Kitchen
Gadgets From the
?50s That We
Need Today
Today we may have fallen in love with our vegetable spiralizer
That turns zucchini into “pasta” or our juice press
That makes juicing a cinch, but there are tools
From the past
That seem just as superfluously wonderful. The 1950s saw the return of women to the
Kitchen after their brief leave during WWII, and the prosperity of the time brought with it outrageous convenience tools. Click here for the vintage
Kitchen Gadgets slideshow. Slideshow:
Kitchen Gadgets From the '50s
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Kitchen Gadgets made popular in the 1950s, like stand mixers and blenders, are still part of our essential
Kitchen gadgetry, but others disappeared
From shelves and into obscurity. If our kitchens weren’t buzzing with equipment and our drawers weren’t filled to the brim, these would certainly make our list of must-have
Kitchen tools
That we
Need to try. For some, the tools on this list will seem as ridiculous as a corn kerneler, but others may find a goldmine of patents in
Need of reviving.
From a better way to slice cakes to an enviable stovetop, we think the 1950s may have been the golden age of
Kitchen gadgetry. Bakelite Set — Cake Breaker
http://www.amazon.com/R-M-Cake-Break...M/ref=sr_1_1?i... This is a vintage cake breaker
Kitchen tool. Perfect for delicate angel food and chiffon cakes
That were popular in the 1950s, this cake breaker gently pulled apart pieces of cake without pressing down and crushing it. Next time you mangle
That moist cake you just baked, you will wish you had one of these retro cake breaker tools. For the Strawberry Angel Food Cake recipe, click here. Colston Dishwasher
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Colston-High...tic-Dishwasher... This is an advertisement for the Colston Dishwasher. The size of a breadbox, this countertop dishwasher sure would be useful in cramped city apartments. Dishwashers didn’t become a widely used appliance until the 1970s. Just imagine the many things your breadbox dishwasher could do. For Chef David Burke’s Dishwasher Thanksgiving Turkey recipe, click here. Click here for more
Kitchen Gadgets From the '50s. Angela Carlos is the Cook Editor at The Daily Meal. Find her on Twitter and tweet @angelaccarlos.