Name something you had in your childhood kitchen that isn't there today?

[amcnj]

In addition to some items already mentioned by others, we also had a “junk drawer”. It was a double wide drawer that had all sorts of odds and ends. When I had an elementary school project, that drawer was the first place I looked for supplies and inspiration!

 

[barkley]

Tons of little decorations! Our whole kitchen was apple themed, and then it was all chickens.

the first house we bought (in '91) was built in 1961. when we went to remove the kitchen wallpaper it was like a time capsule of decor-there were at least 5 different papers one on top of the other and I would have loved to have seen the kitchen decor that went with each.

I thought of another-shelf paper! no one I know uses the paper anymore.

 

[Peaseblossom36]

the first house we bought (in '91) was built in 1961. when we went to remove the kitchen wallpaper it was like a time capsule of decor-there were at least 5 different papers one on top of the other and I would have loved to have seen the kitchen decor that went with each.

I thought of another-shelf paper! no one I know uses the paper anymore.

When we moved into my great grandparents house in the early 2000s the kitchen was the same! It was so interesting to see the different wallpapers.

 

[Frwinkley]

Orange formica and giant orange and green flowered wallpaper!!

Yes--it was the '70s...

 

[PrincessShmoo]

In addition to some items already mentioned by others, we also had a “junk drawer”. It was a double wide drawer that had all sorts of odds and ends. When I had an elementary school project, that drawer was the first place I looked for supplies and inspiration!

There was a junk drawer in my childhood home. It had spare change, scissors, string, note pads, glue, screwdriver, pliers and a bunch of other random stuff as it varied year to year what we needed to have handy.

In my "grown up" house I have a junk drawer - it mostly has oversized spoons, ice cream scoops, scissors, screwdriver, pilers, a piece of screen door screen, rolling pin, plastic bag clips. Basically anything that doesn't fit into some other drawer.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I thought of another-shelf paper! no one I know uses the paper anymore.

I have shelf paper in my drawers, and on the shelves.

 

[Chupaca bruh]

Electric hot dog cooker. They tasted electrocuted…. Because they were!

 

[Magical2017]

A landline phone, my mom's cookie press and cookie jar, shag carpeting (I don't miss the carpet).

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Besides the landline phone, we don't have a pressure cooker (unless you count the instant pot in the closet)

 

[barkley]

There was a junk drawer in my childhood home. It had spare change, scissors, string, note pads, glue, screwdriver, pliers and a bunch of other random stuff as it varied year to year what we needed to have handy.

In my "grown up" house I have a junk drawer - it mostly has oversized spoons, ice cream scoops, scissors, screwdriver, pilers, a piece of screen door screen, rolling pin, plastic bag clips. Basically anything that doesn't fit into some other drawer.

I remember the junk drawer being the receptacle for all the 'in case we need it' stuff-when the newspaper came the rubber band it was wrapped in went there, when the loaf of bread was used up the twist tie went in there, there's still a quarter of an inch of scotch tape on that roll? don't toss it-put it in the junk drawer.

 

[NannyBeBe]

We still have a landline, even though we all have cell phones.

 

[antmaril]

A milk shoot.

 

[lynxstch]

Mom tried cooking with a stovetop pressure cooker and embedded the valve into the ceiling. I use an electric pressure cooker now and you’re right; a thing of beauty.

This made me laugh. My mother and great grandmother used a stovetop pressure cooker and to this day, I still use mine. I have 2 Presto ones. I tried an electric one, didn't care for it and gave it to my stepdaughter, and went back to using the old school stove top one.

 

[lynxstch]

I have shelf paper in my drawers, and on the shelves.

So do I, in fact yesterday I cleaned out the cabinet where my cookie sheets, pans, and mixing bowls are and put new liner down.

 

[Atlas722]

A microwave oven.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Several things come to mind.
1. Our childhood kitchen had our washer and dryer in it, with a small set of cabinets with countertop between them for folding stuff. Eventually it colletcted a lot of clutter.
2. Orange wall to wall carpeting. Yes, even in the kitchen. Unlike the cool orange shag carpet in the living room, the one in the kitchen was very flat, almost commerical type. It had a pattern in it: a black outline with orange and yellow inside the black part. I'm sure I could dig up pictures. Just hideous. I think my dad and his friend got it as leftovers from a construction job they did. When we'd go to his friend's house around holidays, we were always saying, "Wow, they have the same carpeting as us!"
3. A timer. Back before coffeemakers had clocks and programmable start times, my parents had a general timer set up on their coffeemaker so it would turn on before they woke up. It was similar to what you'd use to have a lamp on a timer. We thought it was genius at the time.
4. A stovetop tea kettle with a whistle when the water was boiling. Avacado green of course. When I was a teenager, I bought my grandmother one for Christmas because her yellow one which matched her 50's kitchen, had its whistle stop functioning somehow. Everyone's tea kettle was the same color as their oven door/cook top/fridge which all lasted until well after I moved out of my parents house. Imgaine kids today knowing only one set of appliances in the house?

On Carousel of Progress, there is a scene that looks exactly like my grandmother's kitchen. The chrome on the kitchen table and chairs. The step stool that had a little seat on top. omg. It just gets me every time. I was fortunate to have her until I was 49. I was in my 40s when she sold her house and moved in with my parents. It wasn't really that long ago since I last saw it. Maybe 15 years ago.


We also had a junk drawer and I still do. Full of pens, pencils, paper clips, rulers, twist ties, box cutters, spare car keys, button batteries.
If I had to get rid of that, I'd be lost.

 

[NYCgrrl]

This made me laugh. My mother and great grandmother used a stovetop pressure cooker and to this day, I still use mine. I have 2 Presto ones. I tried an electric one, didn't care for it and gave it to my stepdaughter, and went back to using the old school stove top one.

It makes me laugh now but at the time I made a mental note to never get a pressure cooker, . Glad I outgrew the feeling

 

[BrianL]

Honestly, it's the same kitchen and mostly the same - even the same layout! If anything, I have a bunch of gadgetry that we didn't have when I was a kid. When I moved back into that house, I set up the kitchen the same way. The microwave was placed there because that's where the microwave goes (I do remember as a kid when we got our first microwave). I guess we didn't have a glass cooktop. A great feature of my kitchen that you don't see much anymore is the old Kenmore trash compacter under the counter - it's still there and still works!

 

[cayennews]

A mixer you cranked by hand. Avocado colored appliances.

 

[Dug720]

Not just a landline phone - a ROTARY DIAL phone!