still use them….AND I don’t use food processors lol

 

[ChowderMan]

there is no potato masher in the pix.
there is a pastry blender in the pix.
just saying.

 

[Ironman]

I collect old kitchen tools but rarely use them. I still peel potatoes with a big knife. It’s how I learned and that works for me. My kids girlfriend thought she’d be cute one day and say “omg why don’t you just use a carrot peeler for the potato’s”. I says “omg why don’t you get the fack outta my kitchen”

 

[Johnny West]

I still use them….AND I don’t use food processors lol

Me, either but wife loves her appliances.

 

[Johnny West]

I collect old kitchen tools but rarely use them. I still peel potatoes with a big knife. It’s how I learned and that works for me. My kids girlfriend thought she’d be cute one day and say “omg why don’t you just use a carrot peeler for the potato’s”. I says “omg why don’t you get the fack outta my kitchen”

I use a potato/carrot peeler, wife uses a knife.

 

[LastManStanding]

Do any of you still do Olad-fashion cooking? It is when you are still using some of the gadgets pictured below with little or no new modern conveniences. Now new appliances or anything, like mixers, blenders, air friers or the like. Sort of like the olden days of cooking, where you do everything by hand. That must really be time-consuming!!
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What's that on the left middle? Looks like something from a home gym. Lol.
I haven't seen a few of them, and the rest are still in use, although slightly different shapes or sizes.
In those boxes at the top, are they local blacksmith's knives? If yes then we still use them here in my country. Yes we are a few decades behind. Lol.

 

[Johnny West]

The thing between the ice pick and the cocktail spoon is an old time church key (Bottle and can opener).

 

[QSis]

The thing circled is a pastry cutter. Used to cut butter into flour. At least, that's what I use it for in the very rare times I need to cut butter into flour.

Lee

 

[rickismom]

I see a garlic press, cheese cutter, dough cutter, corkscrew, boiled egg slicer, nut cracker, pie slicer ☺️
The rest I’m not sure about lol

 

[QSis]

Bottle/can openers, lobster cracker and picks, a pastry crimper, and tongs. Don't know what the little red raspberry-looking circles are.

Lee

 

[Sass Muffin]

Bottle/can openers, lobster cracker and picks, a pastry crimper, and tongs. Don't know what the little red raspberry-looking circles are.

Lee

Lee, I think it's a vintage salt and pepper shaker set.
Looking down on it from that angle, the tops are flipped up together.

 

[LastManStanding]

The thing circled is a pastry cutter. Used to cut butter into flour. At least, that's what I use it for in the very rare times I need to cut butter into flour.

Lee

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Yes that's the one. 👍👍

 

[QSis]

Lee, I think it's a vintage salt and pepper shaker set.
Looking down on it from that angle, the tops are flipped up together.

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Bingo! Brilliant!

Lee