September 3, 2011
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To All You Antique Lovers.........
My daughter-in -law uses this for making her grape juice. It is a great help. This year we have a very good grape crop in our area. This press is getting a good work out.
Also used for apple cider.
How old do you suppose this press is?
It is at least 100 years old and has been in the family all that time.
Comments (31)
I wish I had one. Hang onto it!
woah ... teerifik!! goes to show ya that "old" things work just fine!! happy grape & cider season!!
@ata_grandma - @windupherskirt - Thanks for your comments. Can you imagine how many gallons of cider and grape juice this has made? Our daughter-in-law makes gallons and gallons every fall and she has for over 20 years.
Wow! I love it!
@Bumblypick - thank you for the comment and how are you? I need to pay you a Xanga visit!
That is a wonderful old thing! What a useful treasure.
@Dominie - Thanks for the comment and yes it is quite the heirloom. How are you today?
Ooh -- that's a wonderful treasure! I'd love to see it in action -- and to smell the wonderful fruit juices it produces!
@Dominie - Beats trumping on the grapes like Lucy did, remember that episode?
@Lucy_or_Ethel - i'm not wild about grape juice but apple cider perks my taste buds!!
I figured, before seeing the picture, that it was going to be one of those with the cone going forwards, and you turn it with a crank. The one I was thinking of, separates the pulp skins and seeds from the juice. They're wonderful too.
@GrannyHummingbird - Our d-i-l also has one of those also she uses for tomato juice
Did you notice that the old things are good ?
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Michel
Simple is better. I love the press - bet it makes the best cider and juice...
@fauquet - The older I get the more I think "older is better" LOL Thanks for the comment. Have a nice weekend.
@murisopsis - It does real well and the juice is lovely, this was an excellent year for our grapes in this area.
It is amazing that it has been in the family that long and is still in use. My husband would love that, he makes grape juice and has to improvise ways to strain the skins and the seeds.
never has come up at our antique mall for sale and I would say,"priceless" love it.
sometimes we get those cabbage boards made of wood with the blade in them at the mall.
@dingdongdingbat - It has seen a lot of use for sure!
@Babyboomerjill - I have one of those boards, grandma called it her kraut cutter. Does anyone make sour kraut anymore?
We have a new(er) cider press, and Noah said he wants to try to press the grapes. I am a bit skeptical, but I've decided to go along with it. So if it works for Trish, it should work for us! We have lots of grapes, so I'm hoping it will make less work and not more!
you got it! I couldn't think of the name... you know some people use those milk cans-you know those big things with handles to cook in. When they want to buy one at the antique mall they want one that the top comes off and the bottom isn't rusted out cause they layer food and cook in it? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
sour kraut-no, my grandparents did but mom said it was just easier to buy out of the can.
Take it to the antiques roadshow and have it appraised! That would be very interesting to know it's history since they usually tell you a little bit about the piece too.
@Babyboomerjill - Jill I have never heard of such a thing to do with milk cans. Interesting. Sounds like it would be rather difficult to serve food out of. About what price do you get for good milk cans with a lid? They are not uncommon here.
@OpalFaoffa - That's an idea!@song_of_praise - We know it is priceless to her to use each fall.Be prepared for your press if wooden to be stained but not damaged by using it for grapes. Nice to hear from you. Someone I know was praising a gooseberry pie she had purchased from you.Torture! She didn't offer me one piece of it! LOL
Very creative. I've never seen anything like that.
@cerwindoris - They were common in this area at one time but few remain in this usable condition. This has been taken good care of and has proved so helpful for my d-i-l and often involves her sons and husband also.
Have a nice weekend Doris!
We have a similar cider press but take them to an Amish farm with a huge press!
@seedsower - Interesting, so you do not use your press at all? Certainly labor saving to get it all over with at one time with a large press. Beats trumping the grapes in a huge barrel with your bare feet like Lucy did.
@Lucy_or_Ethel - at the store $50 but at a garage sale $20 if all rusted and stuff. Yes, I have heard of several people now and they say they layer the poatatoes,carrots,meat, they always make me hungry when they talk about it. lol
You can't find those milk cans here like you used to.
It is amazing that the wood has lasted that long. I could have guessed what it could be used for, but have never seen one like that.!
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