What is the oldest cooking item you still use?

OT answer: my wife is close to 30

FDB answer: I've got a saute pan that I think came from Sam's almost 20 years ago. That's it until I can finally convince my dad to give me the Dutch oven that was his mom's from probably the 1940s or 1950s.

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my grandma's cast iron skillet

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yep. mine is from the 1930s if not earlier.

I have a good number of pieces of cast iron that are in excess of 100 years old. One piece is from an uncle's mother...her husband fought in the Civil War. I have know idea of its actual age, but that skillet may be over 150 years old.

I've got my grandmother's magnalite pot from the 50's or 60's

I have some old corningware baking dishes that belonged to my grandma.

Gumbo / soup hammered aluminum 10 at pot.
Marking on the bottom is a four leaf clover with Hammered above and Aluminum below.
I’m 70 and remember my mom using this pot.
My dad gave it to me after mom passed in 1993.
My have been her mom’s pot.

My Great Grandfather, who was unable to enlist due to a medical issue, worked for Naval Ordnance here in Louisville in the 40s manufacturing torpedo tubes, gun mounts, etc. during the war. He made a biscuit cutter for my Nanny who made biscuits multiple times a week and complained she couldn't find a good, durable biscuit cutter.

Still cutting biscuits, cookies, etc. almost 80 years later.



I have a cornbread stick cast iron setting that's about 10 years older than the biscuit cutter. But it's not nearly as cool to talk about.

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yep. mine is from the 1930s if not earlier.

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same here, i use it for my bacon and eggs exclusively.

I have a cast iron pot with wooden handle that was my great grandmother’s and is over 100 years old. I also have an Italian single-cup coffee pot and Korean teapot both from the 1940’s that my world traveling great auntie left me when she passed. My cousins thought it was an unusual gift, but I used to meet her for coffee and tea on mornings when I had late class at LSU so it was very sentimental for me.

I have a large cast iron jambalaya pot that belonged to my great grandfather. I use it probably twice a year. I cant say exactly but its got to be more than 100 years old. Its one of the old pots - 3/8 to 1/2 thickness.

Have various other cast iron skillets and corn bread skillets of varying sizes that are the same make and probably close to the same age in storage that I need to drag out and season. One of those projects you never find time for.

Various pots and pans that are 40-50+ that belonged to my grandmother then mother.

ETA: Another thread but I also have quite a few of my great grandfathers, grandfathers hand tools as well. Hand drills, saws, hammers (heads obviously), pipe wrenches, etc.