Mystery ANTIQUE Gadgets. HowToCookThat

Check out these antique gadgets. Are they clever or would you never use them?
Hi I am Ann Reardon, How to Cook That is my youtube channel it is filled fascinating food science and crazy sweet creations made just for you. This week we are testing out antique gadgets like the marmalade chopper, french opera glasses and an antique optimus magic lantern. Join me for a new episode every second Friday.

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[mjanmarino]

Always love ending a tiring work week with a HTCT video. ❤

[foxtwo]

I give Ann a "Clever"! Restoring that projector so beautifully, and getting it to work perfectly, must have taken so much work and patience that she hasn't shown us, it could be a whole video on its own!

[brinncognito]

“Kids these days don’t appreciate a good kaleidoscope!” As an appreciator of a good kaleidoscope, I tend to agree with you. Also Viewmasters.

[zalba]

Opera glasses definitely are still a thing. Most bigger opera houses usually have them for rent at the wardrobe. And if there‘s ever a led screen on an opera stage it would be just used for some weird artistic concepts by the director 😂

[jpe]

I remember “liquid light shows” at Pink Floyd concerts in the late ‘60s (made with a similar process of colored water/oil and an opaque (or overhead) projector). I thought it was something new and innovative, but I now see the band was just updating a long tradition of accompanying these kinds of projections with music. The music was new and innovative (“Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun” remains one of my favorite songs) but the liquid light show was a continuation of a long tradition. Ann, thank you so much for sharing this bit of history, and beautiful work restoring that projector.

[AlexanderSaka]

It’s always such a lovely reminder that people have always been clever and inventive just working with what they know at the time. Thank you for treating these inventions with the care they were crafted with. 💛

[silevee]

Ironic that you went to see a performance of Turandot with the Nessun dorma aria - "None shall sleep" when everyone in your party, but Dave, was falling asleep!

[theoriginalquinnpiper]

I knew about Magic Lanterns but have NEVER seen that "tank" idea before - how wonderful! Thanks so much for building it and showing us your experiments :) Extra Clever!

[CullenCraft]

That magic lantern is amazing! There is still a community of "analog light show" projectionists who make visuals for psychedelic shows live on stage with clear plates, colored oil, and an overhead projector.

[tme]

The first one reminds me of the old school pencil sharpeners that I had in elementary/primary school 😂

[saudades]

The part with the projector and Ann's explanation was such a cool history and art lesson and so entertaining that I forgot this was a video of clever or never

[Crazakun]

I was so excited to see the magic lantern! I studied archiving and audiovisual media preservation, and pre-photography antiques are so fascinating! Really loved your dedication to demonstrating how magical it was for people back in the day.

[Kamakshi.j]

Wow what an amazing episode! Thanks Ann, Dave and the entire team for making it happen! You guys are just lovely!

[RaeCarson]

12:00 I love how at this point, Dave's look directly into the camera is somewhere between fascination, disgust, and mischief. You can practically hear him thinking "Live experiments, you say?"

[pattycake]

I loved the little boy blowing bubbles. And you are very clever at loads of stuff. Great job

[mothyoak]

Dave slowly turning to deadpan the camera at 12:58 killed me

[standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

1:29 having made citrus peel on many occasions, I am very impressed by the manual tool! After falling in love with an old meat grinder when I was dependent on venison & elk (not at all a deprivation, game is tasty & healthy, but financially I couldn’t afford to go buy ground beef anytime I wanted it, when I had cuts of game already. Freshly ground meat is pretty fantastic & made me appreciate that old cast iron grinder so much. We really like lasagna and spaghetti and tacos and are not cut of meat + potatoes people.

[arwen-_-E.M.P.]

Antique things will forever be interesting.
I appreciate the addition of the typewriter-
Even when it was present in videos that
Weren’t necessarily antique related:)

[Tala_Masca]

I've got an projector with coloured oil slides! Bought it about 40 years ago. It still works which is quite good for something from the 80s. I use it regularly, as a big light on the wall.

[paranoiaprincess]

As an unconventional artist, I find that projector to be extremely amazing. It's sheer existence inspired me like crazy. I wouldn't be able to use it in my current series as it's kind of the opposite. I make 3d canvas art using various materials such as acrylic painted and unpainted yarn, watercolour painted watercolor paper, beads, and even toilet paper maché to create an environment of a mythological woman's favorite things either silhouetted, blurred or bokkeh in the background, or in focus and popping off the canvas to create it's own foreground, pushing the subject herself into the mid-ground. I call it _Wondrous Women With Their Treasured Things_ (I have two pieces in my yt shorts if anyone is interested)

All that said, I also love and would absolutely dabble with glass art of all forms if I had the room to do so. It's not an easy feat to store multiple sheets of unfinished glass safely lol. So something of that size would be amazing! Not to mention that machine is SO much more beautiful than the projectors we have in classrooms now.