13 Old Kitchen Features.. That Have FADED Into History

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13 Old Kitchen Features.. That Have FADED Into History
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Imagine a time when kitchens were not just for cooking but a hub of innovation and style. Today, we're exploring 13 kitchen features from the 20th century that have since faded into history. These elements not only defined the culinary spaces of the past but also tell a story of evolving technology and changing lifestyles.
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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Linoleum Flooring
1:07 Ice Box
1:57 Formica
2:48 Electric Coil Stoves
3:37 Milk Door
4:21 Central Vacuum Cleaner
5:13 Butlers Pantry
6:06 Dumbwaiters
7:02 Mall-Mounted Can Opener
7:57 Pull-Down Ironing Boards
9:00 Build-in Flour Sifters
10:06 Meat Safe
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@VintageLifestyleUSA 4 ай бұрын

What other old Kitchen features do you remember?

@christinebutler7630 3 ай бұрын

My grandmother had a drying rack suspended from the kitchen ceiling on a pulley, for drying clothes indoors when weather didn't permit use of the outside clothesline. Hoosier cabinets and kitchen dressers were once common, though even as early.as the '20s they were being edged.out by.built in cupboards.

@anonymousYTviewer69 3 ай бұрын

what is a MALL mounted can opener?? you only talked of a WALL mounted one

@figmo397 3 ай бұрын

Not exactly a kitchen feature (the built-in vacuum wasn't a kitchen feature), the coal chute and coal room started to disappear from homes in the mid-20th century. My maternal grandparents had one. My grandfather had to shovel coal to keep the house warm and make the hot water work. Getting oil heating in the early 70s was a major upgrade for them.

@anonz975 3 ай бұрын

Built in bread boards and rolling pin holders. Vents/grills on the cabinets under the sink to dry dish towels.

@Marcel_Audubon 3 ай бұрын

my grandmother had a small closet/bedroom off the kitchen with a soft perfumed bed, phonograph, lights shaded with red silk scarves ... she called it "the iceman's room" - we children weren't allowed to go in. We had fresh ice delivered every day, even when we didn't need it, even during shortages. I'm sure every kitchen had one of these, right?

@midcenturymodern9330 4 ай бұрын

I miss those old refrigerators that lasted for 40 years without ever breaking down once!

@msbebelle07 3 ай бұрын

My father own a 50 years old refrirator still working...Good old days when programed obsolesce did'nt existe...it was not enough profitable for compagnies so they found a way.

@Murphis55 3 ай бұрын

I lost a whirlpool fridge a couple of yrs ago that was about 45 yrs old. It was in the basement. We didn’t check on it real often. One day the dog started sniffing at the door. I went down to check on it and it had died. Boy what a mess. We lost about $600 bucks of meats and food. The smell was not something I want to remember. Now no fridge in the basement it’s in the garage it’s easier to get to.

@CanMoose 3 ай бұрын

They lasted a lot longer than just 40 years. We still have my parents 1942 general electric fridge that runs beautifully....we also use on a landline our old black rotary phone. No cellphones here.

@cuernavacadave 3 ай бұрын

I miss the well built appliances as well. I bought a Viking freezer in 1986. Two years ago I decided since it was 12.5cubic, I should get something upright and smaller, seeing it’s just me. So, in my infinite wisdom, I gave it to a business that sells food items, it’s still going today. The new Galanz I ordered, 3cFt, lasted three months, I thankfully caught it and was able to salvage most of the items in it. Miraculously it started working again, so, foolishly I trusted it. It worked about a year, give or take, then last May I started noticing this putrid smell and kept looking trying to figure out where it was coming from. One last time, I went down to the basement and opened the freezer door, it had quit working again and everything in it had rotted, fish, chicken, butter, you name it. What a horrible job to clean it. I called Galanz and after several months I got a 50% refund for it, $169, but, no compensation for the taxes on top of that or the delivery fee!! I said I’ll never buy another Galanz product!! Lesson learned. Sure wish I had kept my Viking, it’s still working like a charm!

@dsimpson530 3 ай бұрын

Pro tip, long lasting refrigerators still exist. They are non-energystar certified top freezer refrigerators that use mechanical temperature knobs vs digital controller. The lower the thrills (ie no ice maker) the less likelihood of failure. Modern refrigerants don't help this equation either, especially compared to better toxic/non environmental friendly refrigerants

@signalfirefly 3 ай бұрын

I assure you, coil stoves are very much still the standard for budget apartments. Laminate countertops, too. Neither is going away anytime soon.

@johnlerch7699 2 ай бұрын

yup my apartment uses a coil stove but they are a pain in the but to put back into place.

@Infodumptruck 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I was so confused by those being on the list, I have those now

@loutenant2817 2 ай бұрын

Even the expensive apartments I lived in still has them

@robinbirdj743 Ай бұрын

I have a coil stove from 1927 that I love and use. At work, the „ Rostov cabins“ at the resort have coil stoves from the 1970s and 80s-- in use every day.

@abortretryfail9350 Ай бұрын

Yup, you can buy one at your local hardware retailer for about 400 bucks.

@michaeltutty1540 3 ай бұрын

Linoleum has several advantages over modern flooring materials. First and foremost is that it is a natural product. It does not offgas noxious fumes. Vinyl flooring can offgas for a period of months. Many hospitals still use real linoleum because of that. It is also incredibly durable with reasonable maintenance.

@danacarpender2287 3 ай бұрын

Linoleum is also biodegradable. I'm seriously considering it for reflooring our kitchen.

@GentleRain21 3 ай бұрын

That's what I thought about Formica. Whether it's cabinets, floors our countertops, it seems modern materials come with hazards.

@WJCTechyman 3 ай бұрын

Hospitals still use linoleum? Most of the hospitals around me use Terrazzo just like schools. Also, we may see an up tick in resin floors as well, like Terrazzo, they are fairly simple to maintain and unlike Terrazzo somewhat flex to stress.

@Thesakuraharona 3 ай бұрын

Linoleum is definitely better for kitchens or other areas that are likely to encounter hit heat, but it is my understand vinyl is better for full water resistance. Using the later in bathrooms might be a good compromise, versus everywhere.

@nancyblaylock6664 2 ай бұрын

We.still have our linoleum floor. It is even one of the designs shown.

@terereynolds698 4 ай бұрын

Both my girls have coil stoves, they love them, I like them as well. I still have my old wall can opener, I still love it and use it. I have a pull-down ironing board and I still iron, it's next to me in my laundry room, I have a desktop in my laundry room and bedroom, I have a flour sifter, I bake from scratch just like my aunt grandma taught me. I was born in 1958 and I remember about 80 % of these things, I've always loved to cook and bake, I still do.

@sdowns8302 4 ай бұрын

What is an aunt grandma? Not being sarcastic, just guessing it’s a common phrase/name from somewhere that I’m not familiar with.

@clairelevasseur9434 3 ай бұрын

I mist so much my cool stove😢😢😢

@FernCurtis 3 ай бұрын

@@sdowns8302Maybe she forgot to put an “and” in her sentence?

@feestor5660 3 ай бұрын

You still get coil stove tops on South Africa although not that common anymore. I had 1 as recently as 1990. My induction stovetop now is super fast but also super temperamental.

@dsimpson530 3 ай бұрын

You should check out induction electric ranges or cooktops. It's the benefits of gas (i.e. precise control) and electric cooktops combined (clean and more energy efficient).

@jons.6216 3 ай бұрын

A bread board was something my mom insisted on keeping when my dad refinished our kitchen cabinets in the early 80s when most of the rest of it was remodeled! Bread boards were large planks of wood that could be pulled out from the top of a cabinet for rolling out pastry or used as an extra kitchen surface when needed! She used to make lunches on top of ours as well.

@anonz975 3 ай бұрын

I always thought those were cutting boards. Very interesting! Plus a bread board would be a bit lower than the countertop which is a better height for kneading. Designing a 1920s style kitchen now and may add one. Thanks!

@FernCurtis 3 ай бұрын

We had two of those too, only we called them “cutting boards”…we used them for other things of course, but that is definitely where we cut mom’s homemade bread…so maybe that is why your family called them bread boards?

@llc1976 3 ай бұрын

Oh my mom had two of those and they were super convenient! I wish I had one!

@frankhooper7871 3 ай бұрын

My parents were given a bread-board as a wedding present from my grandparents' maid when they married in 1950. I still have it and use it daily 74 years later.

@janetclaxton217 3 ай бұрын

My grandmother had one when my brother and I were growing up and she would roll and cut biscuits on it@@anonz975

@danjberg 3 ай бұрын

Built-in central vacuums still exist. I worked at a company that sold over $1M a year in central vacuums in the SW during the late 2000s. New home builds were the primary market. I installed one in my Phoenix home and loved it!

@cathybrown4102 3 ай бұрын

My house was built in 1996 with a central vac and I love it

@jonnywishbone1342 3 ай бұрын

Central vacuums are indeed still installed in modern homes, As a matter of fact many upscale home owners demand that they be included as they offer more practicality, efficiency and modernity than stand alone or robotic vacuums...

@ronsteffes1155 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I didn’t understand that one. Central Vac is not obsolete it’s still installed in new homes to this day. I have one an I would never go back to a traditional one

@Mary.Petrie 3 ай бұрын

My family had one in the house we rented in CA in 90s.

@baldeagle5297 3 ай бұрын

I can't count the number of these I've installed. I did it for a few years back in the early 90s.

@EC-xc9gy 3 ай бұрын

You say "nostalgia," I say "customer demand without a willing seller".

@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638 3 ай бұрын

wise words

@nancyjenkins4033 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree!

@annak804 2 ай бұрын

Yup they hate selling things that last

@noneofyourbusiness7094 4 ай бұрын

The wall mounted pencil sharpener by the pantry. My grandmother would use it to sharpen her pencil before writing out grocery lists or recipes.

@glennso47 4 ай бұрын

Why would a wall mounted can opener be obsolete? How do people open cans without can openers?

@trishayamada807 3 ай бұрын

@@glennso47my can opener is in my silverware drawer.

@tinydancer7426 3 ай бұрын

The have been replaced with electric can openers. I will stick with my hand powered can opener, thank you very much. I will be able to open canned food come the apocalypse and will stand at my kitchen window and watch my neighbors running around because they can't open cans. Of course, there are many foods in cans with pop tops@@glennso47

@BrianJNelson 3 ай бұрын

My house has one just inside the basement door. I was quite surprised when we found it there.

@spindleswift8667 3 ай бұрын

Was it the "Berol Giant"?

@aapettit 2 ай бұрын

My house was built in 1972, we have a wall mount can opener. Center vacuuming, electric coil stove, Formica counter tops, Linoleum floors, Butler's pantry, intercom system, sunken living room, heat lamps in the bathrooms, and just because the 70's were weird a 4 person cedar sauna in the master bathroom. Friends and family Lovingly refer to our house as "That 70's House".

@MalakMacabre 28 күн бұрын

When I was a kid we moved into a “70s house” and it blew my mind. I was like, “wtf is with this living room?” I was about 10, by the by. This was around 92’ or so. We had a loft and a weird ass kitchen.

@figmo397 3 ай бұрын

Formica is still very much available as a countertop option (it's the cheapest one these days). They often call it "laminate" rather than "Formica(tm)," but it's the same thing. Linoleum has one major advantage over vinyl: it lasts. Vinyl has a limited "shelf life" before it starts cracking. They still make coil stoves. Glass top stoves have coils underneath. Induction cooktops can only be used with specific types of cooking vessels. I've seen built-in ironing boards for sale in more recent times in response to a lack of space in housing.

@marilynackerman9185 2 ай бұрын

Raised many a puppy in the kitchen on linoleum floors. They seemed to last forever I would love to have a built in ironing board.

@heidibee501 4 ай бұрын

Some of the products and devices highlighted in this video would fit well in today's home. I always loved linoleum because if theres a spill, unlike their wood or tile counterparts liquid cannot make its way through the slits in between these units, so a spill will wait until you've brought in a mop or towels.

@annep.1905 4 ай бұрын

I think you can still purchase it in some stores.

@christyann 3 ай бұрын

Ya, I personally like linoleum especially with all those great colors and designs. Plus it's easy to keep clean.

@JacquelineHahn1 3 ай бұрын

If my memory serves me well linoleum had to be frequently polished to maintain water resistance

@desertdaisymarie6951 Ай бұрын

I like the idea of lino..

@heidibee501 Ай бұрын

@@JacquelineHahn1 No. We waxed it occasionally to keep it looking nice, but l have one lino floor still and l haven't used wax in years. Just a damp mop keeps it clean and it is still waterproof.

@C01dEyes 3 ай бұрын

As a former chef I would love to have a butler's pantry in my home. Having all that extra storage with a separate preparation and staging area would kick ass. Especially if I was throwing parties.

@Bg-xk1uw 19 күн бұрын

I'm building a house right now, and it'll have a butler's pantry. It was one of my non negotiable design items.

@beakittelscherz5419 3 ай бұрын

If only we had such cool Linoleum patterns today!

@morelife8700 3 ай бұрын

As a contractor I have to disagree with the statement of the central vacuum being obsolete as I have been in many high end large mansion type homes installing the central vacuum system before and after the 2000’s

@robertknight4672 3 ай бұрын

My Grandmother Had Central Vacuum installed in her house around the same time period and her house isn't even that large.

@Steampunkfox143 2 ай бұрын

My mums friend has it in her place. I house sit sometimes and it's so nice to use

@evilkillerwhale7078 2 ай бұрын

2000 was a quarter century ago. It wasn't exactly yesterday lol

@samanthab1923 2 ай бұрын

They were the best. Had one in the house I grew up in.

@djhagrid300 Ай бұрын

They used to be more prevalent, though. They aren't as widespread today

@HannesA-my3xp Ай бұрын

The milk door can still be useful to keep your delivered packages safe from porch pirates.

@iahelcathartesaura3887 3 ай бұрын

My grandparents had almost all of these and we had a few too when I was growing up. I'm 62, & born in 62 😊 Love this! Subscribed!

@bhall9874 3 ай бұрын

Wall-mounted ironing boards died with television. Women (mostly) used to do a lot of ironing, and as far as I recall, older women in my family (and their friends) didn't find it a thrilling occupation. Being able to move the job to the living room where the television was located and watch/listen while you ironed made the job more pleasant.

@gloriaincalifornia1911 2 ай бұрын

Interesting idea--never thought of that but undoubtedly that was a big factor.

@cordiagabert2573 2 ай бұрын

Invention of new fabrics and more people buying dryers reduced ironing because the process took wrinkles out.

@dolcefarniente8768 12 күн бұрын

Wall mounted recessed ironing boards are still being made; I have one and I love it. The iron itself sits on a little shelf inside the cabinet and stays plugged in, right next to the work light. And they are wonderful in that it is no trouble to pull out the board and do that little bit of ironing that even modern fabrics require occasionally. Something no one wants to do if it involves lugging out and putting away a portable board.

@Haffmatthew 3 ай бұрын

I still use my 1930’s Seller’s branded Hoosier cabinet with the built in flour sifter on a regular basis. Love the charm of an all in one baking center

@starfleet868 4 ай бұрын

Love the wall mounted can opener

@marciaoh7056 4 ай бұрын

They still make them you know. Nothing in this video is out of production.

@glennso47 4 ай бұрын

@@marciaoh7056nothing except real live narrators. 😮

@irenes3470 3 ай бұрын

That wall-mounted can opener in my long-ago home was so convenient

@Marcel_Audubon 3 ай бұрын

imagine the nasty blade on those things! never washed once in their lifetime

@ssplayer 3 ай бұрын

@@Marcel_AudubonWe had one. You could release it from the wall bracket to wash it.

@christinebravomom5711 3 ай бұрын

A friend who was studying food science at Cornell told me that unwashed can opener blades were among the biggest causes of food poisoning. Wall mounted and electric can opener blades are difficult to impossible to clean properly.

@spindleswift8667 3 ай бұрын

Yipes!! Thanks for the tip! I rinse all my cans but it never dawned on me to disinfect the can opener blades.

@greggerstner5599 3 ай бұрын

Swingaway wall mounted can openers are still to be had. Pull a pin in 1 second and it can be cleaned and sterilized. Opens cans faster than any electric gizmo. Takes up no counter space. Not affiliated. Just appreciate the efficiency. The commercial alternative shown for opening #10 cans in restaurants is also meant to be pulled, washed and sterilized. The inspection folk check these. Don't know why I'm commenting on this poorly researched mess of a video. But then I was moved to skim through it

@beckybugbee5696 3 ай бұрын

FYI you can remove the blade side of an electric can opener. There should be a release button on the back. The wall mounted one comes right off the wall when you unscrew the hinge pin. Scrub away!

@margaretpare8206 2 ай бұрын

Not so. I take off the blade mechanism, pops off, put it in the dish washer. Pop it back on

@jeffweed3947 2 ай бұрын

I grew up with a wall mounted can opener, it was easy to remove from the wall to wash!

@eliseking9047 3 ай бұрын

I lived in houses with all these except a dumb waiter. And I never heard,of a “meatsafe’. No one would ever store raw meat in a room temperature cabinet. These were actually called “piesafe’ and you put the freshly baked pies in the screened cabinet, safe from flies, to cool off.

@user-vh2pk6bd3g 3 ай бұрын

I know I never heard of a meatsafe either. I wish my mom was still here she grew up on a farm in WI in the 30s and 40s, and she would know about that kind of stuff they had no electricity so Grandma would have to smoke the meat or can it. Yes just like fruit and vegetables, they did can meat back in the day according to my mom it was good. She would get a jar of meat off the shelf in the basement and they would put that in a stew pot for dinner.

@user-vh2pk6bd3g 3 ай бұрын

When you live out in the country you learn to survive

@medes5597 2 ай бұрын

"A pie safe, also called a pie chest, pie cupboard, kitchen safe, and meat safe" "The pie safe was used to store not only pies, but bread, meat, and other perishables as well, to protect them from insects and vermin" Seems like meat safe is a perfectly acceptable and known term for them, just not the one you used.

@patk3601 7 күн бұрын

There is such thing as a meat safe. It was used to keep food cool before there were refrigerators. He explained exactly how it worked. I'm not sure how it would have worked in hot, humid weather though.

@tausa75 3 ай бұрын

Engineered stone is to be banned here in Australia due to the risk it poses to those working with it (it causes silicosis of the lungs). I’m happy to have a Formica style bench.

@stampede18ecs 3 ай бұрын

That's why countries get it from other countries and shipped into the country. If they have to change something it's shipped out of country then back in

@racoming1035 2 ай бұрын

There's no risk if you wet cut it.

@armorclasshero2103 28 күн бұрын

@@racoming1035you'd have to find a tradie with double digit IQ first

@cliffcorson4000 3 ай бұрын

Linoleum is still used in apartments Formica counters and coil stoves are still in use and readily available Pull down ironing board still used in small areas

@Formal-DeHyde 2 ай бұрын

I’ve lived in many, many places over the decades. In every place that didn’t have gas, it was a coil stove. I still use a coil stove. They’re still available. Just because there are alternatives now doesn’t mean they’ve faded away. This was a head scratcher.

@kathymachen8342 3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't mind still using a wall mounted can opener.😊

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 3 ай бұрын

Amazon, $12.99.

@michaelkurtz1967 3 ай бұрын

Similiar is used in commercial kitchens to open those large cans. Attach to steel tables.

@spindleswift8667 3 ай бұрын

Made in China, most likely. A buyer would do better getting a vintage one on eBay.

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365 3 ай бұрын

@@spindleswift8667 the one I just got off Amazon was made in the USA. Wouldn't have bought it from China.

@atlbrysco6198 3 ай бұрын

The other part that you failed to mention about flower sifters (or hand sifters or sifting in general) being available was because during those years, it was quite common to find insects and spiders in flour and sugar - besides breaking up clumps, the sifters made sure the little critters didn't get into your baking accidentally and boost the protein content... 😁 Great video - truly enjoyed... I own a 120 year old house and have quite a few of the older Victorian characteristics (and stuff remodels over the years brought in) that you highlighted. Thanks! RBS

@anna9072 3 ай бұрын

I’d love to have a central vacuum system. I hate the noise of a vacuum cleaner (as do all my pets) and I’d love to be able to vacuum with out that racket.

@comaspace3 3 ай бұрын

I have one and it is still loud. Mostly the sound comes from the wall jack. My dog considers it the enemy. ;)

@anna9072 3 ай бұрын

@@comaspace3 I had one in an apartment I lived in, and it was virtually silent. I think it may have to do with where the motor is in relation to the outlet.

@jjolly2426 3 ай бұрын

My canister/motor is in the garage and you cannot hear it in the house. Only need to change the bag once a year! It only whispers from the wall outlet - I love it!

@cathyshirley8541 3 ай бұрын

I would love a dumbwaiter in my house to take the laundry to the basement. Don't have a laundry chute either. Whoever decided that laundry rooms should be in the basement without these conveniences must have been a man!

@lynneclark5313 3 ай бұрын

My Dad put a "Laundry chute in our house: cut a hole in the sink cabinet in the bathroom on the first floor. Open door, drop laundry down the hole, ends up in the basement in a laundry basket.

@user-vh2pk6bd3g 3 ай бұрын

If you have a dumbwaiter in your home, with a little bit of skill you could convert it to a laundry chute

@dustykeele 3 ай бұрын

I would love it for bringing in groceries. Our garage is on basement level, so it's a real pain to bring things up to the kitchen.

@cathyshirley8541 3 ай бұрын

@@dustykeele Yes!!! My house is the same way. Now that Im disabled, it's a nightmare!!!

@leeroyjenkins1529 3 ай бұрын

My house was the same way when I first moved in. I got tired of it and during my remodel of the kitchen I made space for a stackable washer and dryer in the kitchen. It's been about four years since and it's been so convenient that I still appreciate it every time I do laundry.

@jennalovecraftreeves9679 3 ай бұрын

I get weekly glass bottle milk delivery and they drop it into an insulated metal box on my porch :)

@jjolly2426 3 ай бұрын

I still have one of those insulated metal boxes from "Sealtest Dairy" from many years ago! Works great! 😁

@3frenchhens818 4 ай бұрын

About formica: Our house was built in 1956, and the thing I remember most was how formica smelled when it was was sawed up -- like cheddar cheese or old feet!

@michaelkurtz1967 3 ай бұрын

Press board that it was mounted on.

@mariekatherine5238 4 ай бұрын

It’s no longer made of linseed oil, but nearly identical vinyl flooring is certainly still readily available. I still have my Formica countertop and a table. I have a gas stove, never liked electric ranges. Believe it or not, there are still some modern homes with central vacuum. I lived in NYC in a building with a dumb waiter. I still have and use my wall mounted and manual can opener. You forgot the clothes washers on wheels that attached to the kitchen sink! Ours was a Maytag with two drums and an automatic wringer. It ran on electric and was rolled out from a special storage closet. Laundry was dried outside on clotheslines, and in winter or rain, on lines in the basement with several rotating fans. Sometimes, if there was a spate of bad weather or Mom was pregnant or the baby had used up the (cloth) diapers, we’d splurge and drive to the laundromat to use the coin-operated dryers. Dad bought a washer and dryer when the twins were born. I remember the fun we had playing in the cardboard boxes. The kitchen washer went away and the closet was converted to a pantry. The washer and dryer were both put in the corner of the basement, remodeled into a laundry room with a wall mounted ironing board.

@glennso47 4 ай бұрын

My mom had a Maytag Wringer washer that had one washing drum and a wringer. She had an old metal tub that she had clear water for rinsing and then she would wring the clothes into a basket to hang outside to dry.

@iahelcathartesaura3887 3 ай бұрын

The laundromat was place to meet & play marbles, hide & seek etc with new kids we'd never met before! And hopefully they be nice ones😀

@user-vh2pk6bd3g 3 ай бұрын

I am about to move my washer and dryer down to my basement, they have been in my 1st floor bathroom for the last 50 years

@mfwanfy 3 ай бұрын

My swing away wall can opener wore out, and I was delighted to find another in a house a friend was demolishing! Beats ALL of the tacky, useless new can openers on the market now.

@angelicamichelle1646 3 ай бұрын

I know now I've been being one every 6 months now the cost _$$$ dollar tree can openers don't last but a couple weeks. They scream I'm taking your... For global warming but yet created junk appliances,cars, lightbulbs,clothes never can I just wash whites nor black to keep their colors and it's not worth mending towels sheets quilts stain like crazy pillows can only be washed two three times crazy

@carlsenlifeafter60carlsen11 3 ай бұрын

We had a milkman who delivered milk. I think I still need a pull down ironing board that would be great and I’d like to see a can opener on my wall in the pantry that would be good too. I love all these things from the past, I remember them.

@robertknight4672 3 ай бұрын

That modern can opener you showed is a commercial can opener typically found in school cafeterias and restaurants. I wouldn't exactly call them handheld since they're mounted on the side of the counter. They're mostly used for the big number 10 cans but they will open smaller cans also. I'm not so sure to work with those really small tuna fish can though.

@GothGuy885 3 ай бұрын

back in the late 80's I worked in a restaurant that had one of these. and also a lettuce shredder by Hobart, you just cut the lettuce heads into quads and put them in one at a time and Viola ! great mounds of shredded lettuce. wished they had made something like this for home use back then.

@robertknight4672 2 ай бұрын

@@GothGuy885 I've seen those lettuce shredding machines. End my school cafeteria kitchen we have this manual orange slicer that cuts the orange into six segments.

@JacquelineHahn1 3 ай бұрын

My Aunty had a milk delivery business which she ran until 1980, I loved getting up at 1 am to help her deliver the milk during school holidays. We also delivered fresh milk from the dairy along with bottled milk and fruit juice and cream. Now in Australia they have maid it illegal to sell fresh milk to the public. I had a central vacuum system put into my new home in the late 80’s it was great with strong suction and no loud noise in the home when vacuuming. The butler’s pantry is now a popular thing in new homes in Australia they have been trending for the last 10 years My friend has recently installed a wall mounted can opener

@vincentlevarrick6557 3 ай бұрын

The milk we buy is still fresh milk 🙄 That's why it's in the refrigerated section of supermarkets. You are talking about raw milk, which is unpasteurised.

@sandrafowler6717 22 күн бұрын

Here in Australia a Butler's Pantry is a must have in new homes, I look at floor plans of new homes and there's a Butler's Pantry on plan.

@frankmitchell3594 3 ай бұрын

I notice that next to the 'milk door' ad there is an ad for a 'delivery door'. Shouldn't these be re-introduced for parcel deliveries to deter thieves? (and I saw in the video that the milk man was not using the milk door)

@user-vh2pk6bd3g 3 ай бұрын

No the thieves would try to enter your home through the delivery door, that is if they could get their overweight butts through there

@frankmitchell3594 3 ай бұрын

@@user-vh2pk6bd3g Yes but the 'delivery door' should be made as a box in the wall with a lockable inner door.

@us3rG 3 ай бұрын

I wish I had the budget. I'd definitely bring it back. It's like it was made for this century rather than the last.

@bhall9874 3 ай бұрын

I don't know how common milk doors actually were. I've never seen one (at 71). Milk delivery to homes was common in my area (central NC) when I was a child. It continued to be available here until around 1980, although less and less frequently used. The milkman either left the milk in a special box near a door or, like the milkman in the video, in a shady place on a porch. The special boxes were metal (zinc? aluminum?), usually though not always gray, and and had a hinged top lid and a handle like a pail, so they could be easily accessed and easily picked up.

@riandraegon556 26 күн бұрын

Well, there’s an ingenious patent waiting to be filed.

@josephmorgan3058 3 ай бұрын

Rented a house with a central vacuum system. It rocked! To be fair this *was* the early 1980's.

@cattuslavandula 3 ай бұрын

Both of my grandmothers had wall mount can openers. One kept hers on the cabinet near the sink, the other kept hers inside her pantry door. They were such cool items. My dad has an antique Hoosier cabinet with flour and sugar sifters. It's a beautiful piece of furniture.

@jamie1602 3 ай бұрын

Had one growing up! It was so very helpful and it could open any can. There is no reason to use a manual can opener. Not a single reason. Not at all. My illness means I have severe pain in my hands. It's a little worse than arthritis, but similar. Found a heavy duty electric can opener. I miss the wall mounts but it works similar and tucks in the blade when it's not engaged. I really want to know who decided these weren't useful and show them my aching, twisted fingers.

@jmd1743 3 ай бұрын

I like the Butter's pantry. I always thought I were to build a house I would go with a separate pantry room that would have a large dedicated freezer & large dedicated fridge units, as in commercial sized machines, in a separated room with OCD level of storage & organization.

@joysoul4089 3 ай бұрын

When we built our last house, in the late 9ps, we deliberately incorporated central vac and a built-in ironing board. I considered them forward-thinkjng!

@mittens42420 3 ай бұрын

I have an ice box built into my house and I use it all the time. It's great for wine!

@hollymiller8226 3 ай бұрын

I have a coil stove. I didn’t realize they were considered old fashioned. I just figured they were for people with small budgets, such as myself.

@bkrgls 3 ай бұрын

I still have one too. As a matter of fact, alot of people I know still have one. Easy to maintain and parts are still readily available. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@robertknight4672 3 ай бұрын

I believe the technical name for the coil is calrod. I believe you can still get cheap electric stoves that have them and you'll often find that type of coil on hot plates so you can plug into a wall outlet

@stanleycostello9610 3 ай бұрын

Calrod is a patented name for GE burners.

@janetclaxton217 3 ай бұрын

When I moved into a new house in 2012, I finally had a glass top stove. I thought I was fancy, I didn't realize everyone else had one also

@user-yw4yq4zb1n 2 ай бұрын

1976 so proud to get shinal vinyl on kitchen floor and Formica countertop tops.

@BlondiNativeAme3 2 ай бұрын

We got the formica countertops in 1962 when my dad and his 2 brothers built our house.

@cornishmaid9138 3 ай бұрын

Lino was brilliant. Easy to lay and keep clean. Formica was ideal too.

@VintageLifestyleUSA 3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@thomasfreeman7770 3 ай бұрын

I can remember my mother using a built in kitchen cabinet ironing board. When closed it looked like any other kitchen cabinet.

@marylittleton8520 3 ай бұрын

Remembering the good old days

@OttoByOgraffey 3 ай бұрын

I have a collection of the wall mounted can openers.

@luvondarox 11 күн бұрын

So many of the past features I wish we had in our modern kitchens.

@lynneclark5313 3 ай бұрын

When I moved into my current apartment, I had Maintenance install a wall-hung can opener. I don't like the battery-operated ones, the small hand-held ones hurt my hands, and, as for the electric ones: what do you do when the weather takes the electricity out?

@MsKK909 3 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, we had a wall mounted can opener and I although I didn’t have one in the house in which I grew up, I had a pull down ironing board back fitted into my home built in the early ‘90s. Anyone who has ever had to erect an ironing board and put it away every time you wanted to press something would LOVE it. Both the ironing board and the iron is put away in seconds, but always at the ready.

@gloriaincalifornia1911 2 ай бұрын

Totally agree! I'd love to have one in my home, again.

@aerynstormcrow 3 ай бұрын

Replacing my Formica with granite was the best thing ever. I tossed out every potholder I had. Just sit that boiling pot/pan right down on the granite. (Even if I still cringe doing it. lol)

@louettesommers8594 2 ай бұрын

In the 50’s my family used that brand of can opener. I loved it. My dad had hung it inside one of our larger cabinets.

@maryjanegibson7743 3 ай бұрын

I've had a wall-mounted can opener since I got married years ago, and haven't seen another one since then. It's gone with us through every house-move. Wouldn't be without it and have no idea why they went out of use. They use no electricity and work perfectly.

@dolcefarniente8768 12 күн бұрын

Saving counterspace is one of their best features. I hate the idea of having all these gadgets that sit on the counter!

@emilysantoyo918 4 ай бұрын

Hi I’m a new subscriber. I enjoy listening to the history of mid-20th century America from the 1940s-1980s.

@josephgaviota 3 ай бұрын

7:08 My childhood home _did_ have the wall-mounted can opener in the kitchen. But, mom never opened a can with a barcode or nutrition label as shown here.

@Jennagryphon 3 ай бұрын

Err, you do realize that things like linoliem flooring, and formica counter tops is still quite common in use. Same with central vacum systems. Pull down ironing boards are still made and in use. THere is a lot smaller instance of them, mostly do to the lack of people doing ironing.

@berthanadrossos9802 3 ай бұрын

Love my pull out small ironing board. Use it when I sew.

@bevp7838 2 ай бұрын

I love my SwingAway wallmount can opener. I grew up using one and was so excited to find one in a local store. I had it for years before I had a kitchen set up just right to actually use it! I mostly made do with a handheld can opener and I never used an electric can opener that I liked!

@JulianaBlewett 2 ай бұрын

Wall mounted can openers didn't go out of style, they just got smaller and they just got easier to use. Our kitchen had a red rotary phone in it on the wall with a super super long cord. I remember being able to dial five digits and calling our own number and having the phone ring. Growing up in the 70s was something different. But you have to be honest here. A lot of things we don't use anymore because they're dangerous or they have toxic chemicals or they have asbestos in them. So safer doesn't necessarily mean we're not using the old thing because we don't like it anymore.

@AlaskaRose70 9 күн бұрын

Swing Away still makes their wall mounted can opener. It is still awesome.

@Uncle_Smidge 3 ай бұрын

We use a dumbwaiter system at my hospital when the surgeons just need a small item sent up, instead of a dedicated table/cart in an entire elevator.

@jovanweismiller7114 3 ай бұрын

We still have a linoleum floor and wooden countertops in our kitchen. I was born in 1947 & I used to go to the icehouse for ice for the icebox, and my grandmother still had milk delivery, though she just had an insulated box on the front stoop, not a milk door. Thanks for the memories. How about an episode on home delivery from companies like Watkins and the Jewel Tea Company?

@CamoJan 3 ай бұрын

@2:49 is the exact same oven range I use today in 2024! Runs as perfect as it did when it came out in 1960!

@violettracey 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@sirhamalot110 3 ай бұрын

my buddy’s “cabin” is a 45 foot trailer home from the 80s and every summer all the boys try to go out there as much as possible. so many of these things are in it and it’s great to party in listening to old rock and drinking cheap beer

@myrakeefer5977 3 ай бұрын

I'm going to be 67 soon and i have my grandmas can opener on my wall. And it still works.

@bflogal18 3 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, we had a milk door built into our house. My mom left an extra house key in it, in case we got locked out.

@davehood2667 3 ай бұрын

That Swing-a-Way can opener you showed in the segment is still around, I just installed a new one in my mother's kitchen. Coil stoves are still available, and while harder to clean lack several of the problems with the flat top ones. Central vac are still a thing, but they've moved from homes to factory floors, particularly any that work with wood.

@GentleRain21 3 ай бұрын

My last stove had coils and despite it being a known brand, I couldn't find replacement trays to put under the coils. I got a flat-top stove and love the cleaning convenience, but regulating the heat is really difficult.

@captainsinclair7954 3 ай бұрын

When our kitchen floor was redone, it was switched from cold tiles (the grout was starting to degrade) to linoleum. In fact, all of the ground floor was changed to Linoleum. We only had to replace small sections of it once, which we did ourselves, because the fridge scratched it up. The only other time the linoleum was damaged was from a fire. Instead of replacing it, we simply installed new “free floating” linoleum flooring on top of it. Also, I personally grew up with a gas burning stove, and I trust it more than I trust electric coil stoves. Not only is a gas stove more “weather proof” than any electric stove, but it uses far less electricity, basically nothing, to light the gas than you’d need to get even the smallest coil on the coil stoves hot.

@patrickbodine1300 2 ай бұрын

Those wall mount can openers, made by Swing-a-way, are still the best can opener. Accept no substitutes.

@simonalyneenderz3247 3 ай бұрын

I want to know who had a totally PInk kitchen? Now, my Grandparents had a pink & black tiled bathroom. I loved it!!

@msbebelle07 3 ай бұрын

I have a wall mounted can opener 😂…I don’t use it but it’s in my pantry…it was there when I bought the house…yup I hold I piece of history 👍

@ApocalypticSoviets 3 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised how many linoleum floors are still out there, strong stuff. My house's kitchen still has its linoleum floor, though it's quite beat up from years of poor care. My wife's grandmas house still has many of the items mentioned: linoleum (which is in amazing shape from decades of good maintenance ), Formica countertops, the hidden ironing board, and a still working central vacuum. Also, up in New England, the coil stoves still seem pretty common in apartments. I had one when I lived there and my wife's mother's apartment has one too. Great video!

@chellyblue 24 күн бұрын

We still have our milk door. It’s sealed shut but I refused to completely get rid of it. I think it’s a cool piece of history in our house. ❤

@rhondascraftobsessions5817 3 ай бұрын

Back in the day, mom had a can opener that was placed on the counter and there knife sharpeners too. I loved to use that thing.

@hollypierce3076 3 ай бұрын

I told my husband that I want to redo the kitchen to a vintage kitchen! The only problem is how expensive some vintage pieces are(working ones anyway!)😂 But he didn't like the idea until I started showing him these sorts of videos and now he's helping me look for appliances!!

@mistingwolf 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, a pull down ironing board would still be nice. You would be stuck to one place, sure, but it's stored flush in the wall; no need to try to store it with a dozen other things or buried under towels! And a dumbwaiter would also be handy, but I'm thinking more along the lines of laundry than food service. Having to schlep laundry upstairs sucks! (I am fortunate to have a small laundry chute, so I'm grateful for that convenience).

@ATLmodK 3 ай бұрын

Electric coil stoves are inferior to cooking with gas!

@misterkite 2 ай бұрын

Tech Connections busted that. Gas is inefficient.

@kandipiatkowski8589 3 ай бұрын

My grandparents had a central vacuum in their home. They built it from the ground up in 1959, so they had lots of cool features. I didn't learn the significance of the mid-century modern style until a few years ago. I always thought it was interesting and unique, but not part of a specific aesthetic.

@chrisdimarco2771 24 күн бұрын

My grandmother still has a wall mounted can opener. I never could figure out how her worked so well and I buy a new can opener every couple years.

@J.G.H. 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact the electric coil stove while dated is actually still the most efficient style of burner that exists - which is why they are still manufactured in abundance to this day. Both induction and glass top micro coiled take more energy - and the former can't be used with not ferromagnetic cookware - and gas is even worse losing up to 40% of the energy produced to light, sound and the air.

@ashoalcraft4404 2 ай бұрын

As a person with mobility and pain issues, I really wish my house had a dumbwaiter so I could easily bring things upstairs. It would certainly make laundry easier!

@aerynstormcrow 3 ай бұрын

lol I just installed a wall mounted folding ironing board.

@bread9276 2 ай бұрын

To my knowledge coil stoves are still in use and quite popular.

@kathynorris2203 29 күн бұрын

I have a wall mounted can opener and I love it.

@reginabolden7491 3 ай бұрын

The can opener on the wall!!!

@janach1305 3 ай бұрын

I prefer formica countertops to stone. I have had my new stone countertops for less than a year, and have already broken three pieces of glassware on them.

@gerrymichaud3851 3 ай бұрын

We didn't have a milk door but a milk box outside the front door. So did my grandmother.

@bhall9874 3 ай бұрын

Same here.

@lauratrahan8237 3 ай бұрын

I don't like my glass top stove. I'm going back to a coil stove when it breaks. I think the wall mounted ironing board should make a comeback. I don't iron much. It would be easier than to have to drag out a metal one and then have to put it back.

@theresagonzalez250 3 ай бұрын

Lived in an old house that had built in ironing board. The house also had a carriage house for horses and insane people with pit bulls on the top floor that spent most of their time yelling at the dog. Good times and very cheep rent.

@mel2000 Ай бұрын

Linoleum floors don't stand up to abuse from sharp objects. Eventually pieces of it tear off.

@tanyaredfield 15 күн бұрын

This reminded me of those old films we would watch in high school. Except then some of those things were still in our kitchens. Haha

@aileenquiroz4453 3 ай бұрын

I really think I need to install an ironing board in my wall. I grew up in a house that had this feature and I thought all homes have it. When we moved into a bigger better neighborhood we stopped seeing this.

@sgt_s4und3r54 3 ай бұрын

Coil stoves are still a thing. It's usually the cheaper models that have it. It's the more expensive glass top models that usually due away with it. Coil stoves are no where near faded. I know because I was an appliance repairman for several years. I still look at new stoves and other appliances to see their changes.

@JewelBlueIbanez 3 ай бұрын

We installed A Central Vac in our home in the mid 90s.

@Larpdiceandminecraft 27 күн бұрын

I loved my grandmother’s central vacuum, that thing was a BEAST.

@Larpdiceandminecraft 27 күн бұрын

Also I miss seeing wall mounted ironing boards. They’re AWESOMELY.

@remlecat8511 Ай бұрын

Still have my wall mounted milk box. You can access it from outside or inside. Still used for cold drinks when working outside.

@kittysargent9575 Ай бұрын

I've lived in houses with a butler's pantry, milk box (which we didn't use), wall mounted can openers, linoleum kitchen floors. We also had a mid-century modern house with a built in intercom system. What I miss are broom closets. When I was a child a lot of adults called the refrigerator an ice box.