This is another nostalgic clickbait headline. It doesn’t actually identify the kitchen item, and the wording “almost every home had one” is designed to make you click to reveal the answer.
Without a photo or the rest of the article, there isn’t enough information to know what object they’re referring to. It could be anything from a vintage hand mixer or pressure cooker to an old-fashioned kitchen scale, enamelware, or manual can opener.
If you send me the picture or the text after “Find Out What It Is,” I can identify it and tell you what it was traditionally used for.
