Ice culture in the U.S. is fascinating. A friend of mine, Teddy, was from Poland. When he immigrated to the United States he didn't understand our obsession with ice cold water and drinks. But with time he began to appreciate the luxury of having ice for everything! After years he was finally able to go back to Poland for a visit. For the trip he brought his own ice tray! His mother shook her head and responded... "You Americans!!" He thought that was pretty funny!! 🇵🇱 I didn't see the ice crusher from the cottage in this collection. Did it stay with the cottage?
Hi Greg! Yes, we are crazy for ice here in the USA! I take students to Paris every year (couldn't go this year, sadly) and you have to practically beg for ice, and then they give you a glass with two little cubes in it. I tell students in advance they are not going to like the ice but they are going to love the butter! :-) They just don't consume ice the way we do - much like your friend from Poland. I think our love of ice is tied to our love/addiction/excitement of sodas/pop/soft drinks. Pop (as we call it here in Michigan) is a much bigger deal in the US then it is in other parts of the world, primarily because of all the marketing from Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola over generations. The pop is usually shown with beads of condensation running down the bottle or can, or poured into a tall class filled with crystal clear ice cubes. Makes me want one just writing about it! The ice crusher from the cottage is a white Swing-A-Way, which I have. I showed the same model in the video, but with a brown/white paint job. Thanks!
My grandpa called it "Soda Water" he would ask us kids back in the 60's "What kind of soda water you want" being kids of the sixties we were slightly confused as we knew it as Soda's and usually by brand name... Coke, Pepsi, Hires root beer or flavor names Orange Crush, Nesbits Cream Soda and on and on. Later in life and a while after my grandpa's passing it dawned on me Why he referred to Soda's as soda water and that's because in his younger years in the 20's one of his first real jobs was as a "Soda Jerk" at a "Soda Fountain" where the Soda's were nothing but carbonated water, and flavored syrup hand mixed by the soda jerk Who filled a glass with the flavored syrup of the brand of choice and pulled the handle... Hence "Jerk" of the carbonated soda fountain and filled the glass and with a stir made your soda water right in front of your eyes for your Soda drink.
Kev! What a “cool” treat! I love when you share your collection!!!! Can’t wait to see it all in person someday 😔... but til then how wonderful to see on here! My Mom had the white manual ice-o-mat one and I remember when I was younger I found it under the cabinets and took it out just to try it! Sooo cool! Looking forward to seeing more of your collection! 🥰🥰🥰 Jeff xo
Hi Jeff! I really enjoy sharing the collections and for me it sometimes a chance to use an appliance I haven't touched in a long time or perhaps never got around to trying! That what Ice-O-Mat is a favorite! They are a little bit of work but they do a good job and are easy to clean! Thanks so much for watching!
There ought to be a poll taken which would show the number of people with hearing aids today that owned ice crushers back in the day. @13:45 Ralph and I said "whoa" at the exact same time.........love it!!!!!
I just bought a Swing-A-Way manual model from E-bay. LOVE IT! It is exactly like I remember my parents parties in the 60's! LOL! My job was to crush the ice. My hubbs has been crushing ice for my latest cocktail kick using the baggie + mallet combo. I went to E-bay and found a model like my mom had an it came it today and I love it! I wasn't sure how to use the coarse / fine on it and that is how I happened upon your video! Thank you!
Looking at that little instruction booklet that came with the appliance, I absolutely love the artwork of those booklets from the 50s and 60s. I buy a lot of them from thrift stores just for the great art and drawings. Not to mention the recipes that were in most of those booklets.
Wonderful , a new vintage appliance video which are my favorites! ! I’ve never heard of an ice crusher before now I need one & a Margarita ! Cool video! 😉
That's a great idea, and the Daiquiri too for that matter, but you'd need a Waring (get it?) blender to make them in batches. ;-) That's how my Mom's old Waring blender of the 70's wore out. My younger sister making many a Daiquiri in it. :-)
One can never have too many ice crushers. When my mom tells me I have too many, I mention a man on YT who has more than I do. That same ice bucket is in my collection NOS with box. Your Oster all-in-one is really something and I have never seen it.
I have fond memories of my grandma having a Swing a Way can opener mounted on the wall on the back porch and a red Ice O Mat ice crusher right next to it. Great video! :)
Hi GSM! What a nice memory of your grandma's house! The Swing-A-Way is still my favorite can opener of all time and I have one in the kitchen studio and use it frequently. Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks!
Hi Kevin and Ralph! Man, I had forgotten about the ice crusher! I clearly remember that first one, black and white, manually turned. I am seeing this video after Thanksgiving so I hope you both had a fantastic Thanksgiving with your loved ones or friends, or both! I had a great Thanksgiving with all my family present, except one grandson who is in the military and stationed in Alaska- But, he'll be home for Christmas! It has been over a year since he has been home. He has been to Iraq, Afganistan, and Syria since we last saw him. I hope this is a wonderful Holiday Season for you guys and that you make out like bandits in gifts, but more than gifts, I hope you have the spirit of Christmas in your hearts. You are 2 of my favorite guys on TH-cam-I hope you know it. B l e s s i n g s !! :-)
Hi Princess Skate!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and so glad to hear that you were able to celebrate with your family! How great it will be for Christmas to have your grandson there with you again!! I'm sure you miss him! Looking forward to the holiday season, but with everything going on this year, we are not going to worry about presents...the greatest gift of all is good health and all the love from family and friends! Stay warm in Georgia - we've got snow on the ground here in Michigan!
I am loving your videos. Love your studio and all your beautiful vintage items. Also I recently bought a General Electric combination can opener/ice crusher. Haven't used it yet, just got it because it was cute and old. The can opener part works.
Hi Michalene! Yes, the manual ones are quiet and do a pretty good job. Don't some of those electrics make a racket? Glad you enjoyed the tour of ice crushers! Thanks!
I have the swing a way ice crusher but it’s a different color. I use it all the time. I never thought I would but I literally use it every day. I love it.
Those crushers like you used had a suction cup on the bottom that kept them still while you turned the handle. I still use mine because we have well water and I dont want calcium inside my ice maker and water lines on my refrigerator. I grew up with the wall mount ones until we got 'uptown' and got the green one with the clear lower part. We all learned about drinking and alcohol being 'bar tenders' for the neighborhood's parents who gathered every weekend to play penny poker or board games.
We have the first crusher you show, but it is a Maid of Honor from Sears. My mom had one, and rarely used it. We did find the ice crusher disk, with cover for our Sunbeam Mixmaster that goes on the slicer/shredder attachment. It came with a sad rusty shredder attachment, and I only bought it for the ice crusher disc, and cover....also rusty. I cleaned it up, and coated with mineral oil. I've only used it once to crush ice, for a shrimp cocktail buffet dish.... I was horrified when I saw some of the rust bleed through the ice once on the table.
Hi Longhairbear! I've never found the ice crusher attachment for the Sunbeam, and it seems like many of the blender ice crusher accessories were not ideal, the manual crushers seem to work the best, but are the most work! Thanks!
We had a GE electric ice crusher made in the 1970s. It was white plastic outside and it had a drawer at the bottom that pulled out from the front and raising the chute on the top started the motor running. I don't remember it having a coarseness adjustment. It was fairly quiet too. I also remember it dropping little black specks into the ice and at that point I decided to just use cubes from the icemaker.
Hi Jonathan! I never had an ice dispenser, although I had an Amana that had an automatic ice maker. Seems that the dispensers often break or get jammed up over time. I worked at a place years ago that had a big commercial ice machine and it made crushed ice - loved it! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I never had a dispenser either. Just a GE electric ice crusher. We did stay at a house at the beach that had one of those GE fridges with the crushed ice dispenser, but the water there was so bad that we couldn't stand the ice! I also worked at a place that had a Scotsman ice machine. They put a water filter on it and you should have seen what it trapped! Yikes! It was an old 1932 building and the plumbing was ancient.
Your Dazey at 3:29 took me back to my 60s childhood. For a little kid, that gizmo was so much fun to play with - and almost never used for crushing ice ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
Nice job Kevin and Ralph! Surprised you did not have a Hamilton Beach Gourmet Center with the Ice Crusher attachment and Hamilton Beach Blenders had their "Quick-Crusher" attachment for their vintage blenders too. Blender Ice Crusher attachments were not very effective and very noisy! They were meant to operate at the highest speed when crushing ice. My mom still has an Ice-O-Mat Bucketeer the is still mounted on the cabinet above the sink, she bought it about 45 yrs ago! I was the ice crusher, daiquiri maker We were not allowed to drop whole cubes of ice in her blender! "You are making it work too hard! And you will burn it out!" She still has that blender too!
Hi Russ! I don't have a HB Gourmet Center or the attachment for the HB blender, just the Oster and Waring. Yes, do they make a racket! I actually like the manual crushers, although more work, I think they work the best and are by far the quietest! You mom wanted to protect her blender! I'll bet those daiquiris were good! Thanks!
Oh man! We had one of the Oster crushers with the clear plastic container. Lots of daiquiris were made, back in the day! BTW, it was harvest gold, from the early seventies
Hi currentlyretro - getting smells off of things, especially when they have been in a smelly environment for a long time, can be difficult. Try wiping it down with a solution of baking soda and water, or a solution of vinegar and water. This might help cut the smell. Smoking usually leaves a layer of nicotine stains, so if you can clean that off it will get rid of some of the smell.
Ice crushers are so funny, or was it Kevin and Ralph? The Ice Age! I have a Ninja blender with double blades that I use to make ice drinks at various crush levels during the summer! But, I’m a vintage anything nerd at heart!
Hi Melda! The Ice Age! LOL - I love it!! I've heard those Ninja blenders have no problem pulverizing ice - I'll bet those frozen drinks in the summer are wonderful! Thanks so much!
Hi Cj! I don't have any ice crusher stand mixer attachments. They did make them - Sunbeam had one - but I don't have any in my collection (yet!). Thanks!
Hi Andrew! Well, the Waring was fast but it really shot the ice everywhere! Originally it came with a plastic bag that caught the ice. Thanks for watching!
You're welcome. I think Presto was a beand at one time wasn't it? I think I can remember having an airpopper back in my high school days, back in the 1980s.
I'm sure it was painful to Kev for that one ice CRUSHER to break one of its parts on camera. Those things have served their purpose and like most old things should be watched over and appreciated. I'm not that old yet at 63 I might even be a Bionic Boomer I hear... Kevin appears to be in the same ballpark and the directions for the Blender attachment ice CRUSHERS should have been used with the PULSE BUTTON only and not at any high speed because continuously, I do believe the teeth on the blender base are made of a semi hard rubber material so as not to break teeth off when meshing with the teeth at the bottom of the blender vessel if the blades contacted something it couldn't cut, I believe. I have a like new Rival "Vogue" Ice-o-mat I found quite a few years ago and had every intention of using it for cocktails but became concerned about possibly breaking it or putting wear on the black painted parts or corrosion of the plated parts so it sat until recently because my 93 year old mother has a new desire to have crushed ice to much on, I believe it's because of during a hospitalisation for stomach ailment they gave her crushed ice instead of liquid water to quench her thirst so the old Ice-O-Mat is back on the job as it was intended with good old fashion home made ice cubes from the refrigerator. I saw a lot of memories in the background especially the "Electric Skillets" designed for "Cooking Convenience" and the new break through cooking surface coating "Teflon" 😂 so I'll be back to see more by subscribing to your channel. 👍
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you're using your Rival ice crusher. I have a couple of them and they work very well, although noisy, but all these ice crushers make noise. I'm glad it's working well and making nice crushed ice for your mom. You'll find more videos on vintage appliances on the channel so I hope you enjoy them! Thanks!
I like this. I actually have the Ice-o-mat, but a later iteration of it as it's harvest gold instead like your white one. Not certain it was ever used, nor mounted on the wall as it was complete with original wall bracket still attached to the back. Anyway, found mine sans box at the Goodwill in I think 2010-2011 for my now late mother who loved crushed ice. I ended up with it back once she passed on in 2012 so it now finally hangs in my funky old kitchen. :-) I am now able to feature my house on my YT channel, John h Palmer (Little Haus, Big City) and the latest video is not even quite 3 minutes long but a quick intro to the channel. The previous vids are of weather related events that hit us, one was the major fires in the west and how it affected where I lived in Sept, and a year ago, also in Sept an unusual thunderstorm blew through one evening and resulted in some power outages and plenty of flashing lightning and booming thunder for much of the evening. Something we rarely get around these parts due to one missing ingredient, the high humidity that we got in spades that summer. More to come. Anyway, fun to see the variety of these ice crushers, both electric and manual models. I think I've seen the electric ones around from time to time. Dear friends of ours had I think a Daisy version hanging in their laundry room that was off the kitchen in their 1958 built house, complete with the original tubed Nutone intercom too. Don't know if they used it, but it may well have been from the previous owners that they bought the house from in 1969 and lived until Hank was too old to live there by himself and sold it and moved closer to his daughter in California. Both he and his wife have since passed on. I just recall it hanging just inside the laundry room when coming in from the garage. :-)
Hi John! Sounds like you have an Ice-O-Mat from the 70's. They made them in Harvest Gold and Avocado. While they are not called Ice-O-Mat anymore, there is a company that is still making them today. I watched your Little Haus video - very nice! Good luck with the new channel and all the projects you will be sharing with viewers! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Yeah, I figured as much as the harvest gold and avocado gold were late 60's, early 70's. colors. If you looked reeeellllly closely, it's behind the old blue back door out to my laundry room, hanging on the side of the pantry cabinet. That door needs to be removed and the wavy glass saved. It's in sad shape.
Hi Guys! Kim here! I have so many items of days gone by, as my Polish Grandmother kept everything! LOL! I don't know how to contact you, Not tech savvy. You might be interested, please let me know how to contact you. I even have a Kitchen-aid mixer from the 40's I think( It still works). And a ringer washer all used up till my Grandmothers death!(2007) Even thou we had the modern appliances, she's not use them..lol. Her home is a time capsule !
Hi Kim!! I think many Polish grandmothers (mine included) kept everything!! You can email me at cavalcadevintage@gmail.com Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanks!!
Ice culture in the U.S. is fascinating.
A friend of mine, Teddy, was from Poland. When he immigrated to the United States he didn't understand our obsession with ice cold water and drinks. But with time he began to appreciate the luxury of having ice for everything!
After years he was finally able to go back to Poland for a visit. For the trip he brought his own ice tray! His mother shook her head and responded... "You Americans!!"
He thought that was pretty funny!! 🇵🇱
I didn't see the ice crusher from the cottage in this collection. Did it stay with the cottage?
Hi Greg! Yes, we are crazy for ice here in the USA! I take students to Paris every year (couldn't go this year, sadly) and you have to practically beg for ice, and then they give you a glass with two little cubes in it. I tell students in advance they are not going to like the ice but they are going to love the butter! :-) They just don't consume ice the way we do - much like your friend from Poland. I think our love of ice is tied to our love/addiction/excitement of sodas/pop/soft drinks. Pop (as we call it here in Michigan) is a much bigger deal in the US then it is in other parts of the world, primarily because of all the marketing from Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola over generations. The pop is usually shown with beads of condensation running down the bottle or can, or poured into a tall class filled with crystal clear ice cubes. Makes me want one just writing about it!
The ice crusher from the cottage is a white Swing-A-Way, which I have. I showed the same model in the video, but with a brown/white paint job. Thanks!
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Minnesotans say pop also! Well...most of us old timers!
My grandpa called it "Soda Water" he would ask us kids back in the 60's "What kind of soda water you want" being kids of the sixties we were slightly confused as we knew it as Soda's and usually by brand name... Coke, Pepsi, Hires root beer or flavor names Orange Crush, Nesbits Cream Soda and on and on. Later in life and a while after my grandpa's passing it dawned on me Why he referred to Soda's as soda water and that's because in his younger years in the 20's one of his first real jobs was as a "Soda Jerk" at a "Soda Fountain" where the Soda's were nothing but carbonated water, and flavored syrup hand mixed by the soda jerk Who filled a glass with the flavored syrup of the brand of choice and pulled the handle... Hence "Jerk" of the carbonated soda fountain and filled the glass and with a stir made your soda water right in front of your eyes for your Soda drink.
Kev! What a “cool” treat! I love when you share your collection!!!! Can’t wait to see it all in person someday 😔... but til then how wonderful to see on here! My Mom had the white manual ice-o-mat one and I remember when I was younger I found it under the cabinets and took it out just to try it! Sooo cool! Looking forward to seeing more of your collection! 🥰🥰🥰
Jeff xo
Hi Jeff! I really enjoy sharing the collections and for me it sometimes a chance to use an appliance I haven't touched in a long time or perhaps never got around to trying! That what Ice-O-Mat is a favorite! They are a little bit of work but they do a good job and are easy to clean! Thanks so much for watching!
There ought to be a poll taken which would show the number of people with hearing aids today that owned ice crushers back in the day. @13:45 Ralph and I said "whoa" at the exact same time.........love it!!!!!
LOL! Hi wendyw! They should instruct to put ear plugs in before operating these electric ice crushers!! Thanks so much!
I just bought a Swing-A-Way manual model from E-bay. LOVE IT! It is exactly like I remember my parents parties in the 60's! LOL! My job was to crush the ice. My hubbs has been crushing ice for my latest cocktail kick using the baggie + mallet combo. I went to E-bay and found a model like my mom had an it came it today and I love it! I wasn't sure how to use the coarse / fine on it and that is how I happened upon your video! Thank you!
Hi Miriam - so glad you found an old ice crusher like your mom had! Glad you are using it - makes the job easier. I'll bet your husband is glad!!
Looking at that little instruction booklet that came with the appliance, I absolutely love the artwork of those booklets from the 50s and 60s. I buy a lot of them from thrift stores just for the great art and drawings. Not to mention the recipes that were in most of those booklets.
Hi Johnny - there was a lot of work for illustrators back then! The graphics in these old booklets are great. Thanks!
Oh my word I have the 3rd one from left where the cabinet is. I thrifted it and it’s in beautiful shape. I’m so glad I found this channel!
Hi The Miss Tra! Glad you found us! Thanks!
Wonderful , a new vintage appliance video which are my favorites! ! I’ve never heard of an ice crusher before now I need one & a Margarita ! Cool video! 😉
A margarita would be great about now! Thanks, Grace Harpold88!
That's a great idea, and the Daiquiri too for that matter, but you'd need a Waring (get it?) blender to make them in batches. ;-) That's how my Mom's old Waring blender of the 70's wore out. My younger sister making many a Daiquiri in it. :-)
Great content and great video! Thanks for the nostalgia. Such a nice escape from the modern / current times! 🙏🏻👍
Thanks for watching!! Glad you enjoyed the content!
So much fun to revisit the past. Thank you. Ice is ice And ice is nice. Haha
Hi Cindy! Don't think twice, ice is nice :-) Thanks so much for watching!
One can never have too many ice crushers. When my mom tells me I have too many, I mention a man on YT who has more than I do. That same ice bucket is in my collection NOS with box. Your Oster all-in-one is really something and I have never seen it.
Glad you like the ice crushers! They come in handy for a number of things. Once you have a couple, why not 10 more? LOL! Thanks!
I have fond memories of my grandma having a Swing a Way can opener mounted on the wall on the back porch and a red Ice O Mat ice crusher right next to it. Great video! :)
Hi GSM! What a nice memory of your grandma's house! The Swing-A-Way is still my favorite can opener of all time and I have one in the kitchen studio and use it frequently. Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks!
Hi Kevin and Ralph! Man, I had forgotten about the ice crusher! I clearly remember that first one, black and white, manually turned. I am seeing this video after Thanksgiving so I hope you both had a fantastic Thanksgiving with your loved ones or friends, or both! I had a great Thanksgiving with all my family present, except one grandson who is in the military and stationed in Alaska- But, he'll be home for Christmas! It has been over a year since he has been home. He has been to Iraq, Afganistan, and Syria since we last saw him. I hope this is a wonderful Holiday Season for you guys and that you make out like bandits in gifts, but more than gifts, I hope you have the spirit of Christmas in your hearts. You are 2 of my favorite guys on TH-cam-I hope you know it. B l e s s i n g s !! :-)
Hi Princess Skate!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and so glad to hear that you were able to celebrate with your family! How great it will be for Christmas to have your grandson there with you again!! I'm sure you miss him! Looking forward to the holiday season, but with everything going on this year, we are not going to worry about presents...the greatest gift of all is good health and all the love from family and friends! Stay warm in Georgia - we've got snow on the ground here in Michigan!
I need these in my life! Absolutely fantastic!!!
Hi Mama Louise! Yes, you need some vintage ice crushers!! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I know! Lol Thar's going to be my next adventure!!!!
A whole lotta style points going on with whats on that counter right there 👀 😍🤩
You're right about that, Hank! Some amazing designs! Thanks so much!
I am loving your videos. Love your studio and all your beautiful vintage items. Also I recently bought a General Electric combination can opener/ice crusher. Haven't used it yet, just got it because it was cute and old. The can opener part works.
The GE can opener/ice crusher is a fun one - enjoy!!
The first model's were great and not as loud as the blender model's, fun to see some old appliances.
Hi Michalene! Yes, the manual ones are quiet and do a pretty good job. Don't some of those electrics make a racket? Glad you enjoyed the tour of ice crushers! Thanks!
Yep. The mister and I love our holiday cocktails. I usually just use the big cubes, but one of these would still suit us. LOL
Hi Kestrel! There are some fun cocktails that call for the ice to be crushed, hope you and yours get to try some for the holidays! Thanks!
I have the swing a way ice crusher but it’s a different color. I use it all the time. I never thought I would but I literally use it every day. I love it.
Hi Kevin! Glad to know you use your Swing-A-Way ice crusher all the time -they come in handy! Thanks!
How do you clean it?
I think the Rival in Advocado green did the best job. Our first and only electric cam opener was a Rival.
Hi Fred! Rival made some great can openers! Thanks for watching!
@@cavalcadeoffood I just got a 1970s Rival combo electric ice crusher and can opener. I came to the video to find out more about ice crushers.
What great channel! Keep it going Kevin.
Will do, R Ge! Thanks so much!
Those crushers like you used had a suction cup on the bottom that kept them still while you turned the handle.
I still use mine because we have well water and I dont want calcium inside my ice maker and water lines on my refrigerator. I grew up with the wall mount ones until we got 'uptown' and got the green one with the clear lower part. We all learned about drinking and alcohol being 'bar tenders' for the neighborhood's parents who gathered every weekend to play penny poker or board games.
Hi Holly Jaye! What great memories about crushed ice!! Thanks so much!
We have the first crusher you show, but it is a Maid of Honor from Sears. My mom had one, and rarely used it.
We did find the ice crusher disk, with cover for our Sunbeam Mixmaster that goes on the slicer/shredder attachment. It came with a sad rusty shredder attachment, and I only bought it for the ice crusher disc, and cover....also rusty. I cleaned it up, and coated with mineral oil. I've only used it once to crush ice, for a shrimp cocktail buffet dish.... I was horrified when I saw some of the rust bleed through the ice once on the table.
Hi Longhairbear! I've never found the ice crusher attachment for the Sunbeam, and it seems like many of the blender ice crusher accessories were not ideal, the manual crushers seem to work the best, but are the most work! Thanks!
Great Video with lots of cool info! 💟
Thanks, Elizabeth!
We had a GE electric ice crusher made in the 1970s. It was white plastic outside and it had a drawer at the bottom that pulled out from the front and raising the chute on the top started the motor running. I don't remember it having a coarseness adjustment. It was fairly quiet too. I also remember it dropping little black specks into the ice and at that point I decided to just use cubes from the icemaker.
Hi Jonathan! I never had an ice dispenser, although I had an Amana that had an automatic ice maker. Seems that the dispensers often break or get jammed up over time. I worked at a place years ago that had a big commercial ice machine and it made crushed ice - loved it! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I never had a dispenser either. Just a GE electric ice crusher. We did stay at a house at the beach that had one of those GE fridges with the crushed ice dispenser, but the water there was so bad that we couldn't stand the ice! I also worked at a place that had a Scotsman ice machine. They put a water filter on it and you should have seen what it trapped! Yikes! It was an old 1932 building and the plumbing was ancient.
Your Dazey at 3:29 took me back to my 60s childhood. For a little kid, that gizmo was so much fun to play with - and almost never used for crushing ice ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ
Hi Albert - funny how fascinating these gadgets are to us when we are kids! Thanks!
Not sure if you've done a showcase video on vintage stand mixers but that would be neat to see
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Hi John! I've done hand mixers, but haven't got around to doing a stand mixer video yet, but it's on the list! Thanks!
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Yes I remember the hand mixer showcase and really enjoyed that video
And that's great, I can't wait to see what that video brings
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Nice job Kevin and Ralph! Surprised you did not have a Hamilton Beach Gourmet Center with the Ice Crusher attachment and Hamilton Beach Blenders had their "Quick-Crusher" attachment for their vintage blenders too. Blender Ice Crusher attachments were not very effective and very noisy! They were meant to operate at the highest speed when crushing ice. My mom still has an Ice-O-Mat Bucketeer the is still mounted on the cabinet above the sink, she bought it about 45 yrs ago! I was the ice crusher, daiquiri maker We were not allowed to drop whole cubes of ice in her blender! "You are making it work too hard! And you will burn it out!" She still has that blender too!
Hi Russ! I don't have a HB Gourmet Center or the attachment for the HB blender, just the Oster and Waring. Yes, do they make a racket! I actually like the manual crushers, although more work, I think they work the best and are by far the quietest! You mom wanted to protect her blender! I'll bet those daiquiris were good! Thanks!
I had heard of ice crushers growing up, but never knew anyone who had it. We used the hammer method.
I am sure my father would have loved to have one.
Oh man! We had one of the Oster crushers with the clear plastic container. Lots of daiquiris were made, back in the day! BTW, it was harvest gold, from the early seventies
Hi Paul! Harvest Gold was a 70's color, for sure! I can taste those daiquiris now! Thanks!
Just got an Ice-O-Mat that sadly came from a smokers home. Other then NOT buying stuff that smells, how do you get rid of bad smells?
Hi currentlyretro - getting smells off of things, especially when they have been in a smelly environment for a long time, can be difficult. Try wiping it down with a solution of baking soda and water, or a solution of vinegar and water. This might help cut the smell. Smoking usually leaves a layer of nicotine stains, so if you can clean that off it will get rid of some of the smell.
This is so cool and cute. I live it
Thanks, Ana!
Ice crushers are so funny, or was it Kevin and Ralph? The Ice Age! I have a Ninja blender with double blades that I use to make ice drinks at various crush levels during the summer! But, I’m a vintage anything nerd at heart!
Hi Melda! The Ice Age! LOL - I love it!! I've heard those Ninja blenders have no problem pulverizing ice - I'll bet those frozen drinks in the summer are wonderful! Thanks so much!
Hi Guy's, I haven't seen one video that you have done that wasn't interesting. Keep up the good work and Happy Thanksgiving!
Ted
Hi Ted! Glad you find interest in our kitchen adventures - appreciate you watching! Hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Great video guys where the one on stand mixers?
I haven’t seen any ice crusher as a stand mixer attachment lately.
Hi Jeff! I haven't done a stand mixer video yet, but it's on the list! Thanks!
Hi Cj! I don't have any ice crusher stand mixer attachments. They did make them - Sunbeam had one - but I don't have any in my collection (yet!). Thanks!
is the ice o matic made with any lead parts?
Hi laufcra - I can't say - I really don't know. Thanks!
Great video Kevin. Can we see one in the future with electric waffle irons?
Hi MrScottie68! Yes, a waffle iron video is on the "to-do" list! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood great! Looking forward to it. Look up Jackie Kennedy’s waffle recipe up online to try; it’s a knockout! , best I’ve made.
Will you be debuting a new episode on early Thanksgiving morning or has it been a busy week?
Hi Greg - well, I see you saw the episode that went up on Thanksgiving morning! Thanks!
Shouldn't the last one (waring) been called Presto instead?
Hi Andrew! Well, the Waring was fast but it really shot the ice everywhere! Originally it came with a plastic bag that caught the ice. Thanks for watching!
You're welcome. I think Presto was a beand at one time wasn't it? I think I can remember having an airpopper back in my high school days, back in the 1980s.
I'm sure it was painful to Kev for that one ice CRUSHER to break one of its parts on camera. Those things have served their purpose and like most old things should be watched over and appreciated. I'm not that old yet at 63 I might even be a Bionic Boomer I hear... Kevin appears to be in the same ballpark and the directions for the Blender attachment ice CRUSHERS should have been used with the PULSE BUTTON only and not at any high speed because continuously, I do believe the teeth on the blender base are made of a semi hard rubber material so as not to break teeth off when meshing with the teeth at the bottom of the blender vessel if the blades contacted something it couldn't cut, I believe. I have a like new Rival "Vogue" Ice-o-mat I found quite a few years ago and had every intention of using it for cocktails but became concerned about possibly breaking it or putting wear on the black painted parts or corrosion of the plated parts so it sat until recently because my 93 year old mother has a new desire to have crushed ice to much on, I believe it's because of during a hospitalisation for stomach ailment they gave her crushed ice instead of liquid water to quench her thirst so the old Ice-O-Mat is back on the job as it was intended with good old fashion home made ice cubes from the refrigerator. I saw a lot of memories in the background especially the "Electric Skillets" designed for "Cooking Convenience" and the new break through cooking surface coating "Teflon" 😂 so I'll be back to see more by subscribing to your channel. 👍
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you're using your Rival ice crusher. I have a couple of them and they work very well, although noisy, but all these ice crushers make noise. I'm glad it's working well and making nice crushed ice for your mom. You'll find more videos on vintage appliances on the channel so I hope you enjoy them! Thanks!
I like this. I actually have the Ice-o-mat, but a later iteration of it as it's harvest gold instead like your white one. Not certain it was ever used, nor mounted on the wall as it was complete with original wall bracket still attached to the back. Anyway, found mine sans box at the Goodwill in I think 2010-2011 for my now late mother who loved crushed ice. I ended up with it back once she passed on in 2012 so it now finally hangs in my funky old kitchen. :-)
I am now able to feature my house on my YT channel, John h Palmer (Little Haus, Big City) and the latest video is not even quite 3 minutes long but a quick intro to the channel. The previous vids are of weather related events that hit us, one was the major fires in the west and how it affected where I lived in Sept, and a year ago, also in Sept an unusual thunderstorm blew through one evening and resulted in some power outages and plenty of flashing lightning and booming thunder for much of the evening. Something we rarely get around these parts due to one missing ingredient, the high humidity that we got in spades that summer.
More to come.
Anyway, fun to see the variety of these ice crushers, both electric and manual models. I think I've seen the electric ones around from time to time. Dear friends of ours had I think a Daisy version hanging in their laundry room that was off the kitchen in their 1958 built house, complete with the original tubed Nutone intercom too. Don't know if they used it, but it may well have been from the previous owners that they bought the house from in 1969 and lived until Hank was too old to live there by himself and sold it and moved closer to his daughter in California. Both he and his wife have since passed on. I just recall it hanging just inside the laundry room when coming in from the garage. :-)
Hi John! Sounds like you have an Ice-O-Mat from the 70's. They made them in Harvest Gold and Avocado. While they are not called Ice-O-Mat anymore, there is a company that is still making them today.
I watched your Little Haus video - very nice! Good luck with the new channel and all the projects you will be sharing with viewers! Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood Yeah, I figured as much as the harvest gold and avocado gold were late 60's, early 70's. colors.
If you looked reeeellllly closely, it's behind the old blue back door out to my laundry room, hanging on the side of the pantry cabinet. That door needs to be removed and the wavy glass saved. It's in sad shape.
I have the ice-o-mat in mint condition mine is pea green 🥰
What a great color!! Enjoy!
I need that in my life (ice crusher)
Yes, you do! Never know when you'll need some crushed ice! Thanks!
Hi Guys! Kim here! I have so many items of days gone by, as my Polish Grandmother kept everything! LOL! I don't know how to contact you, Not tech savvy. You might be interested, please let me know how to contact you. I even have a Kitchen-aid mixer from the 40's I think( It still works). And a ringer washer all used up till my Grandmothers death!(2007) Even thou we had the modern appliances, she's not use them..lol. Her home is a time capsule !
Hi Kim!! I think many Polish grandmothers (mine included) kept everything!! You can email me at cavalcadevintage@gmail.com Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanks!!
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