Dude I grew up in the 60s when my mother had this bad boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA It's called

Dude I grew up in the 60s when my mother had this bad boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJbkZlGjiA It's called the Braun Küchenmaschine (kitchen machine) and you could slice gherkins, grind coffee, knead dough, mix banana milk, 1000s of things. You can still buy these things (well their updated versions). This was a real tank; I sold it later and wouldn't be surprised if it's still alive and kicking (or kneading, as the case may be); at least the proud mom-of-a-grownup who bought it from me on the flea market had that glad acquisitive glint in heir eyes when handing over the money.