NFRC: Survey - what kitchen gadgets/appliances are you sentimentally attached to?

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heather_in_sf

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My mom gave me her first Kitchen Aid mixer, when she was given a gorgeous new red one for Valentines one year (it's dubbed The Red Baron)- her first one she purchased to make my first birthday cake, and all the childhood memories of the cookies, cakes etc with that mixer! I cried the first time I used it, and called her and we got all verklempt together! very silly, but hey, I'm very attached to it! The motor is not that strong and it can't make bread but it's great with whipping cream. Made the Charlotte Framboise with it for it's first use - a wonderful dessert I posted under our raspberry discussion.

The other things I can't live without and are on the list to take if there is a fire are:

* my grandpa's cooking fork (he used to skewer tomatoes on it and peel them over the gas flame on the stove)

* my grandparent's aluminum citrus juicer. although it bends if you press too hard on it, it's perfectly sized for the 1 cup Pyrex measure and it lets just enough pulp through but no seeds

* my paternal Granny's Corningware nesting bowls: the largest is pink, then next white, etc alternating colors there are 5 of them. They have little old fashioned figures on them in white or pink.

* My Love glass bowl with pastel polka dots - eating pasta from this bowl makes me so happy, plus it's perfect for salad or anything and is microwave safe

* my wrought iron bottle opener shaped like a raven, very cool, a blacksmith made it up in California's Gold country, bought at an antique store. Opening beer has never been so cool, and it's beak is a great churchkey.

Surely I can't be the only one sentimentally attached to various kitchen gadgets and appliances, so what are yours?

 
My grandmother's tin measuring cup, a pink glass cake platter given to me by a dear

(and dearly departed) friend, my pasta "fisher outer" with the melted handle ( I can't find a similar one that works as well as this one), and two old spatulas - one that is circular and perfect for turning pancakes, and the other that is a small rectangular shape (can't find another one the exact same size).

 
I like this thread idea... my favorite is my grandma's wood rolling pin, seasoned and smooth from

years of use and countless batches of kolaches.

 
my mom's colored mixing bowls. sadly i'm down to the smallest blue one.

they're pyrex. and in yellow, red, green and blue.

 
Oh my gosh! Where to start....

My great-grandmother's 'bird of paradise' stoneware turkey platter. Countless sturdy, old wooden spoons. My grandmother's tin biscuit cutter. My mom's turquois pyrex nesting bowls. Last but not least, a pair of S&P shakers covered with shells my grandmother bought on her honeymoon in FLA in 1933.

 
My mother's Pink and Blue Flowered Glass Pitcher

I remember growing up and pouring many different beverages from this pitcher. We'd have Kool-Aid, or Lemonade or Iced Tea.

When I use this, I think of those times, and it brings a smile to my face.

 
Oh, I almost forgot!!......................

We always had this yellow , whiite and blue plaid tea pot in our cubboard. It was a three piece set. The top held sugar, the middle was a creamer and the bottom was the teapot.

I don't recall if we ever actually used this teapot. I don't think that we did. But every time I look at it,now, it brings back memories of much simpler times.

 
The large glass citrus juicer, with a "moat" ...

large enough to catch the juice of several oranges or grapefruit ... and the ridged-glass cruet ... both given to me by my grandmother.

 
Oh goodness- I have a bunch

My Grandmother's potato masher, bread proofing bowl, spatulas, food cutter, green glass lemon juicer, juice pitcher and glasses, nesting mixing bowls.

My Mom's "Moo Cow Creamer", rolling pins, wooden spoons, measuring cups, cookie cutters, ramekins, baking pans, cooks knives (now handier in the garden than the kitchen but sentimental nonetheless), her china, her silver, crystal and, would you believe the dining room table she bought in 1946.

 
The yellow padre cookie jar, with "Thou shalt not steal" across his robe...

But I did sin, again and again, for my mother's chocolate drop cookies. I had to fight my sisters to get it!
I couldn't even begin to list the sentimental items from Grandma. She taught me that working in the kitchen is a delight by letting me "help" with bread and cinnamon rolls at a VERY young age. What a love she was!

 
Treasures...

--My great-great-grandmother's pressed glass lidded compote with Native American sitting on the top (it holds the Thanksgiving cranberry relish), and 3 pressed glass relish dishes

--My great-grandmother's pink depression glass "pineapple" bowl, green depression glass sandwich tray, and carnival glass serving bowl.

--My grandmother's green picnic basket, brass and copper molds, pink depression glass cookie jar, crystal domed pedestal cake stand, and pressed glass banana split dishes.

And the very first kitchen item I ever received, an old-fashioned screw top juicer which was in the prize box for winning the Adams County Fair cookie bakeoff at the age of 12. The rest of the stuff was either broken or lost to the years, but I still have that juicer (and used it this morning!).

 
have you seen the price of those in the antique shops! I'm down to the red one smileys/smile.gif

 
This is a bittersweet topic for me...

I am sooooo attached to my kitchen treasures.
When I moved to Missouri, somewhere along the line either a box was lost or was left behind, I am not sure which one.
I lost my mother's old flame oval Le Creuset oval Dutch oven, my mother's round cake pans, my mother's popover cups, the list goes on and on.
However on the brighter side, my husband's grandfather's big cast iron frying pan made it, my mom's Wesson oil crock made it, the big old Pyrex mixing bowl set with the turquoise roosters on it made it, my Ann Taintor coffe cups (see link, for some reason, I am very picky about coffee cups), one popover cup made it, and last but not least, my mom's old electic fondue pot, which in a continuing tradition, we use every New Year's Eve.
You should know, my husband is cursing you right now, because I was just starting to get over "my loss", from over a year ago.
But really, there really is something about knowing that generations before you, in some cases, have held the same kitchen tool in their hands and have cooked for their families. A continuence of sorts. I am totally drawn in by that. Even antique tools I have found hold the same fascination for me. I was going to say, don't get me started, but you already did. (smile)

 
This is a bittersweet topic for me...

I am sooooo attached to my kitchen treasures.
When I moved to Missouri, somewhere along the line either a box was lost or was left behind, I am not sure which one.
I lost my mother's old flame oval Le Creuset oval Dutch oven, my mother's round cake pans, my mother's popover cups, the list goes on and on.
However on the brighter side, my husband's grandfather's big cast iron frying pan made it, my mom's Wesson oil crock made it, the big old Pyrex mixing bowl set with the turquoise roosters on it made it, my Ann Taintor coffe cups (see link, for some reason, I am very picky about coffee cups), one popover cup made it, and last but not least, my mom's old electic fondue pot, which in a continuing tradition, we use every New Year's Eve.
You should know, my husband is cursing you right now, because I was just starting to get over "my loss", from over a year ago.
But really, there really is something about knowing that generations before you, in some cases, have held the same kitchen tool in their hands and have cooked for their families. A continuence of sorts. I am totally drawn in by that. Even antique tools I have found hold the same fascination for me. I was going to say, don't get me started, but you already did. (smile)

 
Is there anyway at all you could contact the people who live in your...

old house in San Diego and see if the box has "shown up" since the move? Or if you used a moving company, maybe they could keep eye out for it? Maybe it will turn up... I'd be heart-broken. :eek:(

 
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