1950s
24 old-school ways to keep your kitchen cool when it’s hot outside
Right from the ’50s, here are some classic tips to keep your kitchen cool when it’s hot outside, plus some easy recipes to help you beat the heat.
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1910s
How to make DIY vinegar: Recipes for 16 flavored homemade vinegars, including raspberry, strawberry, tarragon & celery (1910s)
Here are some homemade vinegar recipes for making your own special fruit and herb vinegars, using things like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, pineapple, mint, onions, celery, tarragon and other foods.
1950s
See what Lucille Ball had to say about her marriage to Desi Arnaz back in 1950
Take a look back at one of America’s favorite comedic couples in this article with Lucy’s byline from April 1950. The focus of her story? Her favorite husband at the time: Desi Arnaz.
1900s
Anyone for radioactive food? You could get it with this X-radium cookware – a mind-blowingly bad product idea from 1905
Back when radium was first discovered, people loved that it was new and cool and it glowed… so companies decided to put it into a variety of products, like this radioactive X-radium cookware. Yeah, that was a bad idea.
1970s
Introducing the microwave oven: Your new kitchen appliance! (1971-1975)
Some microwave oven questions & answers from the early 1970s! Plus tips like: “Just plug it in and turn it on. The food gets hot. The oven stays cool. If you want, you can even cook on paper plates.”
1950s
The Liberator: GE Deluxe Speed-Cooking electric ranges (1955)
Kitchen appliances from the ’50s! The Liberator electric range includes the new automatic surface unit that you “set and forget,” until food is done. Remember, this is the first step toward modern electrical living.
1960s
Who is Suzy Homemaker? (1966)
Who is Suzy Homemaker? She’s every little girl who wants to be just like her mother. That’s why all the Suzy Homemaker appliances look and
1950s
She’ll love these Pyrex gifts the the kitchen! Wouldn’t any woman? (1950)
She will love these Pyrex gifts! The double boiler lets you SEE what’s cooking! Entertaining is fun with these new dishes! Let her make the coffee perfect every time.
1970s
Stainless cookware in the best ’70s colors: harvest gold and avocado
Luxury cookware for your kitchen in Harvest Gold, Avocado Green, Black and Polished stainless.
1950s
Dormeyer portable mixer with 9 speeds! (1957)
It’s a totally new kind of portable. It’s the new 1957 Dormeyer… completely redesigned and styled like a new car! Comes in white, pink, turquoise or yellow with chrome trim.
1960s
McCormick-Schilling spice racks (1964)
Why can’t they stay put? What McCormick-Schilling Gourmet Spices do to and for foods is so intriguing, it’s no wonder they’re always in use! Sure
1970s
Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker (1977)
Rival Crock-Plate The Rival Crock-Plate multi-purpose cooker has a high-fired stoneware plate that does the work of several appliances. You can panbroil, bake, poach, steam,
1970s
Genuine original Crock-Pot Slow Cookers (1972-1973)
All-day roast, all-night cereal, Mom’s-gone-shopping casserole S – L – O – W electric stoneware cooker There’s no other cooker anywhere like the one and
1950s
Glamorous, glorious pink enameledware (1956)
High, high style — at a low, low price Special limited time — all 3 nested sauce pans — $1.19 Federal glamorous, glorious pink enameledware
1970s
Enter the Cuisinart (1977)
Appliances: Gourmet breakthrough Once it was the perquisite of only the grandest gourmets — perfect for pureeing some chestnuts, perhaps, or creating an insouciant little
1800s
Cooking with the new ‘electricity’ (1892)
Cooking by electricity The woes of the long suffering housekeeper are now about to vanish. The comforts of home are to be secured without any
Vintage food & drink
Vintage recipes: Cooking terms and definitions
Apollinaris water: A naturally sparkling mineral water from Germany. (Read more) Comfits: Candy-coated nuts, seeds, fruits or spices. (Jordan almonds would be considered large comfits.) Forcemeat: A
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