What is the oldest piece of kitchen equipment that is still going strong?

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I have a magimix bought for us 26 years ago that I use almost every day. Ditto a Le Creuset pot bought in France pre-kids, so must be over 26 years old.

My grandmas potato peeler - must be 50 years old!

My mum also has this exact book from 1900
she uses it for all her basic recipes. It makes banging Yorkshire puddings with beef dripping.

I started collecting the Pyrex 3 years ago and it’s all mainly from charity shops and car boot sales!

I bloody love the hunt!

I have a dualit toaster that must be at least 25 years old if not older and a Magimix around the same age.

A scone cutter that my great grandfather made

I have an electric food warmer from the late 1980s that still works but isn't used as often as it used to be.

I have a cookery book from the mid 1980s, it's a Marks and Spencer book and is dog eared tot he point of falling appart.

I love this thread.

I’ve got some cutlery and wooden spoons from my grandparents but the oldest items that are actually mine are my le creuset pans. My parents got me a full set (volcanic orange) in 2000 and of course they are still great despite daily hammering. They will outlive me, that’s for sure.

I've got my Nan's Singer hand crank sewing machine from 1939. Still sews brilliantly.

I still use the stand mixer my nan got as a wedding present in 1946! Looks similar to the pic.
Nan also had longevity and lived to be 102.

I so, so wish I still had my mum's old Singer with the 'shuttle' bobbins that I learned to sew on. Alas, it was given away at some point. It was a brilliant machine 😢

My mum's old rolling pin and a grater - they must be about 50 years old. I still use my first bread knife from 1986. I got a Kenwood mixer as a present around the same time but, when my partner moved in, he had a slightly more up-to-date one so gave mine to his sister. I'm still a little irked by that.

Oh, and I also have a food processor from 1992 that's still going strong!

I am still using the carving knife that my parents had as a wedding present in 1948. It gives me a connection to Sunday roasts from my childhood.

These are all lovely, thank you 😊

My argos value electric whisk. I bought it in 2009

Some of these photos look very familiar!

I have a wooden shortbread mould and a rolling pin that belonged to my grandmother. They'd belonged to her own mother, who had handed them on to her when she'd got married in the early 1930s. I've also got a bone handled breadknife that's reported to be even older than that and belonged to a more distant ancestor, but it's not "going strong", the serrations have worn flat and it wouldn't cut butter. I can't get rid of it while my mother is still alive because sentimental value.

Kenwood Chef from 1987 now in DDs possession, going strong.
1920s Singer hand crank, though I don’t use it much now, I made fabulous stuff for DD when she was little.

I wouldn't say any of my kitchen is 'going strong'. Going fucking wrong more like! The actual kitchen cabinets are about 42 years old. The newest thing we have is a seven year old broken fridge freezer!

Mixing bowls that were my great grandma’s and also her cookbooks

A very old Pyrex casserole dish (white with orange flowers if anyone remembers these 😂). It was my grandma's, then my mum's and now mine. No idea how old it is, but I'm 60 and I remember my gran making steak pie with shortcrust pastry topping in it 😍

It still looks newish I guess...no obvious marks or cracks. I really hope it lasts and my own daughter has it 'after me' ☺️

1962 Kenwood chef that was Mum's and is still working though I admit I did buy a new one that has a bigger motor and fine speed control a few years back! But can't bear to part with the old one.

My le creuset pots are around 25 years old and going strong, used at least weekly. I've also got a cast iron frying pan and a silver cake slice from my parents wedding 50 years ago and my granny's silver tea strainer from her wedding around 80 years ago - they get used less frequently.

I've got some antique crockery and cutlery but I don't feel that counts really.

Oldest thing I know the heritage of exactly is a mug that my mum was given when she went to university in about 1960. I use it as a pen pot though I really don't want to break it.

Oldest thing in frequent use by me is a nice dark blue soup bowl that's a squarish shape that my dad bought me as part of my going to university stuff from Habitat. It's been used multiple times a week for various things since 1997. I'm really fond of it and I love that it's survived so many moves. I'm really clumsy so it's done very well to make it this far.

I love this thread!

A blender that's at least 30 years old

Oh and I still have my potato peeler from
university - bought from ikea nearly 30 years ago. I still use it when peeling veg, I've looked for a replacement many times but they don't do it anymore,

My granny was born in 1889 and my family is from the home of the Mason Cash/TG Green potteries. She had mixing bowls, cruet set, sugar bowls and spoons as a wedding present. I still have and use them.