We have a Mouli in our family. As a tradition at Christmas, we have a family ranch potato recipe that rotates around to different people. The lucky chosen chef gets to go get the Mouli from Grandma's house and return it back to Grandma after the holiday.
Mom had both the chop-o-matic and veg-o-matic. Brings back some great memories of mom chopping potatoes for french fries and chopping cabbage for making vegetable soup. Mom would get out veg-o-matic during canning and use that processor over and over and over. Hers was a turquoise color. I can still hear that veg-o-matic chopping. Moms now in her 80's and myself in my 60's. I'm sure somewhere mom has her veg-o-matic put away.
Manual food processors are the norm for in restaurant prep. The tomatoes, onions, lemons, etc are delivered weekly, but sliced and diced daily for freshness. You can easily move them around to any available prep table without an electrical outlet and dunk them in a soapy sink to clean. Lots of advantages.
Hi Mike - love those commercial manual processors. I almost bought a heavy-duty French Fry cutter that mounted on the wall and then I realized I was crazy! LOL! It's nice to use things without the need of an electric cord. Thanks!
I love the graphic design of the packaging! I sometimes go to the Kentucky State Fair and love the displays of jams, vegetables, cakes, pies, and of course the blue ribbons!
You and I might be of similar stock. When I was very young, half hour long "infomercials" were a new concept, and there was a particularly infamous one for an immersion blender where they made peanuts into peanut butter in the jar, and made strawberry whipped dessert out of skim milk. I even taped it one time to show my parents, as I was insistent that we NEEDED one of these things. One of the first things I bought when I was earning my own money was an immersion blender. 😀
I recently found your channel. I LOVE your vintage/mid-century modern appliances, w/kitchen that takes me back to a happy place of my youth! I love your vintage cookbooks too! I enjoy you sharing the history of the items you're sharing w/that video. I enjoy it so much!
the kitcheneer attachments look identical to the processor attachments for my now vintage kitchen aid mixer. Still use them all the time especially for parmesan shredding. That old kitchen aid did it all and still does...35 yrs plus!
I remember a lot of these gadgets. I actually have the tripod salad maker / veggie processor w/ the different cones . Mine is made by the Saladmaster cookware company. And yes, the Renaware cookware company is still in business. Entertaining vid. Thank you.
The genesis of Cavalcade of Food is heard in this episode at 4:24 Young Kevin turned his kitchen delight into the hobby of a lifetime. Now he stands in a (former) store demonstrating kitchen equipment to an appreciative audience! Absolutely wonderful ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
My mom has and still uses the original Mouli she bought for $1.99! it is a slightly smaller than the two models the video begins with here. The legs do not fold, came with 5 blades one slicer and 4 sizes of graters/shredders. We used it to chop pecans, shred cheese, chop hard cooked eggs, make coleslaw, hash brown and scalloped potatoes.
Mom has a small Mouli grater we used to grate cheese and Granny had the Veg-O-Matic, likely a gift from my uncle, who was a gadget guru. I used both of them and they were very handy. I miss the Ronco commercials that used to come on at Christmastime with the cheesy Deck the Halls music at the end and the list of Eckerd's-Revco-Woolworth-Woolco stores. There was an entire section at Eckerd's Drug devoted to Ronco products. Thanks for showing us your processing gadget collection.
Hi Jonathan! They sure sold a lot of those gadgets! We didn't have Eckerd's here in Michigan, but we had Revco and Woolworth, and there was a chain of drugstores in Detroit called Cunningham's that also sold those Ronco products. Great memories! Thanks!
I received a mandolin for Christmas and just recently cut my finger cutting cabbage for saukraut but i have never got such a terrific present! I can now slice a whole head of cabbage in a fourth of the time it took me to cut it by hand with a knife! Kevin thank you for always taking us back to simpler times!!!!!!
Hi Nanette! Those mandolins are razor sharp. I used one yesterday making scalloped potatoes. They work great, but you really need to be careful. Thanks!
My favorite is the Mouli there is also one that we use all the time that is like the cheese shredder that you see in restaurants when served pasta. We love it for cheese. Thanks Kevin great show
Oh my goodness! I think my mom kept Ronco in business!😄 She as always buying one of his gadgets. I really remember both the chop-o-matic and the veg-o-matic. I was always chopping something because it was so fun. Great video! Thanks Kevin😊
Great FUN & informative Show!! I bought a Rival Vintage slicer like you had here, mint shape...Didn't know who made it. & Didn't know it had more to it. I bought the Cones & Meat Grinder with that hopper...will have to find the Salad hopper & Discs. You are right! WELL made! 💛 Thank you for the info!
Wesolego Alleluja Kevin from a Chicago Pole. 🐣🐣. I sure enjoyed today's vid. 👍TY sir. My late Busia bought one of those Ron Popeil slap chop things in the late 60s when I was a kid. I have to say she loved it.
Thank you for sharing more of you collection! I look forward to starting my Thursdays with your videos. With my kitchen "skills 😉" , I would probably need to buy a box of Band-aids with a couple of those gadgets.
I just recently cut my finger on my new mandolin my sister gave me for Christmas last year! I have been making my own saukraut for awhile and have previously cutting the cabbage with a knife!!
Neat - thanks! I recall seeing Ed McMahon (of the Tonight Show fame) interviewed and he told about demonstrating and selling kitchen gadgets at fairs when he was young. He recalled hawking gadgets with phrases like “This slices vegetables so thin, that I know of a woman who survived on the same tomato for a full month.” 😂 🍅
Hi KbB - thanks for sharing that Ed McMahon story - I can see him hawking these gadgets! Love the line about using a using a tomato for a month!! Thanks!
Loved this! Love my cuisinart as well. I had 3 at one point, but donated 2 of them to friends. Would love to see your collection of cuisinart food processors. The new ones are good but the older ones are truly quality made units. Kitchenaid made a version back in the early 80s made by a French company. Quality machines as well.
Interesting…I had not ever seen many of these …As a kitchen gadget addict I was sitting here tapping my foot for five minutes and twenty-five seconds waiting for you to open that first box! 😂😂😂… omg I haven’t heard the name Galloping Gourmet in forever…I so remember watching him and that silly smirk every time he tasted food lol… thanks for sharing these 😊
Just that easy! Just that quick! Ten pounds of julienne fries! 😂 Those TV commercials for the Veg-O-Matic still haunt me. My job was always to chop the onions with the Chop-O-Matic, 'cuz Mom didn't like to cry. I think a lot of these gadgets hark back to the old hand crank meat grinders. I still have one with 4 different blades. But i still love my 1982 Cuisinart (28 year warranty on the motor - still going strong). They don't make 'em like that anymore. Looking forward to your next installment. Love your channel ❤
Hi juliepaul! Those commercials were great - it was hard not to watch! The old Cuisinarts were really built well - I have a few from the same era as yours and they are all still going! Thanks so much!
My mother adored Graham Kerr because he didn't like making desserts and neither did she! Boy, could I tell you stories! I still have my V-Blade Slicer and use it quite often! I had my mother-in-laws Veg-O-Matic until my daughter borrowed it (or as she says, she stole it fair & square) and never returned it. This was a fun one Kevin and I enjoyed it thoroughly!
Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet! I used to watch him every day during summer vacations when I was a kid. He was so entertaining and a very good chef! He's probably one of the reasons I enjoy cooking so much, Great memories
Hi Raven! I think Graham Kerr had quite a following with women viewers! He certainly was charming - I know my mom liked to watch him, too! A friend of mine's mother never made desserts, either. When someone asked her why, she responded that there were five excellent bakeries in the neighborhood that made better desserts than she ever could, so why make them?! Thanks!
I was so happy when I saw you post this video about the "magic" mouli ! I found my first one in the 1980's and have used it for years! So easy to clean and does everything so fast! I mostly make hash browns with it and grate blocks of cheese to perfection. It also makes the best coleslaw! If you are making scalloped potatoes, it is quick and easy! I hate to have to pull out an electric gadget and have to clean it. My daughter has the metal one and I have the plastic one. Have a good Easter!
Thanks, brstoffel. Those lamps are actually dark green (the colors don't always represent well in the video). They are ceramic and are "bedroom lamps" - popular in the 40's and 50's. Thanks!
Because we don't know a single semi truck driver whose life on the road wouldn't be vastly improved by scrambling eggs inside the shell and making a mountain of cole slaw.
You're right about the cords. Many vacuum cleaners have a reel and spring feature that winds up the cord into a housing for tidy storage. I don't think I've ever seen a small kitchen appliance made like that. I wish they were! At least for appliances that tend to stay on the counter all the time. If you had the option of letting out only as much cord as needed to plug your toaster or food processor into the closest outlet, counter clutter would be reduced. @@cavalcadeoffood
Absolutely loved your video. I was sent over from the Cooking the Books channel and wow I'm so happy I clicked on the link! I can't believe the Google algorithm hasn't recommended your channel and you've been around since 2011! Maybe the algorithm doesn't know me as well as I think it does. I'm so glad there are so many videos for me to watch and your website is fantastic too. I can't wait to dive into more. Thank you!
Hi Cristina - glad you found me! My channel does not get recommended often, but I'm glad than you're here! Hope you get a chance to watch some of the videos! Cooking the Books is a favorite channel of mine, too! Thanks!
Watching this video reminded me of a Ronco product called the egg scrambler. You put the egg against a pin of some kind, and it scrambled the egg while it remained in the shell. I guess that would qualify as a food processor! Some of Ron Popeil's products struck me as kind of silly, but the commercials were oh so entertaining!
I used to hand make the onion rings from scratch daily at Sonic Drive-In. I used a heavy duty manual slicer with a lever on a bag of whole onions. I used a manual dicer to make onion toppings for sandwiches and hotdogs using the scraps.
Hi Mike - every once in a while I find myself in a restaurant supply store and I'm fascinated by all the cutters, slicers, etc. that are made for heavy commercial use. Often tempted to bring something home!
Grandma had the first one. I have one. She made everything until I got my kitchen aide. But when I get my kitchen aid cone attachment. I will have them welded together! I want my grinder from my mother #2.. the French fries cutter mom used hers till it broke. I will get my hands on a Sunbeam mix master with all the attachments. I have Oster regency one.
Hi Stacy! Sounds like you and your family have had a few of these processors! There are a lot of attachments for those old Sunbeam - you'll have fun with it!
My husband picked up a Rival Kitcheneer at a yard sale many years ago (in the 90's) and proudly brought it home for me to use. Unfortunately, the bottom rubber feet were missing so using it was quite difficult. I think I used the meat grinder attachment a few times and that's all. Pretty sure it's still packed away in my attic somewhere.
Hi acaliaaidras - those rubber feet get brittle over time and either crack and fall off or become so hard they no longer create the suction to adhere to the counter. I think you can get new ones online - they aren't exactly like the original but they will work. Thanks!
I really enjoy collecting vintage things and really appreciate your channel. Your collection is awesome, really. I was wondering if you have any vintage toaster ovens? If you do, would you consider doing an episode showing them? Thank you in advance. Love your channel.
Thanks, diozzy and I'm always glad to meet another vintage collector! I only have one vintage toaster oven - a Sears Counter Craft model from the early 70's. I rarely see them around, and the few I have found over the years were in pretty rough shape...people never cleaned them!
Hi Kevin, YES Rena Ware IS still in business but you better be prepared to spend MEGA BUCKS for a set, I have a 1960s set, but im jealous, Of all the gadgets ive seen, ive never found the Rena Ware slicer dicer lol.My Mother thought the hand cranked Mouli Grater was the greatest thing ever, She used it to shred carrots on salads and blocks of cheese. Love this stuff, everyone sliced their cucumbers and onions on the Faamsters slicer when making pickles! Aunt Mable, one of Dads sisters had the Minute Chef, She made 10,000 jars of bread and butter pickles with that thing! Ive got one somewhere.
Hi Hans - thanks for the update on Rena Ware. I know the stuff was very expensive way back when, so I can only imagine how expensive it is now! Sounds like Aunt Mable got good use out of her Minute Chef! My aunts made B&B pickles and used all kinds of slicers - wish I could remember which ones. Thanks!!
What a coincidence! I seriously have been looking for one of these to buy, and your video comes up! There are so many brands to choose from. I think I'm going to go with one that's called "Hour Saver Food Cutter". It's the type with the blade cones, and crank on a tri-pod base. I convinced myself I need one, and it will come in handy when I make potato salad, macaroni salad, and when I chop nuts when I make Magic Bars for Christmas.
I didn't know that Graham Kerr had merch..that must have been very new then. Yes over here we saw K tel ( 'tat' ) ads. Wow yes my Mum also had the chop o matic, she hated her hands to smell of onions.
Hi Lauren - Graham Kerr got into putting his name on things later in his career. I understand your mum not wanting to chop onions. So often my fingers smell like onions and garlic! I should use one of my handy choppers.
Oh, wow, the Galloping Gourmet. I never missed one of his shows on TV. And I still keep on the lookout for his cookbooks in the thrift stores. The same for Jeff Smith, Thr Frugal Gourmet. As for pitchmen, you have to give credit to Vince Offer for his pitch on the Slap Chop and many other items.
I'm the same as you Kevin. I would always stop at the fair and watch. When I go to a fair or flea market or home show and they are demonstrating I still watch. It's just fun.
As a kid (age 7-8) I wanted to help my mom in the kitchen. At some point I was allowed to prepare shredded cabbage for Cole slaw for the family meal! I used the vintage Mouli and thought it was so much fun! It became my permanent job to make Cole slaw, cabbage, carrots etc! To this day everyone says I made the best Cole slaw😉😉😉. I loved the Mouli, wish I could get my hands on one now! I also was the nerd kids that loved the demonstrations at the state fairs!👍👍👍
I liked your "huckster" routine. My mom had both the chop-o-matic and the veg-o-matic. I don't really remember her using either one though. I use an electric processor from time to time. I don't like washing dishes or chopping veg, so yeah it's a bit of a dilemma in which way to go.
Hi Scooter! From the looks of some of the gadgets I have, whoever bought them never used them either. It's always a toss-up whether to just use a knife or get out a gadget. Thanks!
I bought the chop o magic in the 90s. The blades were not sharp and you could only put in little bits at a time. Pain to clean. Faster with a knife and board. Waste of money. However, I was told they were actually good when they first came out.
Where do you find your old/antique cookbooks, I have 1 or 2, but I'd really love to collect more, but am also trying to not break the bank too. Im so happy that your videos were on my For You page 😊❤🎉
Hi Kevin! Such a fun video remembering all these vintage food processors. I mostly remember the veg o matic on late night infomercials, Ron made so many cool gadgets! I’ve been meaning to tell you that you have such beautiful handwriting, it’s such a lost art now. I was a child of the 50’s and 60’s and we had a penmanship teacher that would come to school once a month to see how our cursive writing was coming along. I really pride myself in writing beautiful letters all thanks to what we learned back in those days. Anyway, thank you for sharing as always!
Hi Suzanne! Like you, I watched a lot of his infomercials and we completely taken by his salesmanship! Like you, penmanship was an important skill taught in school and our teachers made sure we could write properly. Glad you are a letter writer - that is something that is fading away. There is nothing more precious than a handwritten letter. Thanks!
Thanks for great information on the manual food processors. Im looking forward to the part 2 on the electric models. I have an Oster Kitchen Center from the 80's and am wondering if the salad maker attachment is actually a food processor, and if so, could i use it to make the bean dip? I used my mini chopper/food processor to chop the beans, but could only do a small amount at a time. The Dip is excellent!! Would love to see info on the Oster Kitchen Center someday! ☺️
Hi Eileen! I did a video a couple of months ago on the Oster Kitchen Center. Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/UbdjJZFhcVA/видео.htmlsi=Z65g_ZYxIPThV0hz
We recently went to the BBC good food show, in Birmingham England. We stood watching a man demonstrate a new - fangled mandolin multi shredder, until we were ankle deep in grated carrot and cheese ! My Mum used a Mouli to make my sisters baby food, and a rotary Mouli for parmigiano ( or parmesan as we called it then )
Where are you located ? I would LOVE to vist your shop I love vintage cookbook and appliances I'm a Michigander and this store is the missing part of my life it would be a Dream to be able to visit .
I have my late mother’s Food Cutter - just like the one you showed and I also have the manual dated 1955. As soon as you showed that manual, I knew it looked familiar! Your show was very “leftist” today (as in all the sound came from the left speaker only!)
Hi wmalden! So glad you still have your mom's Food Cutter! That is a well-built machine. Don't know why you only got sound out of the left - but glad you could hear me! Thanks!
Who remembers "the salad shooter " I still have and use mine all the time 😊 I think I've had it since the late 80s
Are you kidding? The jingle still lives in my head rent free lol
Hi Diana! I remember the Salad Shooter and if I ever find one I'll pick it up! Glad you still use yours!
I am loving to learn about vintage appliances.
So glad! Thank you for watching!
Awesome video. Thanks.
You're welcome, Andrea!
We have a Mouli in our family. As a tradition at Christmas, we have a family ranch potato recipe that rotates around to different people. The lucky chosen chef gets to go get the Mouli from Grandma's house and return it back to Grandma after the holiday.
Hi toots! That's a great Mouli story and a wonderful tradition in your family! Thanks for sharing it!
Mom had both the chop-o-matic and veg-o-matic. Brings back some great memories of mom chopping potatoes for french fries and chopping cabbage for making vegetable soup. Mom would get out veg-o-matic during canning and use that processor over and over and over. Hers was a turquoise color. I can still hear that veg-o-matic chopping. Moms now in her 80's and myself in my 60's. I'm sure somewhere mom has her veg-o-matic put away.
Hi Tamson! Thanks for sharing that wonderful story of your mom using her processors! Sounds like she got good use out of them!
Manual food processors are the norm for in restaurant prep. The tomatoes, onions, lemons, etc are delivered weekly, but sliced and diced daily for freshness. You can easily move them around to any available prep table without an electrical outlet and dunk them in a soapy sink to clean. Lots of advantages.
Hi Mike - love those commercial manual processors. I almost bought a heavy-duty French Fry cutter that mounted on the wall and then I realized I was crazy! LOL! It's nice to use things without the need of an electric cord. Thanks!
I love the graphic design of the packaging! I sometimes go to the Kentucky State Fair and love the displays of jams, vegetables, cakes, pies, and of course the blue ribbons!
Hi Amy!! The canning and baking displays at the state fairs are the best! Thanks!
You and I might be of similar stock. When I was very young, half hour long "infomercials" were a new concept, and there was a particularly infamous one for an immersion blender where they made peanuts into peanut butter in the jar, and made strawberry whipped dessert out of skim milk. I even taped it one time to show my parents, as I was insistent that we NEEDED one of these things. One of the first things I bought when I was earning my own money was an immersion blender. 😀
Hi Marc - yes, that sounds like something I would have done, too! Thanks!
I recently found your channel. I LOVE your vintage/mid-century modern appliances, w/kitchen that takes me back to a happy place of my youth! I love your vintage cookbooks too! I enjoy you sharing the history of the items you're sharing w/that video. I enjoy it so much!
Hi Karen! I'm so glad you found my channel - thanks for watching!
the kitcheneer attachments look identical to the processor attachments for my now vintage kitchen aid mixer. Still use them all the time especially for parmesan shredding. That old kitchen aid did it all and still does...35 yrs plus!
Hi hoomihoohoo! Those cone attachments are the same design of the KitchenAid. Glad yours is still going strong! Great machines!
I remember a lot of these gadgets. I actually have the tripod salad maker / veggie processor w/ the different cones . Mine is made by the Saladmaster cookware company. And yes, the Renaware cookware company is still in business. Entertaining vid. Thank you.
Thanks, Daniel! I thought Renaware was still around!
The genesis of Cavalcade of Food is heard in this episode at 4:24 Young Kevin turned his kitchen delight into the hobby of a lifetime. Now he stands in a (former) store demonstrating kitchen equipment to an appreciative audience! Absolutely wonderful ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
Thank you, Albert! I guess my destiny has been fulfilled! It was only natural that I'd be still crazy about these things half a century later!
My mom has and still uses the original Mouli she bought for $1.99! it is a slightly smaller than the two models the video begins with here. The legs do not fold, came with 5 blades one slicer and 4 sizes of graters/shredders. We used it to chop pecans, shred cheese, chop hard cooked eggs, make coleslaw, hash brown and scalloped potatoes.
Hi Russ - glad to hear your mom is still using her Mouli! They made a few different models. They are handy! Thanks!
Thanks for the memories
You're welcome, Sandra! Thanks for watching!
Mom has a small Mouli grater we used to grate cheese and Granny had the Veg-O-Matic, likely a gift from my uncle, who was a gadget guru. I used both of them and they were very handy. I miss the Ronco commercials that used to come on at Christmastime with the cheesy Deck the Halls music at the end and the list of Eckerd's-Revco-Woolworth-Woolco stores. There was an entire section at Eckerd's Drug devoted to Ronco products. Thanks for showing us your processing gadget collection.
Hi Jonathan! They sure sold a lot of those gadgets! We didn't have Eckerd's here in Michigan, but we had Revco and Woolworth, and there was a chain of drugstores in Detroit called Cunningham's that also sold those Ronco products. Great memories! Thanks!
I received a mandolin for Christmas and just recently cut my finger cutting cabbage for saukraut but i have never got such a terrific present! I can now slice a whole head of cabbage in a fourth of the time it took me to cut it by hand with a knife! Kevin thank you for always taking us back to simpler times!!!!!!
Hi Nanette! Those mandolins are razor sharp. I used one yesterday making scalloped potatoes. They work great, but you really need to be careful. Thanks!
Great show, always interesting.
Thanks, Bambi!
Cavalcade js so AWESOME! 🤩
Thanks, SK! So are you!!
My favorite is the Mouli there is also one that we use all the time that is like the cheese shredder that you see in restaurants when served pasta. We love it for cheese. Thanks Kevin great show
Thanks so much! I have one of those cheese graters tucked away somewhere!
Oh my goodness! I think my mom kept Ronco in business!😄 She as always buying one of his gadgets. I really remember both the chop-o-matic and the veg-o-matic. I was always chopping something because it was so fun. Great video! Thanks Kevin😊
You're welcome, Judy! I think many people bought the Ronco products - the demonstrations made them hard to resist!
Great FUN & informative Show!! I bought a Rival Vintage slicer like you had here, mint shape...Didn't know who made it. & Didn't know it had more to it. I bought the Cones & Meat Grinder with that hopper...will have to find the Salad hopper & Discs. You are right! WELL made! 💛 Thank you for the info!
Thanks, mshowell! You've got some great vintage gadget there! Enjoy!
Great show. Brings back memories 😊
Hi Charles! Glad the video brought back memories! Thanks!
Wesolego Alleluja Kevin from a Chicago Pole. 🐣🐣. I sure enjoyed today's vid. 👍TY sir. My late Busia bought one of those Ron Popeil slap chop things in the late 60s when I was a kid. I have to say she loved it.
Wesolego Alleluja and Happy Easter to you, rustynail! Sounds like your Busia made good use out of her Popeil chopper! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing more of you collection! I look forward to starting my Thursdays with your videos. With my kitchen "skills 😉" , I would probably need to buy a box of Band-aids with a couple of those gadgets.
LOL! Hi CC! I always keep a box of bandages, hydrogen peroxide, and Neosporin in the kitchen!
I just recently cut my finger on my new mandolin my sister gave me for Christmas last year! I have been making my own saukraut for awhile and have previously cutting the cabbage with a knife!!
@@nanetterolph2972 Ouch. I hope that your finger heals quickly.
Neat - thanks! I recall seeing Ed McMahon (of the Tonight Show fame) interviewed and he told about demonstrating and selling kitchen gadgets at fairs when he was young.
He recalled hawking gadgets with phrases like “This slices vegetables so thin, that I know of a woman who survived on the same tomato for a full month.” 😂 🍅
Hi KbB - thanks for sharing that Ed McMahon story - I can see him hawking these gadgets! Love the line about using a using a tomato for a month!! Thanks!
Loved this! Love my cuisinart as well. I had 3 at one point, but donated 2 of them to friends. Would love to see your collection of cuisinart food processors. The new ones are good but the older ones are truly quality made units. Kitchenaid made a version back in the early 80s made by a French company. Quality machines as well.
Hi Corey - I have a few Cuisinarts and will feature them when I do an electric processor video. They are great machines!
Interesting…I had not ever seen many of these …As a kitchen gadget addict I was sitting here tapping my foot for five minutes and twenty-five seconds waiting for you to open that first box! 😂😂😂… omg I haven’t heard the name Galloping Gourmet in forever…I so remember watching him and that silly smirk every time he tasted food lol… thanks for sharing these 😊
Thanks, Ladythyme! Sorry to keep you waiting - glad you enjoyed the video!
Just that easy! Just that quick! Ten pounds of julienne fries! 😂 Those TV commercials for the Veg-O-Matic still haunt me. My job was always to chop the onions with the Chop-O-Matic, 'cuz Mom didn't like to cry. I think a lot of these gadgets hark back to the old hand crank meat grinders. I still have one with 4 different blades. But i still love my 1982 Cuisinart (28 year warranty on the motor - still going strong). They don't make 'em like that anymore. Looking forward to your next installment. Love your channel ❤
Hi juliepaul! Those commercials were great - it was hard not to watch! The old Cuisinarts were really built well - I have a few from the same era as yours and they are all still going! Thanks so much!
My mother adored Graham Kerr because he didn't like making desserts and neither did she! Boy, could I tell you stories! I still have my V-Blade Slicer and use it quite often! I had my mother-in-laws Veg-O-Matic until my daughter borrowed it (or as she says, she stole it fair & square) and never returned it. This was a fun one Kevin and I enjoyed it thoroughly!
So did mine, she loved it when he would glug his wine 🍷
Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet! I used to watch him every day during summer vacations when I was a kid. He was so entertaining and a very good chef! He's probably one of the reasons I enjoy cooking so much, Great memories
Hi Raven! I think Graham Kerr had quite a following with women viewers! He certainly was charming - I know my mom liked to watch him, too! A friend of mine's mother never made desserts, either. When someone asked her why, she responded that there were five excellent bakeries in the neighborhood that made better desserts than she ever could, so why make them?! Thanks!
I was so happy when I saw you post this video about the "magic" mouli ! I found my first one in the 1980's and have used it for years! So easy to clean and does everything so fast! I mostly make hash browns with it and grate blocks of cheese to perfection. It also makes the best coleslaw! If you are making scalloped potatoes, it is quick and easy! I hate to have to pull out an electric gadget and have to clean it. My daughter has the metal one and I have the plastic one. Have a good Easter!
Thanks, Terry Sue! Those Mouli machines are great - easy to use and clean! Glad you use and enjoy yours! Have a beautiful Easter!
Thanks for the memories. So much fun! I’m intrigued by the black lamps in the background. Very unique.
Thanks, brstoffel. Those lamps are actually dark green (the colors don't always represent well in the video). They are ceramic and are "bedroom lamps" - popular in the 40's and 50's. Thanks!
Useful if you have limited electricity, like camping, boating, semi truck, etc.
Because we don't know a single semi truck driver whose life on the road wouldn't be vastly improved by scrambling eggs inside the shell and making a mountain of cole slaw.
Mike - also I think not having to manage an electric cord all the time is an advantage. Thanks!
You're right about the cords. Many vacuum cleaners have a reel and spring feature that winds up the cord into a housing for tidy storage. I don't think I've ever seen a small kitchen appliance made like that. I wish they were! At least for appliances that tend to stay on the counter all the time. If you had the option of letting out only as much cord as needed to plug your toaster or food processor into the closest outlet, counter clutter would be reduced. @@cavalcadeoffood
Absolutely loved your video. I was sent over from the Cooking the Books channel and wow I'm so happy I clicked on the link! I can't believe the Google algorithm hasn't recommended your channel and you've been around since 2011! Maybe the algorithm doesn't know me as well as I think it does. I'm so glad there are so many videos for me to watch and your website is fantastic too. I can't wait to dive into more. Thank you!
Hi Cristina - glad you found me! My channel does not get recommended often, but I'm glad than you're here! Hope you get a chance to watch some of the videos! Cooking the Books is a favorite channel of mine, too! Thanks!
I still have a veg-o-magic in the original box
Love it! The box is great on those, too!
OH MY GOSH, YES! When I was growing up it was the Eastern States Exposition. I loved watching all the demonstrations.
Hi Debbie! That sounds like a wonderful fair! Thanks!
Watching this video reminded me of a Ronco product called the egg scrambler. You put the egg against a pin of some kind, and it scrambled the egg while it remained in the shell. I guess that would qualify as a food processor! Some of Ron Popeil's products struck me as kind of silly, but the commercials were oh so entertaining!
Hi Annie! I remember that egg scrambler! I'd love to find one someday. I don't think they lasted a long time. Thanks!
I used to hand make the onion rings from scratch daily at Sonic Drive-In. I used a heavy duty manual slicer with a lever on a bag of whole onions. I used a manual dicer to make onion toppings for sandwiches and hotdogs using the scraps.
Hi Mike - every once in a while I find myself in a restaurant supply store and I'm fascinated by all the cutters, slicers, etc. that are made for heavy commercial use. Often tempted to bring something home!
Loved the video, Kevin! I hope you and your loved ones have a happy Easter!
Thank you, Mary! Wishing you and yours a Happy Easter, too!
Grandma had the first one. I have one. She made everything until I got my kitchen aide. But when I get my kitchen aid cone attachment. I will have them welded together! I want my grinder from my mother #2.. the French fries cutter mom used hers till it broke. I will get my hands on a Sunbeam mix master with all the attachments. I have Oster regency one.
Hi Stacy! Sounds like you and your family have had a few of these processors! There are a lot of attachments for those old Sunbeam - you'll have fun with it!
My husband picked up a Rival Kitcheneer at a yard sale many years ago (in the 90's) and proudly brought it home for me to use. Unfortunately, the bottom rubber feet were missing so using it was quite difficult. I think I used the meat grinder attachment a few times and that's all. Pretty sure it's still packed away in my attic somewhere.
Hi acaliaaidras - those rubber feet get brittle over time and either crack and fall off or become so hard they no longer create the suction to adhere to the counter. I think you can get new ones online - they aren't exactly like the original but they will work. Thanks!
I really enjoy collecting vintage things and really appreciate your channel. Your collection is awesome, really. I was wondering if you have any vintage toaster ovens? If you do, would you consider doing an episode showing them? Thank you in advance. Love your channel.
Thanks, diozzy and I'm always glad to meet another vintage collector! I only have one vintage toaster oven - a Sears Counter Craft model from the early 70's. I rarely see them around, and the few I have found over the years were in pretty rough shape...people never cleaned them!
I have the Kitcheneer but mine is pink. It’s the best cheese grater!!
Hi Kevin! It does a great job with cheese! Haven't seen a pink one - that's wonderful!
Hi Kevin, YES Rena Ware IS still in business but you better be prepared to spend MEGA BUCKS for a set, I have a 1960s set, but im jealous, Of all the gadgets ive seen, ive never found the Rena Ware slicer dicer lol.My Mother thought the hand cranked Mouli Grater was the greatest thing ever, She used it to shred carrots on salads and blocks of cheese. Love this stuff, everyone sliced their cucumbers and onions on the Faamsters slicer when making pickles! Aunt Mable, one of Dads sisters had the Minute Chef, She made 10,000 jars of bread and butter pickles with that thing! Ive got one somewhere.
Hi Hans - thanks for the update on Rena Ware. I know the stuff was very expensive way back when, so I can only imagine how expensive it is now! Sounds like Aunt Mable got good use out of her Minute Chef! My aunts made B&B pickles and used all kinds of slicers - wish I could remember which ones. Thanks!!
What a coincidence! I seriously have been looking for one of these to buy, and your video comes up! There are so many brands to choose from. I think I'm going to go with one that's called "Hour Saver Food Cutter". It's the type with the blade cones, and crank on a tri-pod base. I convinced myself I need one, and it will come in handy when I make potato salad, macaroni salad, and when I chop nuts when I make Magic Bars for Christmas.
Hi EE - hope you enjoy your new food processor! Thanks!
Kevin, Yankee did have stores in Michigan. I remember their store in Adrian opening in the very late 60s.
Thanks, lenaweerailfan. I don't recall seeing any around Detroit, but maybe they were in smaller towns.
I didn't know that Graham Kerr had merch..that must have been very new then.
Yes over here we saw K tel ( 'tat' ) ads.
Wow yes my Mum also had the chop o matic, she hated her hands to smell of onions.
Hi Lauren - Graham Kerr got into putting his name on things later in his career. I understand your mum not wanting to chop onions. So often my fingers smell like onions and garlic! I should use one of my handy choppers.
Oh, wow, the Galloping Gourmet. I never missed one of his shows on TV. And I still keep on the lookout for his cookbooks in the thrift stores. The same for Jeff Smith, Thr Frugal Gourmet.
As for pitchmen, you have to give credit to Vince Offer for his pitch on the Slap Chop and many other items.
Hi Johnny! There sure has been a lot of super-salesmen (and women) on the TV over the years! Thanks!
I'm the same as you Kevin. I would always stop at the fair and watch. When I go to a fair or flea market or home show and they are demonstrating I still watch. It's just fun.
Yes, and it is still fun to watch those demonstrations, jlight! Thanks!
Good video 😀 I remember seeing stuff like this on late night tv ads.
Glad you enjoyed the video, Michael!
As a kid (age 7-8) I wanted to help my mom in the kitchen. At some point I was allowed to prepare shredded cabbage for Cole slaw for the family meal! I used the vintage Mouli and thought it was so much fun! It became my permanent job to make Cole slaw, cabbage, carrots etc! To this day everyone says I made the best Cole slaw😉😉😉. I loved the Mouli, wish I could get my hands on one now! I also was the nerd kids that loved the demonstrations at the state fairs!👍👍👍
Hi Diana! I think they still made some kind of Mouli today. Sounds like you are famous for your cole slaw! Thanks!
I liked your "huckster" routine. My mom had both the chop-o-matic and the veg-o-matic. I don't really remember her using either one though. I use an electric processor from time to time. I don't like washing dishes or chopping veg, so yeah it's a bit of a dilemma in which way to go.
Hi Scooter! From the looks of some of the gadgets I have, whoever bought them never used them either. It's always a toss-up whether to just use a knife or get out a gadget. Thanks!
I bought the chop o magic in the 90s. The blades were not sharp and you could only put in little bits at a time. Pain to clean. Faster with a knife and board. Waste of money. However, I was told they were actually good when they first came out.
I would love to see a video on food processors!! I do have a food mill, but my Cuisinart processor died on me 😢
Thanks! I'll do a video on electric processors in the future!
I think my brother still has the Ron Popeil pocket fishing rod, lol.
LOL! I remember those commercials, Donna!
Where do you find your old/antique cookbooks, I have 1 or 2, but I'd really love to collect more, but am also trying to not break the bank too.
Im so happy that your videos were on my For You page 😊❤🎉
Hi Emily - I seem to find them everywhere. Estate sales, rummage sales, thrift stores, etc. There's also many available online. Thanks!
Thankyou Kevin, you are so very special x
You're very welcome, Lauren!!
Hi Kevin! Such a fun video remembering all these vintage food processors. I mostly remember the veg o matic on late night infomercials, Ron made so many cool gadgets! I’ve been meaning to tell you that you have such beautiful handwriting, it’s such a lost art now. I was a child of the 50’s and 60’s and we had a penmanship teacher that would come to school once a month to see how our cursive writing was coming along. I really pride myself in writing beautiful letters all thanks to what we learned back in those days. Anyway, thank you for sharing as always!
Hi Suzanne! Like you, I watched a lot of his infomercials and we completely taken by his salesmanship! Like you, penmanship was an important skill taught in school and our teachers made sure we could write properly. Glad you are a letter writer - that is something that is fading away. There is nothing more precious than a handwritten letter. Thanks!
Loved the Galloping Gourmet! Graham was so entertaining and quite the lush I might add. Thanks for the great video. Cheers
Hi Charles! I always wondered if he was nipping at the cooking sherry! LOL! Thanks!
Thanks for great information on the manual food processors. Im looking forward to the part 2 on the electric models. I have an Oster Kitchen Center from the 80's and am wondering if the salad maker attachment is actually a food processor, and if so, could i use it to make the bean dip? I used my mini chopper/food processor to chop the beans, but could only do a small amount at a time. The Dip is excellent!! Would love to see info on the Oster Kitchen Center someday! ☺️
Hi Eileen! I did a video a couple of months ago on the Oster Kitchen Center. Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/UbdjJZFhcVA/видео.htmlsi=Z65g_ZYxIPThV0hz
@@cavalcadeoffood thanks, I'm going to watch it right now, I'm not sure how I missed it!
My mom got the "vegomatic" - used it a few times & them went into the cupboard.... A big pain as far as my sisters & I were concerned.
Hi Amelia - some of these gadgets sound good, but aren't always very practical and a lot to clean up. Thanks!
We recently went to the BBC good food show, in Birmingham England.
We stood watching a man demonstrate a new - fangled mandolin multi shredder, until we were ankle deep in grated carrot and cheese !
My Mum used a Mouli to make my sisters baby food, and a rotary Mouli for parmigiano ( or parmesan as we called it then )
Hi Lauren - I would have loved to have been at that BBC good food show! Thanks!
Where are you located ? I would LOVE to vist your shop I love vintage cookbook and appliances I'm a Michigander and this store is the missing part of my life it would be a Dream to be able to visit .
Hi Natarsha - this is not a store, just a personal collection. Thanks!
Do they make a hand crank bread dough machine
Someone might make one, but I have never seen a hand crank bread machine. Thanks!
I have my late mother’s Food Cutter - just like the one you showed and I also have the manual dated 1955.
As soon as you showed that manual, I knew it looked familiar!
Your show was very “leftist” today (as in all the sound came from the left speaker only!)
Hi wmalden! So glad you still have your mom's Food Cutter! That is a well-built machine. Don't know why you only got sound out of the left - but glad you could hear me! Thanks!