Nice Vintage Maytag Dutch Oven

[mielabor]

The "SOS" website shows that the splitting of compound words, although incorrect, is very common. Maybe it will evolve even further. Opponents to this development always point out that that may cause confusion for the reader, but I think that that is not a major problem. Most people don't even notice it and I can't say that the English language is very confusing because they use far more spaces between words than we do.

I can confirm that we usually quickly switch to English when we hear a person struggling with the Dutch language as it is often difficult to understand what he/she is trying to say. We have dialects but most people switch to standard Dutch when they speak with people that are not from the same region.

About royalty: it is public knowledge that every king and prince consort in history of Dutch royalty has had extramarital affairs, probably with the exception of the late husband of our present queen. I must say that over the years I personally find it an exceedingly strange institution, the fact that certain people have certain privileges just because their parents had those too is not in agreement with the first article of our constitution that states that every Dutch citizen has equal rights and should be treated equally in similar situations. However, the queen and her family are still immensely popular here (we have republican societies, though, that want to restore the Dutch republic that we had before Napoleon occupied the country). In a few days we have Queen's Day when the whole of the Netherlands is having a big party. I sincerely hope that it will not be as disastrous as last year when some idiot tried to attack the queen and killed eight persons in the process...

 

[foraloysius]

Jim

I don't think Juliana was cursing because Irene had become a catholic. I think the problem was she wasn't allowed to be present at the wedding. Juliana had way too much positive feelings about the Catholic church to turn down Irene's choice.

 

[mixguy]

Maytag Dutch Oven Gas Range Facts

I have one of two versions of the Maytag Dutch Oven Instuction Cook books that Maytag gas range owners received with the purchase of the "Dutch Oven" range. My book does not include the range pictured in earlier postings. My mom has a cookbook with the same cover but only includes pictures of two models, one like the one pictured above. My book has 9 different models pictured with dial controls atop the center of the backsplash. I compared and found a few recipe differences as well. Like the white cake recipe in my book differs ingredients and method of mixing in my mom's book. The "Dutch Well" cooker had its own low burner and main burner. The low burner served as a pilot to the main burner to the cooker well, it put out enough heat to keep food warm until it was removed to be served. The recipe book has menus and procedures for utilizing the Cooker Well with it's added insulation and low setting. The emphasis of most of the meal menues is cooking is such a way as to conserve fuel An fellow AW memeber in CA once had a picture of a bundt cake being baked in his Maytag range from this same era. My mom is not certain but where she worked she was told Maytag quit making these "Dutch Oven" ranges when the gas association had new requirements in gas range design. Also they were only available in white.

 

[mixguy]

Other scans from the book

Documentation about the "Dutch Oven"

 

[mixguy]

Other scans from the book

More documentation

 

[mixguy]

Other scans from the book

More documentation

 

[mixguy]

Other scans from the book

More documentation

 

[passatdoc]

No, I mean the shame of discovering Irene's conversion and marriage plans from the NEWSPAPER instead of hearing the news from her own daughter.

However, Irene received permission neither from the Queen nor the States-General, which meant she lost her right to the throne automatically. Princess Christina likewise converted to Catholicism and married a gentleman of Cuban descent. She voluntarily renounced her right to the throne, evidently because this was still not a societal "norm" for a member of the royal family at that time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Christina_of_the_Netherlands

Unlike the UK, apparently there is no constitutional requirement for a Protestant monarch, but there is a strong traditional (since William of Orange) to have one. Prince Willem Alexander is married to a Catholic woman (who is still Catholic), though their children are being raised as Protestants. Shows us how a society can change in a few decades. Beatrix had bombs hurled at her wedding procession because her husband was German; were a member of the royal family to marry a German national now, most likely no one would even notice the nationality.

 

[mielabor]

Thank you for the scans Russell. So I understand that the Dutch oven acts like a traditional wood fired oven: first you burn wood until the oven is very hot, then you remove the ashes and bake using the residual heat. Some bakers still use this method as they claim that this produces the best bread. Also very good for baking pizzas. This type of oven is not typically Dutch. I think it can be found all over Europe and probably in other parts of the world too.

 

[askomiele]

Seems to me...

that this 'dutch oven' stove is a modern design of a AGA cooker.

 

[toggleswitch]

And let's not forget the "Dutch oven" in bed.

Letting one rip between the sheets.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Maytag did not make this range. Like the Maytag freezers they sold which were made by Amana, this range was made by a firm named Globe American Corporation.

 

[mixguy]

Thrifty Cooking

These "Dutch Oven" ranges made emphasis on fuel savings gained by their cooking method. Much like crock pots and pressure cookers, it is a matter how these techniques fit into your lifestyle and tastes. Most every recipe I tried, I found very good. There is a sphaghetti dinner that does not require pre-cooking pasta before adding to the pot! I am thankful for electronic ignition over pilot lights and the easier clean up of sealed burners. If only the quality of porcelein enamal was still the same as that used on cooktops, stoves and ranges from the 1950s.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Hunts tomato products had magazine ads with that all in one pot spaghetti recipe. It could yield a very starchy sauce unless you started off with a thin, not to say watery, sauce. I think roaster oven recipe books offered it as well in the section on feeding the multitudes.

 

[foraloysius]

To stay off topic

Jim,

It wasn't that bad. It wasn't the marriage Ireme kept secret but her conversion to Catholicism. There was a lot of hooha about the marriage mainly because the family De Bourbon wanted a big marriage in Rome by the pope, mainly because of political reasons. The pope probably saw through their political aspirations and only gave his blessing after the marriage. The Dutch government advised against the presence of Juliana and Bernhard at the wedding and indeed they didn't go because they didn't want to end up in a demonstration of the Carlist movement. Juliana and Bernhard stayed at home and watched the wedding on TV like many other Dutch people.

 

[twintubdexter]

the range with built-it depilatory action...

...I remember cleaning a few of these very heavy Maytags for the sales floor. The bottom plate in the oven was made of porcelain-coated cast iron and weighed a ton. My dad didn't care to have these things on the resale floor since they had a bad reputation...the housewife would reach back to turn on a burner...there would be some hesitation before the burner would light (dirty greasy burner/pilot tube, bad air/gas mixture, etc) then poof !...the gas would ignite and presto...the lady had one hairy arm and one as smooth as a baby's rear end...the gas deep well cooker had it's own set of horror stories...remember this was in the mid 60's when this range was already "old." Interesting to read all the different comments connected to this thread

 

[mixguy]

Maytag Range Facts

How are there old ranges cleaned?? I have heard of the burner units being removed and placed in boiling water. To read the manuals, you would swear each manufacturer had the best model. where I grew up I have seen kitchens with Hardwick, Tappan, Norge gas ranges and GE, Hotpoint, Frigidaire and Kenmore electric ranges. Very few high end models seen.

Most cooks roasted turkey, ham using the oven for baking in the family and friend circles growing up. Oven cleaning was not something done very often becase there did not get very dirty to begin with. Cooks choose cooking methods to prevent much labor intensive cleanup! High sides pots such as "dutch ovens" were used to prevent spattering. Browning meats with lids ajar to allow steam to excape and splatter shields. Big gatherings were usually BBQ cooking of meat/ The men cooking meat outside, and toasting garlic bread on the pits while the meat rested. The wives did the side dishes inside and would bring may food done ahead requiring re-heating of keeping things chilled in ice chests. The kids played outside, usually volleyball, softball, sometines in the hay loft of the barn playing hide and go seek. Grandkids would some times help in the garden harvesting berries, or something for ice cream making later after dinner. It was interesting collaborative teamwork!

 

[gansky1]

That's the same cookbook I have - the Angel Food cake recipe is the best I've tried. So beautiful, you hate to cut into it but it just melts in your mouth.

Maytag ranges did meet AGA requirements right up to the time Globe (thanks Tom) shut down their factory. The very last of them had burner controls on the front of the range.

 

[mixguy]

White Cake Recipe

gansky1

Does your Maytag Dutch Oven cookbook have the recipe for white cake that lists corn syrup-- 1/2 cup creamed with the shortening and sugar and 1/2 cup beaten into a meringue with the egg whites. A very fluffy, fine textured moist cake is the result.

 

[gansky1]

I does - page 88! Corn syrup. Wow.

Terry, we'll have to try this in Minne! Some webmaster I know loves cake and buttercream frosting...

Thanks for the tip Mix, I've always wanted to try the oatmeal cookies from that book as well - cloves & allspice & cinnamon, I'll bet they're great.