Old Duz Detergent

[kenmore58]

Don't mean to get all your panties in a bunch, but I still have to stick to my guns on this one. Most of my vintage perculators have been banished to the basement.

I don't know, maybe since I've become single again, I'm trying to simplify my life, but I just find my drip coffee maker easier to set up, easier to clean, and just overall easier to use.

I will say that there is a big difference between the higher-end coffee maker and the "$10 Target brand."

Once in a while, I do like to pull out one of my vintage perculators and use it. But for me, it's drip all the way!!

Ron

 

[Unimatic1140]

but I just find my drip coffee maker easier to set up, easier to clean, and just overall easier to use

Ron you sure are right about that, and the modern coffee makers usually make the coffee slightly faster as well. During the week I have modern drip coffee, but during the weekend when there is more time to play I like a "feel good" cup of coffee which can only come from something vintage.

 

[kenmore58]

Robert,

I couldn't agree more. During the hectic workweek, I want it fast and simple. However, you're absolutely right. On the weekend, it's fun to play "hostess with the mostest" and pull out the vintage Sunbeam and brew a pot of coffee. It always, if you'll pardon the pun, perks me up!!!

Sorry, but I had to say that!!

Ron

 

[angus]

That's pretty funny that many of us do just that.. During the week, it's the auto drip Braun with timer set for 5AM.

Yet the first thing I do on Friday night is "put up a pot" of real perked coffee and start sorting laundry. It also happens it is the Revere stainless stovetop percolator that my mother got as a shower gift in 1951. Still making great coffee....

 

[washerboy]

What did Duz smell like?

My mother was brand loyal..every now and then she would agree to try something different but always went back to Dash in the wash, Lux for dishes, Clorex, Comet, and Bo-Peep amonia..and no doubt Johnson past wax on the hardwoods...it smelled wonderful. I remember TV commerical for Duz and I ask her once if she'd buy some and she said no...I think it had something to do with making too much suds. Does any one remember what it smelled simialr to? Seeing the pictures above..I noticed a box of Breeze..I remember that well...my grandmother washed in a Easy with that...I dumped a brand new box down the well to get the towel out...that was almost 40 years ago and I think I still have a bruis or two left from the switch'n I got. Grand dad had a man from town come out and pump the well out...three times. Guess that's why mom always bought Dash...controlled sudsing..lol.

 

[washerboy]

What did Duz smell like?

My mother was brand loyal..every now and then she would agree to try something different but always went back to Dash in the wash, Lux for dishes, Clorex, Comet, and Bo-Peep amonia..and no doubt Johnson past wax on the hardwoods...it smelled wonderful. I remember TV commerical for Duz and I ask her once if she'd buy some and she said no...I think it had something to do with making too much suds. Does any one remember what it smelled simialr to? Seeing the pictures above..I noticed a box of Breeze..I remember that well...my grandmother washed in a Easy with that...I dumped a brand new box down the well to get the towel out...that was almost 40 years ago and I think I still have a bruis or two left from the switch'in I got. Grand dad had a man from town come out and pump the well out...three times. Guess that's why mom always bought Dash...controlled sudsing..lol.

 

[rp2813]

Coffee and Aroma

OK, I'm with the modern drip fans. I'm very particular about my coffee and grind the beans fresh for each batch, and the beans come from a local independent roaster. I noticed the modern pink KA coffee grinder on Robert's counter and also noticed that nobody scolded him about that particular appliance being out in the open. I spent a lot of money on a Capresso grind & brew machine as a 50th birthday gift to myself and overall I'm happy with it although it's a bit cumbersome to put the basket assembly back together after cleaning. If I could find an old Sunbeam double decker like the one Mom had when I was a kid, I'd probably use it on weekends like others here do, or when I have company just as a fun conversation piece. I pull out my large french press once in a while, but can't imagine ever going back to a percolator. I will admit that when we threw a 90th birthday party for my mom, we used her 60's West Bend 30-cup percolator. I asked the person at my roaster what blend she'd recommend for that kind of brewing process and her advice was spot-on; the coffee actually tasted very good even with plain tap water being used.

So how do people feel about a Chemex hand pour? That design has been around for ages and would be compatible with any midcentury kitchen flash. Might be a good compromise for those who like the drip method but don't want a modern plastic contraption polluting their vintage scene.

As for detergent and softener smells, the one I really can't stand is Downy mountain fresh or whatever they call it. I swear, when I'm toweling off after a shower all I smell in that towel is a sweet masa harina type scent. I have nothing against masa, but don't want to walk around smelling like it. Even without softener I don't like my towels or clothes smelling like detergent. This was always an issue with my old top loader that did a lousy job of rinsing. I noticed this week that with my new Duet pair, the towels smell, well, like towels, not detergent. Just a fresh clean smell and I'm thrilled about it. I think I'm going to appreciate the excellent job the Duet does more and more as time passes. To me it's no contest anymore. When it comes to modern machines, front loaders rule!

 

[hoover1060]

interesting coffee talk

I make coffee every morning in a 4-cup Kitchenaid thing thats 5+ years old. That all the coffee I drink during the day so its fine for me.
When Michael comes over on the weekends I get out the Hoover SS percolator and use that. Michael is good to go through at least a pot by himself!
I have a Sunbeam coffeemaster that was my grandmothers. Never used it, I don't know how to work it!

 

[bongobro]

Duz does everything! Dishes, glassware, stainless...

I don't remember the smell of the old Duz detergent, but I do remember the stuff that was packed inside the boxes...

My mother, like most women in the late '50s and early '60s, liked the idea of getting free stuff in their soap boxes. I remember the first "Premium Duz" detergent with the "Golden Wheat" china in the box...it might have been cheap stuff, but it was "edged in 22-karat gold" (couldn't use 'em in a microwave, but nowadays you wouldn't want to, since complete "Golden Wheat" sets are major collectibles.

I remember the Star Sapphire glassware and its successor, the "elegant smoked crystal (that) looks too expensive to come in a detergent, but it does...in Duz!" But in the early 1970s, the new "Enzyme Duz" switched to a stainless tableware pattern...I forget the name of it, but I collected enough to furnish my first apartment...of course that was in 1975, so I've no idea if anyone saved that like the "Golden Wheat" dishes...

By the way, does anyone remember the FIRST Duz detergent? I saw a box of BLUE DOT Duz detergent ("with Bluinite"...it looked like Tide with a few grains of Cheer mixed in it) being offered on eBay about a year ago. When I saw it, I realized my mom had used it about 1956 or 1957... Don't ask me how I remembered it, as I was about four years old at the time, but I remembered the whale P & G used to indicate "Giant Size," and I think it first appeared on the Blue Dot Duz boxes...