Retro cook's tools...

[The Rugged Dude]

True. And here, "braces" are something we use to straighten out teeth!

Good point... and here's another one. I used braces to hold up a wall when I was building my new house this past summer.

Oh, come on... that was funny!!

 

[Dawgluver]

Good point... and here's another one. I used braces to hold up a wall when I was building my new house this past summer.

Oh, come on... that was funny!!

The pants braces, or the teeth braces?

 

[creative]

Braces to hold up a wall?

Well I use the toe section of a pair of tights over the end of a water pipe going into my water butt!
It traps any debris coming down from the pipe i.e. keeps the water clean that goes into the water butt.

I really admire your lifestyle Rugged Dude - more (solar) power to you!

 

[The Rugged Dude]

The pants braces, or the teeth braces?

I used the pants braces... I duct taped them to a 2 x 6 x 8, construction grade spruce. They worked really, really well!!

 

[Mad Cook]

For Mad Cook those would be "braces".

Indeed they would.

And yes, we put "braces" on children's teeth too.

 

[CWS4322]

The only things I have of Mom's are an old orange pitcher that was used for water or Kool Aid from my earliest memories around 1950. It looks like this one:

I also have her old meat grinder that she always used when making hash from leftovers, or when making breadcrumbs from the loaf heels that were saved in a bag until there were enough to make a couple of quart jars full crumbs. I still have all of the parts, including the cutters for 3 different size grinds. Much like this one (only not rusty):

Ahhh...the Fiesta "Koolaid pitcher"!. The only colour of paint/glaze used that was radioactive was the orange!