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I do but I do it with care. I can on my smoothtop all the time. This is how I do it: 1. I have an All American Pressure Canner. It has a flat bottom. As I understand it, the big Presto canners do too, and they actually certify it. 2. Kitchenaid Whirlpool tells me 50 pounds per burner max...

@Laundress That kind of behavior continues to this day. A friend of mine (female) in another job had another friend, who was a professor at a prestigious university. She wanted tenure. She wouldn't tell the university that she had gotten married and was planning to have a child until after...

And it's easy to say It is easy to say 'oh these working conditions are terrible,' forgetting that working conditions everywhere weren't great. Or to diss 'The Tupperware Lady' as being a stereotype. But for many women, this was freedom and a way up. (How many of you have a Tupperware lady...

Lawrence I see Visions Cookware frequently. I'll keep an eye out for one. It has 2 small handles on either side, right? Or does it have 1 long handle?

Pyroceram I have bought quite a bit of pyroceram here in Denver. I love the stuff, I even use the ones made for the countertop that cooks on my glass smooth top. I'd like to see it become commonly sold again - and again US made.

Catholic women When women entered the work force, early 1900s I mean, the Bell System learned that Catholic women, with a life philosophy that said that hardship was not a big deal, made great 'phone operators. I kid you not.

@vacbear58 The weight is 100g. I weighed some just the other day to make American biscuits - scones without the sugar. I had thought it would weigh 120g, but then remembered that its density is somewhat less than water, as it floats, so it makes sense.

True for me too. That was true for me, too, when I lived in western Massachusetts. It's a bad situation.

cost Nobody wants to pay the cost of maintaining the physical plant of telephone lines, the cost of central offices with battery backups, etc. While they may have cowboy executives, I already pay about $100 per month for landline service+dsl. With a huge percentage of folks getting their...

Laundress, Laundress, Laundress.. No Bell Atlantic in those days. It was "AT&T and Associated Companies" though it may also have been spelled out as "American Telegraph and Telephone." Yes, operator was a very tough job, though for a lot of people, they considered it dues to get into the Bell...

Martha. Ms. Stewart would make her recipes SO THEY WOULDN'T WORK on home equipment, I'd think; just so she can say 'Oh, I have this 20,000 dollar Aga stove and you don't. You, therefore, are sub human!' She didn't actually say that of course, but that was clearly the subtext. Hate to tell...

TV dinners costly. I remember TV dinners in my childhood, and they were expensive. So yeah arbilab, I'd say they were costly. My mom only got them on loss leader sales - they were too expensive for regular consumption. (An old Heloise book I skimmed from probably that era had 'how to make...

all the time I was born in 1965, and I ate La Choy stuff all the time. I still remember the TV commercials :)

Lawrence... ...I think being clean is also being green, and using hot water to wash things takes the filth away, making you less likely to spread disease. There do you feel better about washing in hotter water? (I wash my gym clothes on 60C/140F, because not to do so means they'll not get...

JC There was nobody like Mrs. Child. She really did 'humanize' fancy cooking, and always seemed to be as non-snob as you could get. Indeed, I do remember seeing her on television somewhere saying things like "Bullshit! Salt is Salt!" when someone was saying that they just HAD to get some...

Today comes in part from Julia. Julia was on TV when there weren't TV chefs. SO all these folks owe her a debt of gratitude. Since only about 5% of the nation cooks, I think they want ENTERTAINMENT not EDUCATION. So, yes, they're happy to (say) see Martha Stewart doing something that takes...

Eight O'Clock coffee is still available. It's sold at Safeway and Walmart. I'm drinking some now :) Perked in my vintage GE electric percolator.

Look, only 100% more... ...than buying them brand new. A bargain, at 25% of the asking price. Sheesh.

you can still buy 'em Take a look at the link - Jane Parker fruitcakes are available via internet. http://www.apfreshonline.com/pages_myAP_PR_jp.asp

maybe i'm old fashioned... ...I like heat :)