Trivia question

[4V50 Gary]

What kitchen technology found in many modern American kitchens may be traced to old weapon technology?

I'm not asking about radar & microwave. I mean centuries old.

 

[xandi]

A knife

 

[Aguila Blanca]

The answer better be firearms-related or you'll have to warn yourself and close your own thread ...

 

[Marco Califo]

In vino veritas

 

[4V50 Gary]

Hint: What innovation during the flintlock era is used today?

 

[Marco Califo]

Matches, Caps, igniters, Primers.

 

[4V50 Gary]

Nothing to do with ignition.

 

[HiBC]

Well,casting balls uses a little iron pot and a ladle,but I keep lead out of my cooking.
I thought about a coffee grinder,nah. Funnel for cleaning?Nah.

How about a corkscrew?Trying to pull a ball? Not saying your average corkscrew will work well as a worm..but

 

[blackwidowp61]

sifter or sieve

 

[4V50 Gary]

Next hint: If you're modern, you use it to make cake/cookies/brownies.

 

[K_Mac]

What is pre-measured ingredients Alex?

 

[4V50 Gary]

It's not the appliance but the military innovation the appliance uses.

 

[lefteye]

lard . . . or. . . yeast

 

[HiBC]

scale?

Brownies,cakes,and cookies? Standard measuring spoons and cups? A mixing bowl? Wooden spoon? Spatula? Mixer? Oven? Timer? Sifter? Greased cookie sheet or cake pan?

Prepackaged mix?

 

[Marco Califo]

Die stamping sheet metal.

 

[MagnumWill]

Explosion welding pans?

(Yes, that’s a thing)

 

[4V50 Gary]

I'm calling it a night.

Socket bayonet technology is used to attach those fixtures to your mixer!

OK, boo, boo, boo.

 

[Marco Califo]

Fix Mixer Blades.

Charge!

Battle cry of the doughboys.

 

[RETG]

Unfair, I have never had a need for a mixer; nor have I ever used one.

 

[4V50 Gary]

I only noticed it when I decided to try a 19th Century pound cake recipe from CivilWarTalk.com