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In the vintage appliance thread there's an ad for the Boss 1946 Kerosene Range. Does anyone know how those stove performed/ worked? Wouldn't they have stunk up the entire house? What sparked my question was my parents bought an older home in 1958 then less than a year later sold and moved to a...

thanks!! I've always loved old magazines!! I'm always amazed at the number of products that are still in production today. Thanks for uploading!

rare treat I haven't eaten a TV dinner is so many years I can't remember when. My mother would buy them as a treat, usually on a Friday night and was allowed to eat in the living room off a TV tray and watch TV. I don't ever recall my mother serving them to my father and doubt he ever ate one...

Re: Post 1046400 Icyball Anyone have an ideal on how the Icyball worked? Ad says uses no electricity or gas, but it can freeze up to 14 ice cubes.Thanks!!!

funny you posted this. I was thinking the same thing about 2 weeks ago. As I've aged I have learned that more is not always better. So now I read the directions rather than just pouring whatever "looks about right". I've noticed lately that I'm using more..like double the amount. I thought it...

Dash was all my mother ever used. Although she passed in 1988 after an extended illness I think Dash was still being manufactured. I suspect she started using Dash in the late 50's when she and my father got their first WH stacking units. I want to say she told the story the washing machine...

stove top and electric percolators I'm embarrassed to admit...but I just run some bleach water in all of mine. after a few minutes they look like new; of course rinse well with cold water after soaking.

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don't laugh but it works cut a few squares of wax paper or foil maybe 3 inch x 3 inch...place 1 tablespoon of corn meal in the center. put the squares around where ever you're having a problem. The ants eat the corn meal then explode. I told the person that told me about this they were crazy...

as late as 1989 In 1989 My first job out of college was in rural south Arkansas. I was on a party line: I had the special ring..long forgotten. I really don't every remember it being a problem. Now on the other hand..my sweet grandmother lived in rural Tennessee..she was on a party line and...

dumpster I had a Waring beehive blender...it was a birthday present a few years back. It was cheap junk...leaked and made a mess every time I used it...about 6 months ago I tried to use it and ended up putting the damn thing in the dumpster. That was one appliance I didn't feel least bit sad to...

Veleeta fudge I remember my mother made it one Christmas back in the day..it was gross to say the least; but then I was a child. About 2 years ago one of the sweet church ladies brought some to the church for the staff. OMG! it was even grosser (if that is a word) than I'd remembered. Veleeta...

Sanding sugar Speaking of cookies...does anyone know how to get the same "heavy" sugar on cut out cookies at home like the bakery does?/tks

My mother's veg soup I didn't realize Veg soup could be so much work. My mother made veg soup and cornbread a lot during the winter it was: 1 can V8 juice 2 pks frozen mix veg 1 bay leaf salt/pepper 1 pk stew meat She put all the above in the crock pot, let it cook all day, made a skillet of...

gas and yellowing Is it true gas dryers yellow clothes? We had a Norge gas dryer for a number of years and never recall my mother complaining about yellow clothes. I don't know anyone now that has a gas dryer except the laundry matt

It can be gross..but I love all of mine. I have a dutch oven that's at least 150 years old and several size skillets and a cornbread stick skillet from great grandmother, and grandmother. My father's second wife didn't wash her cast iron skillets..I opened the storage drawer one day and found...

I watched my aunt used one all the time. She always bought cheap cuts of meat and would always pressure them. My mother and grandmother were like a lot of others and were scared of them. Of course my grandmother canned everything and certainly didn't use today's "approved methods". I have 2 PC...