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Default Gallery Of Mid - Century Food Illustrations

Goomba38 wrote:

> wff_ng_7 wrote:
>
>> Bewitched Kitchen and Stove:
>> http://www.1164.com/set/tv/kitchen/index.html
>> Tappan Stove Ad: http://www.plan59.com/decor/decor056.htm
>>

> I love seeing the older appliances and gadgets!! One shot showed the
> glass pyrex coffee pot my mother used for ages. She routinely broke
> one piece or another and was always having to buy replacement parts,
> but they were common place then. I recall she had to use a wire heat
> diffuser thingie between the burner and the glass pot. Did anyone else
> use those coffee pots?
> Goomba


Horrible bloody things, though we thought they were terrific at the
time. They stewed the coffee, but. The plunger pot was a godsend - we've
still got one of those.

Christine