5 old kitchen items that everyone had at home

Today we live in a world full of technologies that make our lives easier in different sectors, including kitchen. But do you know what the kitchen items most popular in the past decades? Some of them were super technological and revolutionary for the time.

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5 old kitchen items that everyone had at home

The kitchen used to have items that were super modern for the time, but when compared to the present day, it seems absurd to think that they were considered technologies. Check out some of these kitchen relics.

italian coffee maker

The first coffee maker was patented in 1889, changing lives for coffee connoisseurs. Before this invention, to make coffee, it was enough to boil it with water and filter it with cloths, for example. But with the coffee maker, everything changed, as it was the first device that did not require filtering to produce coffee.

toasters

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The first toaster oven was invented in the 1890s, but it only heated one side of bread at a time. However, as technology advanced, in the 1920s, the pop-up toaster we know and love came along and became one of the most common home appliances.

stove sandwich maker 

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This item was popular in Brazil in the 60s, and even today there are those who prefer to prepare their bread with melted cheese made directly in these sandwich makers. Many think that there is no better sandwich maker than this old-fashioned sandwich maker.

Whisks

Did you know that mixers have been around for 100 years? They first appeared in the year 1919. Initially used only in professional environments, from the end of the 1920s they were introduced more usual models to the consumer, making them a very popular kitchen utensil among Housewives.

Clay filter

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Also known as “talha”, almost everyone agrees that the freshest, most flavorful drinking water comes from these filters. A technology from the past that has never been surpassed is this clay filter, which keeps the water fresh for a long time. Thus, this model was a revolution in the period of 1910.