1960s VEG-O-MATIC Food Chopper & Recipe TEST| Vintage Does It Work?
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2017
- "It slices! It dices!" See how well the classic Veg-O-Matic food chopper works in this vintage episode of Does It Work? 😵 New videos every Thursday and Saturday!
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Anytime the instructions say "ram down fast and hard" you know you're in for a good time.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at those instructions
I giggled I'm going to hell
Daenym We all just have dirty minds 🤣😁
Daenym 🤣😂💀
Ha!
You and your step stool made me smile
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I’m 4’ 11.5” tall, so I feel your vertically challenged-ness 😜
My Grandmother had a VegOMatic, she allowed me to use it to make french fries.
Silent Bethlehem Yes, same! Except my grandma usually made the fries
I made many french fries with that sort of machine.
We inherited one from my mother-in-law and all we ever did with it was cut french fries. We didn't have the instructions so we never thought of using it for anything else. It's just as well because it doesn't seem to be that great for anything but potatoes!
@@rockcrusher9524 what are you even?
Jullienne: thin slice
Jardiniere: batons
Brunoise: fine dice
Macedoine: cubes
Chiffonade: shredding
Paysanne: small shapes
Mirepoix: roughly diced carrot, celery and onion (can be used in stocks)
Are these named after women or dog breeds?
Lala Cisco ask the french
Mica _ Très Bien
BeefAndPumpkinSoup LOL
Depending who you ask, mirepoix can refer to a brunoise cut. And mirepoix should always be brunoise, as it serves primarily as a source of flavor. A rough dice doesn't have enough surface area. If you want big chunks of your vegetables, add them in addition to your mirepoix.
For a two-step dice, make slices first then turn the blades so they're crossed. The slices will then get cut into cubes.
bobobobinalong I noticed that too. I was hoping she would realize by the end of the video.
Not for "mini cubes."
Couldn't you do the "mini cube" 2 steps by doing the fries cut twice?
It would work for mini cubes... One slice for thick slices, then stack those slices like a pack of cards on the crossed blades, push and you have mini cubes!
Oh wait... No, Emmy's right. You can't do a two-step mini cube, because both grates are in use, placed in parallel, to make a thin slice, as opposed to a thick slice...
"It slices, it dices, makes thousands of julienne fries in minutes!" I actually remember those ads! Hahaha!
The original nice dicer.
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Those miniature symmetrical cubes, pleases me more than it should 😂
Emmy- "I can't imagine an old lady having enough strength to be able to do this."
Me *a CNA who works in a nursing home* "I've had a 90-year-old hold my ponytail with one hand and smacking me with the other."
Just made me laugh.
😂🤣 It's hilarious, but I do hope you are ok and were not injured.
My mom is 81 and has Alzheimer's. Sis and I take care of her and dad. She can be chatting away and then grab you and pop you hard!! They don't always get weaker. We quit crying years ago and just laugh at all she does. It's easier.
my mom had one of these...you dont have to pick up the veggies and re slice them to make diced veg...turn one of the blades 90 degrees and you can dice in one step
Yeah she didn't know how to use it. lmao
@Nathaniel Them things really work great i have one i cut fries with it and slice potato's for frying and nice to have all the same thickness and so fast also.
You brought back memories 🙂 I was curious to how sharp it had to be to slice and dice so I rubbed my finger across the grate and in a instant I had a freshly sliced hand😂 that was the last time my mom let me near it to help with fries
Put it on EBAY! There's probably someone who will pay you more than $2.99. Looks like you might have a complete product. Some people collect that stuff!
I'll be giving it away to a lucky Lovely. Just check out my social media -- good luck!
These are really common though. Not really a rare find.
I got a sponsored ad under the video for vintage veg-o-matic gadgets lol
I just bought one for 10 lol
"vertically challenged" I'm still laughing! In Germany we have a lot of descriptions for smaller people, but that one tops it.
I’m glad all of Emmys fans are all so wholesome, just like her, love ya Emmy!
My Lovelies are the BEST. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I’m halfsome myself...but i do my best.
@@rockcrusher9524 bruh
I think it's her personality! She is so calming that everyone is just pleasant because of her!
“Ram down fast and hard” ok who wrote that
A man!!
Ron Popeil
SkytheKorok , it’s what ya gotta do with this gadget!
SkytheKorok your mom 🤣🤣🤣
@@kathycagg6531 Just gotta ram it!
Also, I love that you emphasize cleanliness! It's a great way to remind your viewers that they need to be conscious of things like cross contamination without scolding or lecturing. Thanks for being so lovely!
I don’t usually enjoy vegetables but I always enjoy Emmy
I love vegetables, especially when theyre fried
vintage shaved ice machine would be interesting!!
Send in the replacement order form 😒😄
Oh man that brought back memories. I'm 56 years old and we had one just like that when I was growing up. Ours didn't get stuck like that. ( on top ) the key is to go really fast. I loved using ours. Over the years I have always wanted to find another one.
Years ago my mom talked about my grandmother using one and she said she wished they had products made like that now. I ended up finding her one on eBay and she was so excited. Said it was still super sharp and made prepping so much faster.
“YEAHHH” - You stole my heart
+emmymadeinjapan That was the inspiration for Dan Aykroyd's SNL skit featuring the "Super Bass-o-Matic." Classic comedy. Thanks for the retro review and for reviving a memory of when SNL was funny. Cheers.
Yes, the glory days.
That's great bass!!!
Bass o matic was classic, funny SNL. Not like it is now.
Loved Dan Akroyd selling the " Mainway Bag-O-Glass ".
I love your videos! I ran into about a week ago through "retro recipes" and now I've fallen into a rabbit hole of your videos! Love it all! You are so good at describing...very articulate. Thanks!
My parents had one and used it all the time. It was given to my mom for christmas back in the late 1960's
Such joy, much fun, thanks for making videos Emmy 😊☺🙂
It's like an old detonator box Fire in the hole!.....
BOOM!
So satisfying. That's nice gajick.
😂 It just needs and ACME label.
My mom had one of these when I was growing up! It worked great for French fries and cubes for potato salad. I wish I'd had gotten it when she passed. Brings back lots of memories of helping mom in the kitchen! Thanks!
Loved this, it brought back wonderful memories. We had an older version of this when I was growing up. My parents purchased it in the 1960s. It is how we made french fries, diced potatoes, and sliced potatoes. We didn't use it for other veggies or fruits, just potatoes. It getting stuck was a common occurrence.
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Emmy you're so close to one million subscribers! You got this! Plus you work so hard and very entertaining.
We had one and I used it for everything. I loved it. It was passed down thru 3 generations. It finally fell apart 😢 Now I have this thing, same concept only it is attached to a heavy duty bowl so things go right in it. It comes with different cutting blades and things and lids, 3 bowls & 3 lids, plus the cutting lid you just remove when you're done and put the regular lid on. Very high quality material.
My mum had one of these. She used to use it to make chips. I can't remember her using it for anything else but I do remember how thrilled I was when I was promoted from peeling the spuds to using the Veg-O-Matic. The thrill lasted for the first two times I used it, but it really did speed up cutting chips, even though it cut them thinner than we were used to. Our family ranged in size from six to fourteen, as we often had cousins, grandparents and the like living in one house, so this really was a time saver.
I'd love to see the shaved ice maker! I know it's winter, but the Japanese are so inventive when it comes to handy gadgets!
My mom has one of these still in her cabinet at home. 😂 I hated using it growing up though because it’s sort of rusty and it always got stuck on me.
We had one of those and put a lot of miles on it. It looks flimsy, but was surprisingly durable. We had a big garden, almost an acre, and my mom canned and froze a lot of the vegetables. This was before they had food processors. If you wanted to grind something, you used a hand crank grinder that clamped to the edge of a table or counter top. This was the only thing around that would slice, other than a knife. We used it to slice cucumbers for pickles and carrots to freeze. When you're canning pickles or freezing carrots by the bushel, it really did save a lot of time. Eventually one of the blades broke, but I found another one in a junk store.
I remember being so happy that I saved $8.99 to get my Mom one for Christmas 1966. She us only 4 foot 11 inches and could not push it down even standing on a stool. My 6 foot 4 inch Father had to do all the cutting for our night of french fries. LOL my Mom and Dad still laugh about my excitement of getting her this. Thank you for bring back happy memories
I have an old gadget that I took from my mom when I moved out 10 years ago and never used it haha it's called. A tater twister. I kinda wanna bust it out now.
Please please please send it to Emmy
That is a fun product!
I still use mine - love the curly fries it makes!!
Wow!, it looks like a prop from old Star Trek, and yeah you have to use some force, then pick up the pieces of carrot from each corner of the room!
Boy, this was a blast from the past! I truly enjoyed the memories. We had one from the mid 60s and I remember making french fries. Put the potato on the screens, push down a little to set it firmly on the top and WOOMP!!! I loved it at as a late pre teen, early teen ager. I never remember it popping loose and sticking to the top though. We had it for years and years but I don't think we used it much after the 60s.
Thank you Emmmy :) you are comforting to watch in my storm of life
I think when Ron Popeil used this to dice onions he said "The only tears you'll shed will be tears of joy!"
"...little tiny older people..."
:) Gotta love Emmy!
She will be one someday.
Emmy you're so entertaining, i wanna see you review all of the things!!!! All of the kitchen gadgets you got
THANKS
Your videos always make my days! You seem to be so kind and have such a fun sense of humor. Thanks for the fun videos.
When I was in college I worked in a chain restaurant, and we'd use a machine similar to this to make the hash browns. Steam the potatoes then push them through a series of wire frames. My fingertips were shredded, too, until I discovered the Kevlar gloves.
Breda Fallacy we still use one of these in prep. But it's so much more heavy duty and mounted on the wall. You can't really hurt yourself on it unless you try
Breda Fallacy Do do those gloves work for knives too? I'm a home cook and I end up cutting myself while cutting some at least once a year.
+mello1023 I would think so! :D
Made a lot of tomato soup with one of those things in my day -- now I just use a good, really sharp knife.
Mommy had one she got brand new before I was born. I watched her use it and later learned how to use it myself... Such fun memories!
Ugh! Brings back many memories! My dad used to make us kids cut the potatoes using this so he could make His French fries with hamburgers and Sunday breakfast potatoes. The dicing process was difficult so we just ended up using a knife to finish the dice on the French fry cut to do the country fried potatoes. He liked them small so they would get crispy. I don't really miss this! LOL I am also reminded when I go to In n' out!! Thanks for the blast from the past!
CHECKER BOARD CAKE PLEASE :-D
Emily Specter she's already done a checkerboard cake ruclips.net/video/SsFO-NvMcNs/видео.html
I have the inserts used for that! Birthday cakes 4 the kiddies
Do them all lol Thanks for a great video
Yes do it all.
Sheesh y'all are impatient lol.
She'll probably do them all in good time, but my vote is for the checkerboard cake next. Like if you agree!
: ) my grandma's garden was a quarter of a city block. A lot of which required chopping. I used one of these many many many times : ) and pinched my fingers in the plastic edges. Thank you for sharing this! Brought back memories for sure!
These are my most favourite videos. I love seeing gadgets from the past. Thanks Emmy!
HELP! I need a *plunger plunger* !! Haha
If you sluced then used the french fry setting you would geta dice. A two step dice, maybe a bit bigger, with less effort overall.
Yeah, I don't think the large dice would've worked in the recipe, they would have been hard in the center.
emmymadeinjapan thin slice then large dice, would give same depth as small dice but slightly larger surface area.
My youngest brother saw an add for this thing and pitched a fit (while a K-Tel's greatest hits album was playing - oh yeah, we were 70s bad asses) until my parents caved in and went to Woolco to get one. As soon as we got home, the young terror decided he was going to chop every single vegetable he could get his hands on. The apple slices were good, so were potatoes and then he got a very ripe tomato (I quickly backed away as far as I could but could still see what was going to happen) and WHAP! Tomato goo all over the place with a screaming child in the middle of it - the Three Stooges couldn't have come up with anything better. A precious memory I don't hesitate to remind him of.
Omg, I’m laughing. I remember when it came out. Dad bought one for mom. It was the “coldest” Christmas ever. Lol! She was not amused. ;)
Can u try to recreate the Japanese omelet also known as omurice.
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I have one, still in the box, that belonged to my mom (in the 70s). She never used it much, but I looooved “playing” with it.
I'm glad you are feeling better Emmy
Please test the bass-o-matic.
So glad I found your channel these videos are delightful
We had one of these when I was a kid! It never got stuck like that, but it was more "broken-in" than yours. I've found so many great kitchen appliances, utensils, pots, and pans at Savers!
EMMY!!!! You have to tell me do you have a P.O box? I'm going back home to Lithuania in December and I would rally like to send you a few of my porsonal favourite things to try. Btw I really love your vids the just so nice to watch and I love how your so child friendly.😙
This is entertaining, Emmy but I am the knife and chopping block kind of cook. I'm not into gadgets, cooking or otherwise.
I have a vegamatic from the early 60's. They were at first, sold in department stores with live demostrations. these were the first informercial. This vegamatic was bought by my grandmother, when she died it went to my mother, then to me. It still works great.
I'm glad you're feeling better. Your voice is still so soothing! ❤️
Next time turn the whole thing 90 degrees
I cant stand tools and objects that stack up and takes up space in the kitchens cupboard while the knife could do the same purpose.
Afaf Juma A knife could do it but it would take a lot longer.
Just about, Its a consumer vrs of a piece of restaurant gear. Dosn't make much sense for home use , unless you are doing a tone of canning or food prep.
I cant dice spuds that well with a knife
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Afaf Juma it's a bit like having sat nav in a mercedes, use less and a waste, unless you're a tradesman or ups driver
I love your videos and your voice is really nice to listen too, it calms me down! Love vintage kitchen items and always look out for them here in the UK at car boots
Id love to see all of your vintage gadgets! These are some of my favorite videos!
Okay...I'm 49 years old and I remember this thing from when I was a kid. I distinctly remember it because after listening to my mom try and use it, I learned how to use the phrase "this fu*king piece of shit sucks" . (True story bro)
SuperSix Delta This made me laugh my butt off because I was that mom too.
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As a child we used the Veg-o-matic the cube beets for canning. I currently use the 3rd generation to slice potatoes for raw fries and French fries. I love my Veg-o-matic.
I had that and used that as a kid, mainly for french fries. It was already old when we bought it but I didn't know how old. There were 6 of us and we were dirt poor and potatoes and onions were a staple. I was a very strong child and using it was fun for me.
Refrigerated onions give off less chemicals.
Omg!! A flood of memories came back. I recognize the box. My great grandma had this machine!
You are so entertaining. Love your recipes and your sense of humor!
I've been watching your channel from the very start. You're very humorous and nice. Love your videos❤️
Watching those pancakes lift off the skillet so cleanly was really satisfying. I loooove a well-seasoned cast iron skillet
Watching you having fun, is the best thing after a thug day ^^ Ty !
you had to of lived through the years when you had no help cutting up fruits and veges only hand and knife to appreciate this. ron popeil will always be loved for the inventor he is. plus this got a lot of kids interested in cooking too bc now they could help in the kitchen. ty emmy very good test.
My mom found one of these in a thrift store in the 80s. I remember watching her use it, it was so loud! Lol Thanks for the trip down memory lane! 😊
I really love the longer videos Emmy ~ great job!
You are so adorable! Love your videos. I was born in 1962 and have a love for old gadgets and gizmos from my childhood. (And thrifting and vintage anything.) I remember using the Veg-0-Magic. Haha
I have the wedge insert! It was a stowaway in a thrift store cabinet purchase and I've always used it to core apples. Because if the shape I just assumed that's what it was. Not long ago I was looking at the writing on the rim and on the little box and realized it was a part for another machine/gadget - the veg-o-matic!
I bought a 1st generation veg-o-matic for my mother from Ron Popeil. He was doing a demo at Kresge's in Memphis. My wife and I love watching your demos.
My grandmas had the same one when I was little. I loved using it.
We had one when I was younger. All of us kids loved doing it. It worked great when canning.
Great video. I have to admit, I was waiting for the device to crack and fall apart; the plastic is stronger than it looks. I'm a fan of Battenburg Cake, so I'd love to see you try the checkerboard cake pan next. Glad you're feeling better ❤
I have a checker board cake pan. I love it and use it quite often. People always get a kick out of it when they see the finished cake.
Just stumbled across your page. I am definitely subscribing. Such a sweet and informative video. Also I enjoy this recipe and will be trying it for the family in the morning.
Omg a real blast from the past!!! We went through 3 or 4 of those in my childhood. It was how my mom coaxed me into the kitchen lol.
Oh man, your whole recipe with the potato pancakes and apple sauce, reminds me of my grandmother that is from an island in the Frisian islands off the coast of Germany, and before WW2 they were able to make these German/ Swedish? Potato pancakes with the apple sauce. Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood for a moment
we used a similar product design when i did food prep. these machines tend to run a bit better when you pre-cut the vegetables to smaller portions. For example, I had to produce a bin about the size of the ones you use at the airport (whatever size that is) amount of small diced potatoes. it was much faster to cut each potato in medallions and then use the device, instead of dicing by hand. plus, it was very satisfying to do the aggressive push.
My mom had one of these and I have been trying to find something like it but never knew the name. I loved that thing!
My parents still have their Veg-O-Matic... and still use it! Works great even after several decades.
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"Nothing pooped out" lmao
My mom still has her Veg-O-Matic from the 70s! She pretty much only uses it to make homemade French fries but still pulls it out of the cupboard at least a couple times a year!
I am a granny and I loved, loved, loved my Veg O Matic. I would give anything to have another one, but they are hard to find. I used mine to make French fries.
You warm my heart with your enthusiasm and triggering memories of my Father's purchases of such gadgets to "Help Your Mother " LOL The look my Mother would offer my Dad. Thank you for such lovely remembrances