Top 25+ Vintage Photographs of Old-School Retro Kitchen Gadgets

No matter how much our modern kitchen appliances may resemble medieval torture devices — the bizarre-looking garlic mincers, meat tenderizers, and butter choppers lurking in our mom's drawers — they have absolutely nothing on the gadgets of yesteryear. For as long as we've had kitchens, we've had some very strange items to fill them.

 Case in point? Monstrosities like cake breakers, ice box picks and even cookie guns that were once synonymous with a fine, home-cooked meal.

A Coffee Cooler

A Dip Hook For A Serving Bowl

A Butter Mold

A Mechanical Shopping List

An Egg Separator

A “Trigger Quick” Cookie Gun

A Nutmeg Grinder

An Egg Coddle

A Soda Syphon

An Ice Cream Sandwich Maker

An Ice Box Ice Pick

A Wall-Mounted Can Opener

A Cake Breaker

A Peanut Butter Maker

A Toast Warmer

A Cherry Pitter

An Ice Crusher

A Nut Meat Chopper

An Iron Trivet

A Cone Strainer and Pestle

An Egg Grading Scale

A Fish Scaler

A Hand-Held Pot Strainer