What's the oldest "thing" in your kitchen?

The oldest thing I have in my kitchen is a scoop that was my grandmother's on my Dad's side. I use it to scoop flour. I also have a pizza pan that was my maternal grandmothers. My favorite though is my Mother's sterling silver gravy ladle in the Queen's Lace pattern. I use it every Christmas just like when I was growing up.

What's your oldest "thing" that you have in your kitchen?

I have my grandmother's rolling pin and biscut cutter.  Also have a crock that my m-in-law's mother used to beat eggs in.  Grandmother was born in 1912.  DH's gmother in 1884!

Two things:

a hand forged nut cracker maternal great grandmother passedown and a hand frged long spatula (no wooden handle) from paternal great grandmother. Both items date back to the early to 1850 or even before that.

Oooops, almost  forgot the hand tirned (on a lathe) wooden potato masher from about 1870.

I stil use all 3 items occasonally.

...the set of five book-sized cookbooks "Favorite Recipes of America" fom MCMLXVI (I think that means 1966), the Baker's Angel Flake "Fun-to-Cut-Up cakes" 4 1/2" x 6" booklet of cut-out cake recipes, and a bottle opener from Lynne's Tap with the phone # OL7-9750.

I have a rolling pin that belonged to my Grandfather's Grandmother - I'm 60 - you do the math :-)

I have a little knife with Big Bird on the handle--it was mine when I was a little girl. I use it as a butter knife now.

My Mom has a cookbook that my Dad's mom (my grandmother) gave her when she and my Dad got married. The title is "The Take Good Care of My Son Cookbook." I guess that was not considered offensive in 1971........

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I LOVE your picture of Sweetums! You are the only other person I've ever seen to know who he is! You made my day!!!

I realized I have some of my husband's grandmothers cookbooks and a baked bean bowl my Mom made baked beans in. I used it last night. Used her handwritten recipe too! They are so delicious.

 I have an 1800's? Calumet baking powder cookbook. A ton of 1920-1940 small booklet type cookbooks mostly from various companies doing business t the time. Interesting because measurements were in like quarts of flour, walnut size this or that. Oven heat was "hot" or "medium" fire. Just love these old things.

My most precious piece is a biscuit cutter made around 1910 or so by my grandfather for my grandmother out of an old tin can with holes punched in the bottom. I still use this thing and I smile every time I do.

I have lots of old stuff--including me! I have a cookbook from 1907 that came from my Mother-in-law. I have a wood cook stove from 1927 that I still use. And I have a Hoosier cabinet. I'm not sure how old it is, but I love it--you know, the one with a big flour bin with sifter at the bottom.

Oh, I have Hoosier cabinet, and love it, too!  My b-in-law's dad found it underneath a lady's house when he was doing some work for her, and she GAVE it to him, and he GAVE it to me!!!  I often wish I knew who used it and how old it is.  :)

My first thought was "My husband" but he doesn't stay in the kitchen too long. 'smile'

Guess it would have to be a LEFSA rolling pin from my grandmother.

Tippytoes

A stoneware rolling pin given to me by an elderly friend of my mother-in-law's.  I saw a picture of it in a magazine where an antique dealer said it would bring between $300.00 to $375.00. Made somewhere between 1900 and 1930, and is blue and white stoneware.

The oldest thing in our kitchen is me,,,,,,no not really, the oldest thing we have is a sterling silver gravy ladle that belonged to my DW's great grandmother. It's supposed to be over a hundred years old.

Needless to say we don't use the ladle very much, special occasions we may use it, but that's it.

MINE WOULD HAVE TO BE ME...LOL

NO JUST JOKING...MY GRANDMOTHERS CST IRON SKILLETS, ARE THE OLDEST IN MY KITCHEN, AND I WOULDNT TRADE THEM FOR ANYTHING, THEY WORK GREAT ON EVERYTHING!

JAV4U