10 minute vintage breakfast

[northwesty]

Well, I was going to post about these neat vintage Reeco Bacon skillets I just got. I had noticed them in a 1950 Better Homes and Gardens and finally found one on ebay. I had intended to get another, as 5 strips aren’t going to cook enough for everyone. They cook the bacon flat and you don’t have to fiddle with them, and the fat drips into this tray around the curved top so you don’t use a bunch of paper towels trying to dry it. They work great.

Anyway I bought these to speed up the breakfast set-up and so I decided to post the whole process. I am no chef and this is just a simple breakfast, but it serves 7 and takes only 10 minutes, no kidding.

First I turn on the first bacon griller, and start the ten-minute timer.

 

[northwesty]

9 minutes to go…

Next I get out this GE 1970s I think fry pan and turn it on. Crack the eggs. I got this at the Goodwill for $7 and I don’t think it was used more than a few times. I would be partial to an older stainless one but you can’t beat this “new” non-stick surface. They heat up super fast and do a great job on eggs though not so great with pancakes. Anyway my “big” burners are being used up with the bacon. Here the little helpers are cracking the eggs. Not so sure they speed things up though.

 

[northwesty]

8 minutes to go…

The little helpers love mixing up the eggs with the vintage Hamilton Beach Mixette. It was an estate sale find…

 

[northwesty]

7 minutes to go…

Turn on second bacon griller. Can’t have them get done all at once or the one will be over done. However, the black more-used one cooks faster than the shiny-clean one.

I was fascinated to learn that this “Liberator” GE stove was named after a WWII bomber thanks to another posting on this site. Times have changed.

 

[retromom]

Cool Brian!!

My stomach is growling just looking at your breakfast set up!!! What kind of toasters are those? Talk about toast for a crowd!! Those mixettes are great and weighty. I have a Westbend that has the same design that I got for 25 cents at a garage sale. It's one of my favourite handmixers, as you get a bicep workout as well as perfectly mixed eggs/batter! LOL

Glad to see that you have your helpers in the kitchen! They are adorable!! My helpers tend to do a lot more tasting than helping!

Great pics!

Enjoy!

My

 

[northwesty]

6 minutes to go…

Put the bread down. These are “Mary Proctor” toasters from 1970 and 1971. I like my 1951 Sunbeam “automatic” better but they didn’t make home-use 4 slice toasters that old. These are still made like tanks though. Fortunately I have two circuits going to the countertop here.

They still make that “Dishmaster” on the sink there, it’s brand-new. There are some plastic parts now though… Would love to find a 40s one.

 

[northwesty]

5 minutes to go…

Start the eggs cooking. You have got to be on top of this as they are cooking fast.

Of course doubling up on the appliances speeds things up and things are still hot at serving time.

 

[northwesty]

4 minutes to go…

Little ones setting the table. Keep the Turquoise Melmac – “unbreakable” – on the lower shelf so they can get to it.

 

[northwesty]

3 minutes to go…

Getting bacon ready. Again, those are vintage “aristo-mats” to the right there. They work great. Probably have that wonderful old asbestos in them too.

 

[tlee618]

Really fun pictures, thanks so much for sharing Brian, now I'm hungry!!

 

[northwesty]

2 minutes to go

Toast is ready. You’ll have to butter it yourself though.

 

[washerboy]

Love that stove!!

Northwesty..love the stove!!! I can figure out some of the controlls but not all...could you give us a run down. Does the stove have a deep well?. Who are your helpers? They look darling!!!

 

[northwesty]

1 minute to go…

Eggs are ready.

 

[northwesty]

Lastly Breakfast served.

Oops forgot to put out the napkins. Some sleepyheads are not up yet but there will be left-overs for them.

This leaves more time for clean-up, seems like we run out of time in that department a lot of the time.

 

[petek]

Great thread to start of the morning..thanks.
Your chrome dinette looks like new, is it? If it isn't it sure has lasted.

 

[tomturbomatic]

That nice GE electric skillet was called the Dutch Skillet when it was sold in the 70s because it was deep like a Dutch Oven, but flared enough to function well as a skillet. That little white tab on the bottom of the thermostatic control was pushed in to eject the plug-in control. I would bet that those bacon cookers would work well in the oven if the knobs could stand the heat.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Thanks so much!!!

What a fun kitchen!!! Such lucky children to be exposed to this way of life(simpler family time)!

Rich

 

[hoover1060]

OMG!!!

A dishmaster faucet!!!

Looks like fun too.
My grandmother had that same HB mixette!

 

[revvinkevin]

Dishmaster faucet.........

My Grandmother had one for many years.... and they are STILL available today!!

GREAT breakfast pix.... I love all the vintage stuff in the kitchen!!!!

Thanks Brian!!

 

[pdub]

Brian,

Fantastic pictures (as always). It's always fun to see your family in action too. You've got some great kids there.

Your kitchen and appliances look beautiful.

take care, Patrick

 

[mixfinder]

Let the SonShine IN

The modern kitchen doesn't sparkle and gleam like the chrome laden 50's used to. Having children learn by doing, even if its slower and sometimes messier, is a pay off is well worth the investment. I only have four, so you are having twice the fun with eight. No matter how difficult the moment, you will find you can always keep talking, when your children know and trust you. Some faith, prayer and believing makes it sweeter still. Imagine how much help you'll have when they become teenagers.
Kelly

 

[gansky1]

I love breakfast done Vintage Style!

How fun! This reminds me of Terry and I cooking with my Sunbeam electric skillet, automatic toaster, Coffeemaster, the 70's Vita-Mix and Westinghouse griddle all around one of the vintage ranges I've had over the years! Of course, we weren't cooking for quite as many, I don't know how anyone could have slept through the wonderful smells coming from your kitchen!

 

[paulg]

Very cute

Very cute breakfast story. The prayers by the table are adorable.
Those kids will be left with great mealtime memories that they will carry for a long, long time.

 

[tlee618]

We sure have had some great times in the kitchen cooking together Greg, those vintage appliances make it so much fun. It seems to me that cooking is always more fun when you are doing it with and for those you care about.

 

[exploder3211]

Hey Great Pics!

 

[pushtorelease]

Brian, at a reno I was working on, I found this Mixette recipe book and manual. It's been hanging on the fridge since then,only because the housewife is just SO happy. If you don't have one, I can send it to you if you'd like. I mean really, it SHOULD go to an actual Mixette owner.

 

[danemodsandy]

Nice to See...

Kids actually participating in a responsible, fun, polite manner, instead of going ballistic while the adults do all the work or provide everything for them.

There's not a video game, computer, iPod or TV anywhere in sight, and those kids appear to be having a blast.

You must be doing something right!

 

[frigilux]

I love to see kids in the kitchen. So many children think cooking begins and ends with a frozen plastic tray in the microwave. You're training a new generation of cooks---who will undoubtedly pass the tradition to their own kids. Bravo!

Excellent vintage equipment, too! I love the highly stylized look of vintage ranges, but I sheepishly admit it would take a LOT of convincing for me to give up the self-cleaning oven.

 

[scott55405]

Looks like a wonderful breakfast. I think I was through the pictures twice before I realized there were not one but two Mary Protor 4 slice toasters! If I could change one thing about my kitchen, it would be more plugs, more plugs, more plugs!! I only have one, and I can't do one of those six-things because the disposal switch is right next to it. :-( I manage, but it would be nice. Those bacon cookers are ingenious. Those should be made now!

Tom, I remember that skillet well. I knew it was Dutch something! I liked the GE's push to eject controls.

The best thing ever was to come out here and discover the Dishmaster was still made. We never had one, but I remember them well from my childhood. I'd be lost without it.

 

[danemodsandy]

Self-Cleaning Ovens

frigilux:

Self-cleaners have been around longer than many people realise- GE pioneered the feature on its 1963 lineup. It was called P-7 self cleaning. Soooo, there are really neat-looking 1960s vintage ranges around that have the feature. GE made white, coppertone, yellow, and turquoise in those years. There were 30" models, a 40" with one big P-7 oven on the right and a little conventional clean oven on the left side, and wall ovens. I've seen the wall ovens in stainless as well as colours. So, you could have both vintage and self-cleaning! I know what you mean about self-cleaning being necessary. I'm in a house with one of those damnable continuous-clean ovens that's built in. We haven't had turkey on Thanksgiving in three years, because no one can abide the smell of turkey fat hanging around in the oven, which cannot be cleaned with oven cleaner, due to its special coating. Grrrrh!