Do You Recognize This Vintage Kitchen Tool? The Clever Meatball Maker People Used for Perfect Portions

Simple Problem

This is one of my favorite things about older kitchen equipment.

 

A vintage gadget often wasn’t designed to do twenty different jobs.

 

Instead, it was designed to solve one annoying problem.

 

There were tools for coring apples, slicing eggs, separating gravy, shaping cookies, chopping vegetables, removing pits, and making specific foods easier to prepare.

 

The meatball maker fits perfectly into that tradition.

 

It wasn’t trying to replace the entire kitchen.

putting ten meatballs into a simmering sauce.

 

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If five are small and five are twice their size, they’re unlikely to finish cooking at the same time.

 

Uniform portions help create a more predictable result.

 

They also make a finished dish look more polished.

 

Whether you’re serving spaghetti and meatballs, Swedish-style meatballs, meatball subs, or a platter of appetizers, similarly sized meatballs simply look more

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