25 Vintage Kitchen Tools Grandma Always Used

Do not fear this scary-looking antique kitchen tool. It's actually meant for cutting delicate cakes like Angel food.

In Grandma's kitchen, everything had its rightful place.

Decorative breadboxes were all the rage in Grandma's day.

Because it was very important that butter be beautiful, these molds came in all kinds of designs.

It was all about presentation in the good ol' days. Case in point: This cute condiment serving tray from the '60s with glass bowls and ladles.

Whether cast iron or wrought iron.

If Grandpa liked his eggs poached, Grandma surely had one of these pretty pans.

The old-fashioned way to make everything from baby food and applesauce to mashed potatoes and pureed soups.

The clever design allowed for cool water to fill the area on the saucer around the glass bowl—effectively keeping butter chilled but still soft enough to spread.

Because even grandmas craved fries.

We're betting these nesting cutters bring back some memories of helping Grandma with pastry-making.

In the days before electric standing mixers, all the blending was done by hand, with little egg beaters like this one.

Vintage meat mallets like this one look more like something from a horror film than the tenderizers we know today.

Before everything came in plastic, Grandma froze water in one of these metal contraptions with levers for easy ice removal.

Much like a pencil sharpener, grinders like this one from the '30s clamped onto the counter and could be cranked to churn out ground spices.

These little gadgets sat atop pots to make it easier to drain water.