Historical information

This meat mincer was made in a period where hand operated mincing and blending machines were only available for household mincing meats and blending ingredients up to the 1960s. Electrical kitchen based whitegoods were rare in areas where the connection to electricity was intermittent or not at all.

Significance

This is an example of a ubiquitous domestic item, used to reduce the costs of food and to enable the use of left overs.

Physical description

Funnel type feed to a horizontal screw feed mechanism operated by a hand crank.