[deleted] t1_jdxzryo wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:34 AM

My grandmother had the same one in a really awesome color green and it still worked perfectly before she sold her house. The whole eye top slides in to give you room that her kitchen definitely did not need. She also had an old refrigerator that still worked that looked like the Bonnet of a car and was either made by GE or maybe even a car manufacturing company.

altmjw t1_jdxxom6 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:19 AM

Reply to comment by Starman562 in Longest lasting item in your life by SamuelsSteel

I feel you, I browsed combs for just as long before deciding on my model 1 Chicago comb, after my hair kept getting snagged in the bent tooth of my cheap Walmart comb.

Edit: thank you for the link!

MGPS t1_jdxxaba wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:16 AM

Reply to I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

If that is chrome, you can crumple up some aluminum foil and rub it on it and it will remove all that rust. Old hot rod / bicycle builder trick.

vampyire t1_jdxx3va wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Reply to I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

Breville makes great stuff

alarming_cock t1_jdxwskr wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:12 AM

Reply to My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio

I'll need a video to understand how this works. What's the spur at the back for?

HalfPint1885 t1_jdxwioa wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_

One of these was in our house when I was a kid, although I think it was green or orange, I can't remember exactly. My only memory of the stove is that one day, when my mom had food cooking on the stove top and food in the oven, she opened the hot oven door and it came off the hinges, for some unknown reason. The door was hot so she couldn't catch it, but luckily she guided it down to the stovetop and it missed whatever she was cooking on the burners. I feel like someone repaired the door and we continued to use it for a short while, but it scared my mom so badly that we got a different stove shortly after that.

UncommercializedKat t1_jdxwhub wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_

I miss the innovative designs of old stoves.

AugieAscot t1_jdxwa6x wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:09 AM

Reply to comment by mule_roany_mare in I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

Try sauerkraut on a grilled cheese sandwich. It’s really good.

shagouv t1_jdxw2in wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:07 AM

Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_

A Frigidaire Flair! Love this oven and range top…thought it was such a great use of space. Had one with a single oven in our house as a kid until my folks renovated.

mule_roany_mare t1_jdxvusc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Reply to comment by Haggls in I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

Pineapple & shredded carrot is one of the stangers combos I've had that work really well.

Pineapple is way more versatile than you'd think.

---ShineyHiney--- t1_jdxvt1j wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Reply to comment by dubbless in I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

I’d have to go egg on top, personally

certifiedintelligent t1_jdxvrfm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Reply to comment by mets2016 in “Quality” products from “Quality” retailers by reptomcraddick

First I've heard of it, then again, I haven't bought anything from them for a while. Hence the BIFL.

TurboLasagne t1_jdxv5tr wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Reply to I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247

Sad to say that new Breville items are trash. In the last 6 years or so i've lost TWO of the newer Breville sandwich presses, the heater elements stopped working in one, and the other would lose power intermittently, making it useless. Now i have a Russell Hobbs sandwich press that is going strong at 2 years old. But i do not recommend a new Breville sandwich press.