25 OLD-SCHOOL Kitchen Tricks That Make $300 Gadgets Look Useless!

Before you buy another big box for the kitchen counter, spend one Saturday in our grandmothers' kitchen. Here are 25 old-school kitchen tricks, from a water drop that tells you when the griddle is ready to ice cream made in a metal ice tray, and every one of them does the job of a gadget that sells for up to hundreds of dollars today. Subscribe for more old-fashioned stories and tips:    / @sarahsoldfashionedtips   Facts, names, dates and today's prices in this video were checked before publishing. Prices are typical retail prices at the time of making and they change often. Sarah is an AI narrator voice. Some scenes use real historic photographs and film; scenes marked "AI illustration" are AI images made to show what the story describes, so small details may differ. The food safety times in this video are general home guidance, so always follow your own recipe and package directions. It starts in 1927, when General Electric printed a two-dollar cookbook written for a brand-new machine, the electric refrigerator. Then the day begins at six-thirty with Saturday pancakes and a dancing drop of water, and it goes all the way to bedtime: icebox rolls, a cold plate for jam, a cube of bread for doughnut oil, a roast that rests while the gravy gets shaken in a jar, popcorn at movie night and yogurt set overnight in a picnic cooler. Along the way you'll meet the Virginia woman who carried the cold plate trick from farm to farm, and the man who put the first steam-powered popcorn machine on the streets. By the end of the day, the gadgets left on the shelf add up to more than thirty-six hundred dollars. What you'll take away: 25 kitchen jobs you can do with a jar, a towel, a tray or a pot you already own Today's typical price of the machine each trick replaces Little tricks from old kitchens: cold water for thawing, a cold plate for jam, three test kernels for popcorn Small jobs for your grandchildren, like patting the lettuce dry or stirring the ice cream tray Helpful for doing it the old way (each one also has a free method in the video): Instant-read kitchen thermometer: Metal ice cube tray with lever: Glass jars with screw-top lids: Stainless steel mesh strainer: Freezer paper roll: Small picnic cooler: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you buy through these links, the channel may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Which of these tricks does your kitchen still use? Tell me just one in the comments, and tell me where you're watching from. I read every one. CHAPTERS 00:00 1927: a cookbook written for a machine 01:16 1. The dancing water drop on the griddle 02:48 2. Icebox rolls 03:56 3. Dough rising in a cold oven with hot water 04:47 4. A chilled bowl for whipped cream 06:05 5. Measuring shortening with water 06:58 6. The stale loaf dipped in water 07:53 7. Oven fries 09:27 8. Salad greens dried in a clean towel 10:34 9. Thawing in cold water 11:40 10. The quick soak for beans 12:39 11. The cold plate test for jam 14:07 12. Ice crushed in a towel 15:34 13. A cube of bread to test the frying oil 16:34 14. Meat firmed up in the freezer 17:35 15. Let the roast rest, then slice across the grain 19:00 16. Flour and cold water shaken in a jar 20:15 17. Rice with two cups of water and a tight lid 21:15 18. Vegetables steamed in a metal strainer 22:05 19. Garlic mashed with salt 22:47 20. Plates and supper kept warm in a low oven 23:46 21. Soup cooled fast in ice water 24:39 22. The drugstore wrap 25:57 23. Three test kernels in the popcorn pot 27:34 24. Yogurt set in a picnic cooler 28:27 25. Ice cream made in the refrigerator ice tray 29:59 Cold, time, or the drawer #oldfashionedtips #kitchentips #vintagekitchen #grandmatips