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Post by swimswithtrout on Dec 3, 2020 16:54:21 GMT -8
Good mashed taters should have little lumps of unmashed taters mixed throughout, which the hand masher leaves behind. Mixers make slimed taters. +! Mashing the potatoes for my generations old family dumpling recipe is the easy part....Then I have to mash in the potato starch until it becomes a workable dough. Electric "whippers" need not apply. The only implement that works is a good old fashioned masher.
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Post by gabby on Dec 3, 2020 16:55:20 GMT -8
Good idea to know how to reverse the wringer direction immediately after it takes one of your fingers. Been there, done that! Also, watch those buttons! Gotta make sure to button and fold a shirt properly to avoid breaking lots of buttons. Mom did a lot of repair work after laundry day every week. This is also where I got the habit, pursued obsessively even at my late age, of going through all pockets before washing. Me either, Velvetta Cheese is gross. Sorry 'bout that! I acquired my Velveeta habit on Clark AFB in the Philippines, which "snack sandwich" was just about the only (edible) thing you could get from the guys behind the food counter in the detachment day room. I played a lot of late night card games while keeping myself fed on Spam & Velveeta with mayo. Anything else back in the 60s in the tropics had you playing with potential infestations of vermin you didn't really want to think about. Even the "chipped beef and gravy on toast" for breakfast in the dining room was really made from soy. We once got steaks and real "chipped beef" when stewardesses flying the troops out had the airline charter an entire flight to ship us real beef. ( Somebody else - maybe guys in 'Nam - got the steaks. More power to 'em!)
Our game was "Sergeant Major" (or "F___ Your Buddy"). It took me almost the whole tour to get good enough to win enough to justify my earlier bets. Good times.
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Post by desert dweller on Dec 3, 2020 16:58:40 GMT -8
Good idea to know how to reverse the wringer direction immediately after it takes one of your fingers. My sister's arm got caught up in my grandmother's ringer washer on the porch up in the head of the holler. It must have been before I was born because I don't remember it happening. But seriously, the washboard is way older that most of us here. About 6 or 7 years ago while visiting my brother in Logan, Ohio I, I bought a new washboard from the last company in the U.S. that still made and sold them. I was talking to the owner he mentioned that the entire plant had about 5 employees including himself. The manufacturing area smelled like a wood shop. He said that 75 percent of the sales were from Europe where they played the washboard in their equivalent of street bands. Here's a photo of the washboard I got.  |
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Post by swimswithtrout on Dec 3, 2020 16:59:47 GMT -8
I have used one of these old wringer washers. I had saved my grandmother's, thinking it might be worth something as an antique. My Grandmother still used her's, up until the early 70's. She left it behind when Grandma and Grandpa finally moved out of their house. |
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Post by Travis on Dec 3, 2020 17:09:52 GMT -8
I don't know about old, but I thoroughly enjoy the memories in this thread!
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Post by Travis on Dec 3, 2020 17:16:07 GMT -8
Here's a photo of the washboard I got. What's kinda fun about that photo is that the washboard could be mint condition from the 1800s except for the 800 number and web address printed on the board. |
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Post by desert dweller on Dec 3, 2020 17:21:15 GMT -8
800 number and web address printed on the board. On the other side is a more rustic scene. It's a silhouette of what appears to be a horse drawn covered wagon (Amish style) in between two trees. Above that is the word "Country". Maybe "Country" is the model name. |
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Post by Travis on Dec 3, 2020 17:44:35 GMT -8
800 number and web address printed on the board. On the other side is a more rustic scene. It's a silhouette of what appears to be a horse drawn covered wagon (Amish style) in between two trees. Above that is the word "Country". Maybe "Country" is the model name. You mentioned 75% of the company's sales going to European street bands etc. I think the first places that I saw washboards used as musical instruments were in Bluegrass bands and on the Beverly Hillbillies TV show back in the 1960s. I kind of thought it was funny at the time, but I recently encountered a local band with washboard right along side the banjo. Good stuff. |
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Post by johntpenca on Dec 3, 2020 17:46:44 GMT -8
#24 is gross! I never understood how she made it in show business, as I do with Joan Rivers.
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Post by bcpete on Dec 3, 2020 17:49:34 GMT -8
What is #27? It looks familiar but I can't place it. Yikes ... not only did I use one, but I used to sell a few of these in a stationery store we had attached to our printing business back in the late 80's & early 90's!  |
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Post by autumnmist on Dec 3, 2020 18:14:40 GMT -8
The photos and this thread are a nice journey down Memory Lane. I'm surprised there are a few I don't remember, but I'm now also thinking of some others: jump ropes, strap on roller skates that frequently came off causing a fall and skinned knees, Lincoln logs, ice cube trays with a handle to pullup and release the ice cubes, ice cream makers, the string games we used to play, winding string around our fingers.
Another: marbles, cat's eyes (?) - not sure what they were called then.
The company that helped clean out one of the sheds on my father's property consisted of 30 somethings who were puzzled over some of the stuff in the shed (don't ask me why they were there other than for storage). Ice cube trays were one, a pickle crock was another. I found an ice cream paddle in my father's basement - that brought back memories.
I know I'm old every morning when I wake up, but hey, I'm still alive!
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Post by johntpenca on Dec 3, 2020 18:48:27 GMT -8
cat's eyes (?) - not sure what they were called then. That's what we called the ones with a swirl of color. And skate boards with metal wheels which came to an abrupt stop at any small piece of gravel causing endos and lots of road rash. |
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Post by rebeccad on Dec 3, 2020 19:01:39 GMT -8
That’s an interesting mix, with a few really old things mixed in with the ones from my childhood. Since I’m not even old enough for a Geezer Pass, and this set of photos has me definitely listed as old, I have to wonder about the selection. The only one I didn’t recognize was the human. Most I’ve used. My potato masher is probably older than the one pictures there, since it has a wooden handle and isn’t stainless steel.
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Post by bcpete on Dec 3, 2020 19:04:56 GMT -8
And skate boards with metal wheels which came to an abrupt stop at any small piece of gravel causing endos and lots of road rash. Oh man! Every time I see some kid bombing down the road on one of the modern longer skateboards, I swear I feel my upper lip going numb from the memory of one particularity bad wipe out I had when I was 13. |
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Post by BigLoad on Dec 3, 2020 19:29:38 GMT -8
What is #27? It looks familiar but I can't place it. Yikes ... not only did I use one, but I used to sell a few of these in a stationery store we had attached to our printing business back in the late 80's & early 90's! The first one I saw belonged to my dad's parents. We didn't have anything that fancy. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I was little. I memorized everyone they knew and challenged cousins to ask me how fast I could look someone up.
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