No One Uses These Once Popular Kitchen Tools Anymore
NEWS
By DEAN KOPITSKY
Manual List
Manual shopping lists were designed to tick items using the built-in arrows whenever you ran out of staple foods and flick the arrows back as you re-stocked.
Recipe Box
When making dinner after a long day, pulling out an old reliable recipe from a recipe box may seem better than sifting through thousands of them online.
Metal Tins
Before the 1950s, which saw a rise in plastic production, food storage was mostly metal. Now, metal is used where plastic will melt or in high-end products.
Icebox
Earlier, ice was harvested from natural sources, leading to the necessity of owning an icebox. However, once refrigerators came into the picture, iceboxes became irrelevant.
Jell-O Molds
Jell-O became a popular dessert during World War II because it could be rationed easily, leading to the popularity of Jell-O molds until the 1970s.
