Found this vintage ’40s mixer at a secondhand store for $20; can’t wait to try it.
April 6, 2011
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Found this vintage ’40s mixer at a secondhand store for $20; can’t wait to try it.
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I think my grandmother had one of those. I particularly like that the different speeds have foods associated with them, though I wonder how carefully anyone ever followed those recommendations.
Comment by JohnSherck — April 6, 2011 @ 2:57 pm |
Perhaps quite carefully at first — this was one of the first mixers to have more than three speeds, so it might have been something of a new idea to people?
I may have acted too quickly — I confess I was afraid someone else would buy it before I made up my mind. Found a Yahoo group that collects these and other old mixers, and they say the dough hooks I bought on Ebay could cause problems, and that this model isn’t powerful enough for bread dough. They say it makes great cakes, but I make bread every two weeks and cake once or twice a year…
I’ll probably clean it up, use it when I can, and give it some time — I may decide it’s worth keeping even if it can’t do bread.
Comment by Marcy — April 6, 2011 @ 3:28 pm |
Wow. I saw that and a wave of nostalgia hit me. I think my mom had one like it when I was young.
Comment by Sharon Gartley — April 6, 2011 @ 4:06 pm |
It seems awfully familiar to me, too — the milk glass bowls, the thin metal turntable, the speed control on the back, the curved handle, even the way the handle turns to eject the beaters. And yet I can’t place it — did my mom have one when we were little? I don’t remember ever seeing either grandmother using a mixer.
Comment by Marcy — April 6, 2011 @ 8:54 pm |
I grew up using this mixer and years later now I can’t find the beaters,I would love to replace them.
Comment by Matt — April 10, 2012 @ 9:36 pm |
Try asking at the Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WACEM/
Comment by Marcy — April 11, 2012 @ 2:13 pm |