and shaping into one motion.
And that’s what makes old kitchen gadgets so fascinating.
The Clever Idea Behind It
At first glance, a meatball maker may seem unnecessary.
After all, people had been making meatballs by hand for generations.
But that’s precisely what makes the gadget clever.
It solved a very specific kitchen problem:
How do you make many similarly sized meatballs without spending forever rolling them by hand?
The answer was a small mechanical tool.
No electricity.
No complicated machinery.
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