Ice cream disher (sandwich style) or slice molder

In Collections: Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project Museum Objects

Historical Note: This is one of the more than two dozen styles of sandwich dippers that were made during the 1920s. Ice cream sandwiches were very popular during this period and were made both at soda fountains and at home. Ice cream that was purchased for home use during that time period was sold in bricks (not in bulk) and the ice cream was simply sliced off from the brick and then placed inside wafers, so these sandwich dippers were not used in homes. Instead, sales of these utensils were pitched to soda fountains and ice cream parlors (300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles, 5th edition, 2003, by Linda Campbell Franklin, page 283). In order to use the slice molder, ice cream was dipped or scooped into the end of the utensil and when the lever on the handle was pulled, the ice cream emerged in the shape of the metal form, ready to be put between two wafers.

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