My old whisk is now wanted as "vintage kitchenalia!"
Put "vintage kitchenalia" into ebay and up comes thousands of things including Fridge Magnets?............... Hundreds of Fridge magnets and novelty salt and pepper pots and even more old Tupperware....Tupperware?......people are spending money on buying old faded Tupperware? Oh well, whatever floats your boat I guess.
I'm happy to say I don't have fridge magnets, novelty salt and pepper pots or old faded Tupperware. I did go to a Tupperware party............once........back in the late 70's .......NEVER AGAIN!
What I do have in my kitchen is a whole lot of old stuff, picked up over the years, mostly useful and in use.
An ancient nutmeg grater with it's own little nutmeg storage.
An old rolling pin, ceramic and wood.
A cheese grater circa 1950's and another whisk not so old
Bread Boards - which I use as pan stands
Butter pats, have to admit to never using these, although they are old.
A ceramic storage jar with a lid - lives on kitchen window-sill holding bi-carb which I use for cleaning the sink and draining board.
My tea-caddy - an old biscuit tin found in a charity shop when we were in Ipswich.
And all the little bits on my small shelves, actually come to think about it, most of these are not real vintage - but I've had many of them for a lot of years, I shall call them Retro!
There's a pile of old fashioned white pudding basins and two big Masons mixing bowls in the cupboard too..........all very old and secondhand.
I can't see any point in replacing things that are still useful.
Thanks for all the comments yesterday.
Have a good weekend.
Back Monday
Sue
I can't see any point in replacing things that are still useful.
Thanks for all the comments yesterday.
Have a good weekend.
Back Monday
Sue
Useful and very lovely in their own way. They are treasures. Thanks for showing them to us.
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I’m confessing to having whisk envy!
ReplyDeleteLovely things, all of them, especially the old wooden bread boards and butter pats. Your whisk has a wonderful patina, thanks to you, no wonder others covet it!
ReplyDeleteI have a pile of old pudding basins, I use them all the time, they remind me of my mother, though hers usually had dripping or steak and kidney pudding inside them.
That kettle is wonderful, too!
ps Has your ear problem improved yet?
DeleteThe nurse was right saying it was slow to clear, took a week to improve at all - now I can hear better - felt I was several feet under-water now I'm just below the surface!
Delete"I can't see any point in replacing things that are still useful" - so true. Nowadays there seems to be such a passion for the look of things, and change for the sake of it. I expect to keep going with things for as long as they last, not replace them on a whim! Mind you, suppose I benefit from the perfectly iseful stuff other people give to charity shops.
ReplyDeleteNot many nice items in charity shops nowadays - I think they must all be on ebay
DeleteLovely treasures, I love items like these, most are better than modern versions and have lasted years. xcx
ReplyDeleteSome lovely things there. Yes I agree totally about not replacing things for replacings sake, all this kit out your kitchen from scratch whenever you redecorate just makes me sad. I love my kitcheny 'things' ... and I still covet your whisk 😊
ReplyDeleteWhat's your address again ... I might just visit wearing a strpey jumper and carrying a 'swag bag' 😉
Ha!
DeleteI am of the same opinion why replace what is still good. I still have some of the things bought for our wedding gifts 37 tears ago. Love the whisk too.
ReplyDeleteI have the same tea caddy, it was himself's mother's! I don't understand the idea of replacing things unnecessarily, seems a waste to me. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThat was my one good find from a charity shop when we were in Ipswich
DeleteYour Retro stuff will out live any modern stuff, I love using my old stuff, it's part of my history.
ReplyDeleteI have an ancient nutmeg grater with nutmeg store. I use mine all the time, and two "NutBrown" ceramic and wooden rolling pins which I use, to the horror of an antique dealing friend!
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxx
I also have many vintage and retro kitchen items and have the same rotary whisk as you and the pastry cutters with tin.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you like Tupperware? Is it because it's plastic?
Joan (Devon)
I'm not sure why I don't like Tupperware - the colours are a bit wishy-washy, although I don't have very much plastic now except Lakeland stack and store boxes!
DeleteOh my, as a Yank, I can tell you exactly why I've never liked Tupperware! When I was a young housewife, living in "married student housing" at a university, I dreaded the next invitation to a "Tupperware Party."
DeleteThis meant going to a neighbor's apartment to play silly games and watch demonstrations of the magic of T-ware, and buy said T-ware because that was how my neighbor/friend profited from the "party." Of course, they didn't profit much, but I guess they got free T-ware.
If a neighbor asked me, I always went, and usually bought some small thing, but it is not a fond memory for me.
must admit to having ancient faded tupperware mainly because its sturdy and the mice dont even try to get into it ...lol..plus i have vintage pyrex thats very collectable but i use it every day ....functional antiques is what i call them
ReplyDeleteI've still got some pyrex roasting type dishes and a couple of measuring jugs which are handy - vintage or just plain old - I'm not sure!
DeleteI love old kitchen items and bowls are a favourite! I like that they are such ordinary, everyday things used long ago. Meg:)
ReplyDeleteLoved this post Sue, believe it or not I was going to do a post showing my bits of Vintage kitchenalia soon, I am not a collector of "things" but at least things for the kitchen get used, I prefer old fashioned things in the kitchen, I am even on the look out for a kitchenette.
ReplyDeleteI shall look forward to your vintage kitchenalia post
DeleteMy nutmeg grater stretches back into antiquity and looks just like yours Sue - I find the little storage space at the top really good as it saves me searching in the cupboard for the little jar of nutmegs at a time when I just need to grate a bit on top of a baked custard.
ReplyDeleteYes I have it hanging on a hook ready to use to. I've had it so long I can't remember where it came from
DeleteWhen my mother died I had to throw out a lot of kitchen stuff. One thing that hurt to toss out was her old spong mincer, the one with a clamp to fix onto the kitchen table. I remember her using it to mince left over roast meat to make a shepherds pie. Everyone has food processors and the like nowadays, so it had to go. I have a wire whisk like yours, it's invaluable.
ReplyDeleteI've got a metal mincer too and remember mum having one and using it every week but now joints of meat are so expensive mine never gets used
DeleteI have only ever used a rotary whisk to beat egg whites for meringues, and a balloon whisk (not quite like yours here) to whisk up batter for Yorkshire puddings or pancakes, or even to remove lumps from a sauce.
ReplyDeleteYes, I once went to a Tupperware party, and once was enough. I also went to a Sarah Coventry jewellery party, remember those? And there were also clothes parties, too, but I can't remember the name of the company - perhaps someone else does? I still have a brooch from the Sarah Coventry jewellery party I went to, a rather lovely feather in a silver metal resembling real silver, but not silver of course.
A lot of my things would be classed as vintage simply because I've had them since we married in 1964 and they are still in use.
Margaret P
www.margaretpowling.com
Not heard of the jewellery parties but a friend did the clothes ones - Pippa Dee they were called. I managed to avoid going to one!
DeleteLast year my salad spinner went stiff, as though the bearings were going. Apparantly I wailed "But it's only 35 years old!". It's fine now, just having a senior moment!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice to have something with a bit of history? I keep everything until it falls apart and is totally irreparable! Jane xx
ReplyDeleteSo many wonderful things to look at when you are in your kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI remember when we left England in 1966 my mum had many of what is now regarded as vintage kitchen stuff. My dad wouldn't let her bring it as we had such limited room (2 teachests for a family of 7) and kept saying she could buy new stuff when we got here. So many things I wish they would have brought, including all the 'brasses' that used to be around the fireplace,
ReplyDeleteI remember my great aunts making butter, churning it then shaping it with the pats. Probably a lost art.
ReplyDeleteI collect vintage kitchenalia and have just acquired a fresh cream churn from the early part of the 20th century. I love all your retro / vintage items. I may join Sue from Wales with her swag bag!!:-) I never replace anything if it still works!!
ReplyDeleteI have a whisk like yours but didn't realize is was vintage kitchenalia. Probably why I can't find another one like it in local shops. I love your vintage stuff.I have never been to a tupperware party but we were bought some for a wedding present 47 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog! I really enjoyed seeing and reading about your vintage kitchen tools. I adore antiques and old things a lot and have quite a few of my own. Fun to share things, isn't it? ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteI like my old kitchen bits and pieces. My rim whisk is just like your but has no paint at all left on the handle. I don't go much for modern kitchen stuff because I like what I already have.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter asked for a nutmeg grater, like yours, for Christmas a couple of years ago, it took ages to find one.
ReplyDeleteLove older style kitchen tools but I would draw the line at old Tupperware.
ReplyDeleteI remember my mother having Tupperware parties. She used to put a spread on for the neighbours that seemed like more food than we ever saw in a month.
Hugs-x-
I've a whisk like your top photo. The crafty cook on a tv cookery show back in the 1980s referred to them. I bought one and have been using it ever since.
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