Old and Cool

@AmbiePam (120602)
United States
April 18, 2016 2:57pm CST
I think seeing how people used to do things. Hopefully, you are seeing one of the things on a wall at my grandmother's house, in her kitchen. She called it a "kraut cutter". That's what was used to cut the cabbage that would down the line be sauerkraut. I'm sure some of the older mylotters have seen something like this before. It has been on her wall for years, but I just recently took a picture. I like things like that. Anyone else?
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
18 Apr 16
yes,we do very much.But this is a first for me.Never heard of a kraut cutter.I am glad that you have this. It is wonderful.Good for you to keep it.Do not throw it away.It is a valuable piece there.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
18 Apr 16
There is now on the market something similar to this to cut all kinds of vegetables in different ways.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
@marlina Since this is from the 1930s it seems an outdated way to do things. Then again, simplifying things may always bring us back to the past.
DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
19 Apr 16
My grandmother had something similar, but called it a ribeissen, or something like that. Pretty cool!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
I'm going to look that up!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
20 Apr 16
@DianneN I did have trouble, but I'm not giving up!
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DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
19 Apr 16
@AmbiePam Good luck with my spelling!!!!
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
15 Jan 17
hmm..reminds me of a cheese slicer. we have a lot of stuff like that still in use..i have my great grandma's 125 year old cast iron pans.it was made better then,pure and simple,so yea we still use them.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
15 Jan 17
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56218)
• Canada
18 Apr 16
I love to see old tools also. I had a feeling that this was for something that would be shredded. I showed it to my husband and he knew right away-of course he likes cabbage and I don't!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
I have a feeling it's a treat to be around you two!
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56218)
• Canada
19 Apr 16
@AmbiePam You make me laugh, we have fun, and he knows how to get me to cook what I don't like.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
18 Apr 16
I've never seen anything like that, much less used one. It's just a decoration now?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
Yes, that's what she uses it for. She's got a few other things on her kitchen wall that they used on the farm when she was a little girl. I'm glad she saved them.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
19 Apr 16
@AmbiePam It's nice to have reminders of her past.
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
19 Apr 16
I've never heard of that device before, is your grandma german?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
No. As far as I know her side is English.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
19 Apr 16
@Mike197602 Excellent point!
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
19 Apr 16
@AmbiePam I just wondered as sauerkraut is quite a german thing to eat.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
20 Apr 16
I have never seen this before.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 16
We have butter pats which were used to pat out small pieces of butter then roll them up into curls. I might do it next time we have a dinner party - just to impress my friends. :)
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120602)
• United States
21 Apr 16
Sounds pretty cool.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
22 Jan 17
I do like to see those old things.
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