norgeway
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Donald brought me this from a Church sale this morning,I stayed home nursing a sore jaw from having a tooth pulled!, This was a promotional item, made by Presto in 1962 !
Aunt Jemima Griddle!
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norgeway
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Sure Enough!
Here she is...AUNT JEMIMA!
Here she is...AUNT JEMIMA!
autowasherfreak
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I love pancakes, but I hate making them in round frying pan. I've been looking for a used electric griddle.
Great find! Looks unused.
You actually could save the boxtops, mail them in with money and get this griddle. Same with the yellow and white shaker where the lid was the measuring cup for the batter. Anut Jemima would risk a friction fire in her bra making shaker pancakes.
You actually could save the boxtops, mail them in with money and get this griddle. Same with the yellow and white shaker where the lid was the measuring cup for the batter. Anut Jemima would risk a friction fire in her bra making shaker pancakes.
arbilab
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Nothing pancakes like a griddle. Cast iron kinda does but you can only make one at a time.
We had the
shaker, we had the Presto branded version of the griddle. Griddle is still turning out excellent pancakes, bacon, and at other times of day, grilled cheese, or hamburgers. It currently lives at my sister's, but next time I'm in Minnesota, I just may bring it back.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
shaker, we had the Presto branded version of the griddle. Griddle is still turning out excellent pancakes, bacon, and at other times of day, grilled cheese, or hamburgers. It currently lives at my sister's, but next time I'm in Minnesota, I just may bring it back.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
polkanut
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DAMN YOU HANS!!! (just kidding btw)
You and Donald always mange to find the most unique things. I think I'm pea green with envy. What's your secret?!?
BTW, enjoy your "new" griddle my friend.
You and Donald always mange to find the most unique things. I think I'm pea green with envy. What's your secret?!?
This is Presto's 2nd design for their griddle. The earlier one was slightly smaller and had more rounded lines.
Cast iron kinda does but you can only make one at a time.
Griswold, Wagner and others have been making two burner sized griddles for ages now. They can be had in cast iron, cast alumimum, and IIRC even SS with copper base.
Griswold, Wagner and others have been making two burner sized griddles for ages now. They can be had in cast iron, cast alumimum, and IIRC even SS with copper base.
arbilab
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I was thinking of cast iron skillets, m'lady. Might get 3 'dollar cakes' at once.
I had two (rented) stoves with a griddle in the middle. Only times in my life I made pancakes. That I could eat, or even get out of the pan, that is. Proper tool for the proper job.
I had two (rented) stoves with a griddle in the middle. Only times in my life I made pancakes. That I could eat, or even get out of the pan, that is. Proper tool for the proper job.
OIC
Haven't bothered making pancakes in any sort of skillet in ages. Just takes too long for what one gets. Even those "small" round modern SS griddles from Cusinart are better, IMHO. *LOL*
Those vintage cast iron double burner griddles from Griswold and such go for big money if found in pristine condition. However those that know about cast iron especially how to deal with older stuff that may have some rust or otherwise need attention can snap up bargins. IIRC shoving cast iron into a fire of some such to "burn" whatever is on it off, (after a good washing of course) is supposed to do the trick. Then you've got to get the thing reseasoned which is a whole other process.
Haven't bothered making pancakes in any sort of skillet in ages. Just takes too long for what one gets. Even those "small" round modern SS griddles from Cusinart are better, IMHO. *LOL*
Those vintage cast iron double burner griddles from Griswold and such go for big money if found in pristine condition. However those that know about cast iron especially how to deal with older stuff that may have some rust or otherwise need attention can snap up bargins. IIRC shoving cast iron into a fire of some such to "burn" whatever is on it off, (after a good washing of course) is supposed to do the trick. Then you've got to get the thing reseasoned which is a whole other process.
arbilab
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Have to have a window open to 'season'.
If cooking were easy everyone could do it.
If cooking were easy everyone could do it.
Two Burner Grills
Hans, you are such a nice guy and it makes me get a little misty when you share the loving and thoughtful things you and Don do for each other. I am the king of all clean and keeping old things looking new. Not one thing in the world is harder on the porcelain and chrome of an electric stove than a dual burner griddle that super heats the area underneath. My mother used to put a griddle on the old Kenmore, our firtst electric stove and it was a trashed ruined wreak in 4 short years. After spending nearly a $1,000 of my own dollars to buy mom a new stove with money garnered from field work there was no way it was going to end up the warped, broken wired, burned on mess of the Kenmore. The next gift purchased was an electric griddle. There is nothing easier than a thermostaticly controls for baking pancakes.
Hans, you are such a nice guy and it makes me get a little misty when you share the loving and thoughtful things you and Don do for each other. I am the king of all clean and keeping old things looking new. Not one thing in the world is harder on the porcelain and chrome of an electric stove than a dual burner griddle that super heats the area underneath. My mother used to put a griddle on the old Kenmore, our firtst electric stove and it was a trashed ruined wreak in 4 short years. After spending nearly a $1,000 of my own dollars to buy mom a new stove with money garnered from field work there was no way it was going to end up the warped, broken wired, burned on mess of the Kenmore. The next gift purchased was an electric griddle. There is nothing easier than a thermostaticly controls for baking pancakes.
Teflon Skillets,Fry Pan, Griddles etc...
Never really warmed up to the stuff. Know it is supposed to be the ne plus ultra for non-stick cooking, but always found after a few years of use it started to look worn.
Never really warmed up to the stuff. Know it is supposed to be the ne plus ultra for non-stick cooking, but always found after a few years of use it started to look worn.
arbilab
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Polytetrafluouroethylene is very fussy about how it's handled.
Mixf, mom didn't know about supervising heated appliances? I don't even trust my microwave for more than 90 seconds at a time.
Mixf, mom didn't know about supervising heated appliances? I don't even trust my microwave for more than 90 seconds at a time.
Two burner aluminum griddles are far better than two burner cast iron griddles at spreading the heat evenly to the portions of the griddle not over the heat source, but even at that it takes slow preheating to do the job properly. GE got it just about right with their two burner griddle. The "Griddle" button for the Sensitemp on 40" ranges coupled the outer ring of the Sensitemp unit with the outer ring of the Hi Speed 6 inch element behind it so that by the time the heat traveled to the center of the portion of the griddle and triggered the sensor, the rest of the griddle would most likely be evenly heated also. Oval 2 burner cast iron griddles work best on a cast iron cook stove or a smooth top with a bridge element.
I have a Westinghouse aluminum griddle that my sister is using now and I'm using the griddle plates for my Sunbeam waffle iron when I need a griddle. I've had stovetop griddles from All-Clad, Calphalon, etc. but they are too small for most tasks, other than a few grilled cheese. I need to get out the GE griddle that goes with my range but though it will still tie the front and rear burners together, the Sensi-Temp unit has been converted to an infinite heat switch so would need to experiment with it some to get it right.
norgeway
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Now that!
I have the old Aunt Jemima recipe clone!!"See my other thread about the recipe" All I need is the pancake shaker!!!!
I have the old Aunt Jemima recipe clone!!"See my other thread about the recipe" All I need is the pancake shaker!!!!
polkanut
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The Presto branded griddle I found today is exactly like the one Hans has pictured above. Hans, do you put yours in the dw when finished with it? Mine needs a good bath, lots of grunge on the underside. Mine is circa 1964.
