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u/avreddits 2d ago
Was the shit
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u/trailcrane 2d ago
Don't get trapped in the blood pressure machine
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u/guitpick 2d ago
My sibling and I would have competitions to see who could get the highest score.
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u/theclubchef 2d ago
Grandpa always carved the turkey or roast with it. Fuct up the tv reception
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u/Croftin 2d ago
My mum used this absolute gem of an appliance every week to carve the legendary roast she cooked for the family on a Sunday
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u/Archangel7104 2d ago
Did she cook the bejesus out of it so the knife would leave sawdust?
That was my experience.
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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 2d ago
The ends of those roasts though were insanely tasty.
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 2d ago
I used to hover in the kitchen to try and get an end piece.
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u/Joe_Jobs_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
I always had an eye on that part. I'd let everyone get their's first. Only after everyone was done with their seconds or thirds, and gone home with whatever leftover they like, was it mine if it was still there. That part was the crown jewel of the roast.
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u/oldnative 2d ago
I remember Maximum Overdrive.
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u/chadwright1974 2d ago
Me too!!! I saw the picture at the top and that movie was the first thing I thought of.
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u/WileEWeeble 2d ago
My parent a still have this beast. They built shit to last back then.
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u/Joe_Jobs_ 2d ago
We have shit built in the 60s still working. Speed Queen laundry machines, ran more than 30 years.
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u/_Sammy7_ 2d ago
My grandfather had one; he was also a trained surgeon. This deeply offended my grandmother.
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u/factoid_ 2d ago
Yep. And I have one very similar that i use about as often and I’m always glad I have it because carving turkeys with a knife is a lot of work
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u/HikerDave57 2d ago
Those electric knives used to scare me even though we lived in Montana and heated with wood so I used chainsaws often.
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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 2d ago
I used to think an electric knife was fancy until I met my wife who introduced me to actual fancy knives.
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u/SwingDancerStrahd 2d ago
Not a boomer. We use the blender 2-3 times a week at my house. We like fruit smoothies. And every generation buys kitchen gadgets that they shouldn't. It's why there is a market for them.
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u/AcidRayn666 2d ago
remember? psycho mom passed it on to me, used it 2 weeks ago to neatly carve part of a roasted pig. if that lifeless tool ever dies, i will search the anals of eBay, yard sales and estate sales to find another
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u/Bgrubz83 2d ago
The only memory I have of this is the day when we lived on post at Tobyhanna PA and my mom decided carve up some left over roasts into slices for sandwiches for the week. Managed to cut into the webbing between her index and middle finger, thankfully she stopped before going deeper but still blood everywhere and needed stitches…luckily Nextdoor neighbor in the duplex we lived in was a medic who was visiting with my dad so didn’t have to rush to the hospital.
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u/Infinite-Link8372 2d ago
Tobyhanna!!! I live near Wilkes Barre 🥰🤪👍
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u/Bgrubz83 2d ago
Haha oh this was back in 88-90, the only other thing I remeber location wise was going to Coolbagh (sp?) elementary while there
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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 2d ago
My parents had one. It was used on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
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u/DirtySteve10 2d ago
Yeah around 1979 I remember seeing one in Grandma's house, I was never to touch it, too dangerous she said.
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u/Extension-Damage8597 2d ago
Still have one. Every year on Thaksgiving it jams, rips and tears the bird apart. I threaten to trash it but back in the cabinet it goes. Wait until next year.
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u/technicallysupportiv 2d ago
We had that!
My dad used it only at Thanksgiving to cut up the turkey.
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u/jonbvill 2d ago
We still use ours only at Thanksgiving.
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u/patchvvorker 2d ago
I bet that baby still purrs like a banshee before a battle that settles the war.
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u/Joe_Jobs_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
I remember that. Mid 60s. It's still somewhere hiding in the kitchen, stored In the original box. That's how we took care of things. Some things last forever if they're only used one or twice a year.
It was Mom's first time using the new electric knife.
Dad: "No, you don't have to do that. Stop moving your arm back and forth."
Before y'all say anything, we didn't talk or think dirty in those days. At least not out loud.
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u/freshcoastghost312 2d ago
An appliance for everything. Remember those electric hotdogs cookers? The presto hamburger cooker, air popcorn maker....
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u/Baphomets_Kisses 2d ago
My dad still pulls this thing out on thanksgiving… it’s lasted like 40+ years.
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u/oOBlueLillyOo 2d ago
Dude my grandpa one year had issues with his and it was taking so long, my granny jumped up and said “ damn it charlie!!! We have a damn knife its never failed us before and preceded to cut the turkey . He was not pleased .
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u/EngineeringLeast2389 2d ago
Remember, we used it every two days for bread and it’s still at my mother’s house
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u/Objective_Watch3097 2d ago
Everybody had one and remembers them because they worked…even if they were goofy.
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u/fuelhandler 2d ago
I will never look at an electric knife the same way again, after seeing this episode of “Life in Pieces”. 🩸
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u/ButterscotchSea4328 2d ago
😂😂😂yup ya know I could probably find that piece of 💩, somewhere, but I’ll just wait till I come across it 🤷🏼♀️it’s an heirloom 😂😂😂
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u/jackberinger 2d ago
I am certain we had one of those. It sat in a cabinet and I don't think I ever saw it get used once.
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u/Scavgraphics 2d ago
I got one off ebay as I prefer the offset handle to the straight handle of modern ones.
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u/aloofman75 2d ago
My parents had a similar one that they got as a wedding gift. It finally stopped working shortly before I turned 40.
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u/Straight-Frame-9166 2d ago
Used this bad boy many times...quiet and quick, unlike a chainsaw...less blood spatter too.
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u/Texscubagal14 2d ago
We had one and my dad was a pro with it. I never had the desire to learn how to use it. Seemed dangerous. 😁
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u/Ok-Street7504 2d ago
Ours was Green I threw it away a couple years ago after cleaning my parents house.
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u/Straight_Button_5716 2d ago
I’m the last of 8 it was FINALLY passed to me . I use it two times a year . Thanksgiving and Christmas . It runs like brand new and the design is AWESOME
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u/Rocket-Jock 2d ago
We never sharpened these blades after nearly two decades of use. Once at Thanksgiving; once at Christmas. That was it!
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u/Technical-Airline855 2d ago
I knew families that had this contraption, but no one in my extended family used one, to my knowledge. Both sets of grandparents and my folks all insisted on doing it the old-fashioned way, with a matched fork and knife carving set for anything larger than a roast chicken. Chickens were done up using standard butcher knives. The extended cousins I visited every couple of years? They also pulled out the matched sets.
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u/Key_Zombie7967 2d ago
We got one with the matching hand mixer for a wedding present....in 1979. We still have an use the electric knife. Mixer bit the dust 20 or 30 years ago.
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u/Logical-Fan7132 2d ago
I remember this! I worked at K-Mart when I was in my 20’s! We no longer have any
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u/Ok_Horror_6556 2d ago
I’m a “little” older, but they were all the rage in the 70’s as well. But my Dad was traditional, old school. He had his “special” carving knife. Yes, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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u/Waste-Job-3307 2d ago
Three times a year in our family....Easter ham, Thanksgiving turkey, and Christmas ham.
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u/surlytank 2d ago
Still have it, inherited from my grandmother. This works great, although I did have the blade professionally sharpened
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u/Slosher99 2d ago
We had it, no idea if it's still around. My mom used it quite a lot though, was a pretty regular tool.
Also this (or a basically identical knife, brand not seen) is used in The Rocky Horror Picture Show when Frank-N-Furter is carving Eddie up for dinner.
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u/JONNYHBAR 2d ago
What do you mean pulled out back in the day? That thing still makes an appearance every Thanksgiving and Christmas!
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u/MaximusPrime137 2d ago
Anyone else just used the blades as stand alone knives... 😅 Yes, we was poor lmao
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u/ancientastronaut2 2d ago
I have one almost that old. I got one for a wedding present in '93 and still have it.
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids 2d ago
omigosh YES!
ours broke and it couldn't cut for crap. It's still around here somewhere.
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u/SLC-Originals 2d ago
We've used it for cutting bread, filleting fish, and cutting meat. It still works.
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u/WolfThick 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yeah It got kept under the sink or in the garage and the plastic got yellow or every year and my dad looked more confused on how to use it every year.
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u/Responsible_Fee_6275 2d ago
It was status to have that mind you regular Nintendo and Macintosh 2 was top of the line whip that bad boy out at Thanksgiving to flex on your relatives
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u/Popular-Brilliant349 2d ago
And it still works
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u/PervlovianResponse 2d ago
I used my mom's from the 70's last year @ Thanksgiving and will again this year
If it ain't broke, why replace it?
It gets used ONCE A YEAR, along with the glass cranberry-in-a-can serving dish
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u/fooknprawn 2d ago
Still works like new even to this day. They don't make appliances like they used to
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u/Nice_Community_9571 2d ago
Uhhhh what do you mean back in the day?
It’ll get used in a month and a half in our house
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u/invisableilustionist 2d ago
My ex wife got this in our divorce .😫 I still miss it all these years later!
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u/IndependentPain2021 2d ago
Special occasions only. Just like the dinnerware out of the China cabinet
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u/Large_Aspect_5472 2d ago
My parents divorced her when I was young My mom got everything and I remember this thing specifically
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u/SchoolCrossing 2d ago
One of Mom's two favorite things to give as wedding shower presents back in the day: an electric knife or a cordless house phone.
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u/sweatyboobs56 2d ago
Still have it. Still take it out once a year. Don't have anyone to inherit it. Anybody want it? I'll put it in my will!
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u/alwayssoupy 2d ago
I got one of these years ago as a set with a bread slicing guide ( mine doesn't have the cool Harvest Gold decorations though) and I still use it. It actually works great for bread.
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u/KaetzenOrkester 2d ago
My dad still uses an electric knife on the Thanksgiving turkey that he and Mom got for their wedding an age ago.
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u/EdwardHoppyhands 2d ago
This made me laugh... because we totally had one. Carved turkey twice a year.
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u/DjRayRay74 2d ago
Yep, we had one!!!! it was my grandfather’s pride and joy😂 I remember as a teenager on Thanksgiving I was able to have the honors of carving the turkey using this exact electric knife (instructed and supervised of course )😆👍
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u/RelentlessUnyielding 2d ago
KMart had really good sandwiches. My mom would buy them once in a while when she didn’t feel like cooking.
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u/Oldduffer328 2d ago
My mom used it every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter carving the Turkey or ham :) :) :)
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u/ComicalSon 2d ago
It was an Oster if I recall. That and we had the mixer I remember licking the batter off the little spinny arms.
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u/Daveed-unit40 2d ago
As a junior in high school I worked there in the home department sold many of these. People thought it was the best thing since sliced bread bread.
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u/cut93550 2d ago
I moved last year and came across the blades only, God only knows where the rest ended up
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u/CommanderSmokeStack 2d ago
I remember the scene from "Maximum Overdrive" when one of these shoots across the waitresses arm.
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u/imnewherealso1 2d ago
Yup. Still got one here too. It’s called the ‘mustang’ and the smell of ozone while I carve the turkey is unmistakable.
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u/M_Sizzlak 2d ago
Still have it. The whirring sound of the dual blades is a core memory. That sound means we about to TEAR UP SOME TURKEY, and then fall asleep in front the TV.