A Word from Ann MacGregor...

[cadman]

Here's a piece of Radarange ephemera I hadn't seen before, but figured I better grab it. It's a mini-cookbook for the new Amana Radarange with 'Defrost Bar'. Now, you too, can get that 'old fashioned' cooking experience from your Amana. There's no date listed but it's gotta be 1974 to align with the RR-4D. -C

 

[gansky1]

Cory, do you have one of the Amana slow cooker pots that Amana sold as accessories?

I was at a sale once that had the entire set of accessories - browning dish, slow cooker crock, corn popper, etc. and left them all behind not realizing they would be anything interesting to anyone. All the pieces were for sale, most NIB, but oddly the RR was not for sale. It too was just like NIB.

When we first got our RR, we actually went to a cooking class at the dealer to learn to use it. Yes, I was the only high school boy there, but it was fascinating. We learned a lot and actually put many things to use at home. Browning ground beef, vegetables, making muffins and quick breads were some that we did for quite some time after the class. Eventually, the newness wore off and we used it for reheating and simple cooking jobs. I don't recall much about slow-cooking, but there was a great deal of time spent on defrosting.

 

[frigilux]

My college roommate and I did all our cooking with a used RadarRange in our dorm room for a couple of years (circa 1977-80). I had a Corning "browning dish" which made ground beef and chicken pieces palatable. We made many full meals with it. Never did get bread to turn out well, but made plenty of cakes/cookies. Made many Italian dishes---lasagna, chicken cacciatore, rolled stuffed beef.

We were scared of the thing at first. You'd set the timer, then hit start, which produced a rather startling solenoid snap followed by a low-frequency hum. We'd press start and leap back to the other end of the room to avoid getting "radiated", LOL. Neither of our families had microwaves, so we were a little freaked out by ours the first few days. It was purchased used at an appliance store in Fargo, ND, and looked like the one pictured below (Google).

We'd get floormates high, then make s'mores so they could watch the marshmallow expand, LOL. It all seemed so new and space-age. Everyone heated leftovers in a little pan on the burner---adding a spoonful of water so it wouldn't scorch---or in the oven up to that point. Being able to heat leftover hotdish or a sandwich in a few seconds was a bit mind-blowing.

Thanks for sharing a few pages of the cookbook with us, cadman! Brought back a lot of great memories.[this post was last edited: 3/6/2015-10:32]

 

[cadman]

Eugene, great stories. I should have a Radarange night sometime and do some real cooking. At one point I did try the Amana pizza crisper and it worked surprisingly well, but I usually stick to snacks and reheats.

Greg, I do have a couple of those slow cooker crocks but haven't tried them out. Ironically, I grew up with one that my mom used for baked beans, but she'd use it conventionally. It was only later I realized it was for the RR.

I'd guess I've got around 95% of the radarware that was offered...even some of the revisions (like different versions of the Amana coffee maker), but I've never seen the roaster below in person. It's a Hall and has the Radarange script on the bottom. -C

 

[maytagbear]

Oh, that's

a work of art, but I have never seen an ugly piece from Hall China........

Lawrence/Maytagbear