Some new additions!

[selectomatic]

NuTone Kitchen Center:

Is it as functional as it is cool? Just looking at it makes me want one, but what's your honest opinion as far as functionality?

As to the butcher block, I was told that Salad Bowl Finish was the thing to use on food-prep surfaces.

-kevin

 

[tlee618]

Fantastic kitchen Bob, what a great idea for the Nutone kitchen center. Do you have many of the attachments for it? Would love to see some shots inside the refrig and freezer.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Just for you, Concetta!

Here's the fridge open. I don't know what those white dots are...

 

[veg-o-matic]

Thanks for the compliments!

Lawrence, I was going to run the Franciscan stuff through a self-cleaning cycle. Am I not supposed to do that?

Actually, I'm not at all sure about the NuTone Kitchen Center as I still haven't wired it up yet. Heck, I don't even know if it works! It came from ebay (natch) and I have the mixer, blender, grinder, knife sharpener and maybe something else, along with a whole bunch of literature. It really needs a new knob, as the little metal piece that keeps it firmly on the shaft is missing. One can get them on ebay, but the price is astronomical!

The Touch 'N Tear came from ebay as well. Came in its original sealed box. I remember buying one years ago at Revco (drug store) when the price was reduced to almost nothing. It seems like kind of a stupid thing, but it's really great for the fumble-fingered (like me) when dealing with Saran Wrap.

Keith thought I was a bit off my rocker (okay, he thinks that anyway, but still...) when I announced I was going to start collecting anything called "Touch 'N Something". He did laugh though, when I started calling the spice rack "The Carousel O' Flavor".

I don't know why they don't make those double ovens any more, either. Seems like a thoroughly practical idea to me, though I'll admit I haven't used the upper oven yet.

Oh, one more thing. That Radarange has a defrost setting called "Accu-Thaw" that is the BEST defroster ever. It thawed a pound-and-a-half of ground beef with absolutely NO cooking around the edges.

veg

 

[partscounterman]

Love the vintage appliances!

Your "new" stove and fridge are just too beautiful! That kitchen center from Nutone is a way cool idea however, Martha had one when we all lived in St. Paul. The blender attachment was cool, the mixer was OK. I recall that there was some difficultly in removing the chop and slice attachment-kevlar gloves may be helpful there. Seems that using these things would make them really tight on the shaft and the pieces then had to be turned backwords (against the blades) to be removed. Ouch. She only used that attachment once...

Double decker ranges rock! Don't know why these went the way of the doo-doo bird as the newer "gemini" style requires one to bend so far.

David (who sorely needs some small vintage electrics)

 

[tlee618]

Thanks so much Veg, You sure keep a neat refrigerator!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations Veg!! I must need a Touch 'N Tear because I am always having trouble with Sarah Ann wrap. I usually have to hold the end of the wrap down on the counter and then do the tearing off with the box low so that there is less tangling. Sometimes it looks like a load out of a Unimatic and has to be thrown away.

The Franciscan ware is just too beautiful. Our next door neighbor who let me come over and help with the laundry had that pattern. Why can't someone make that again like the "new" Fiesta?

Our GE 18.8 Space Saver with the roll out freezer that we bought in 1961 or 62 is in my basement keeping stuff cold. While the rollout baskets did not make the freezer capacity super efficient, they sure made stuff accessible and 158 pounds of capacity was a big step up for us. I guess at 159 pounds the whole rollout contraption would fail and dump everything on your toes. How did they figure 158 pounds?

The main reason that the over under oven design fell from grace was the limited accessibility to pans on the rear elements or burners and the condensation on the areas over them. I loved my first Americana, but I was very careful to always use splatter screens when frying to avoid grease getting on the controls and I washed it down thoroughly after any major cooking operation. The upper oven baked perfect pound cakes. I have an earlier one in my basement that was kept so clean by the little old lady who owned it that it looks almost unused. It has the slightly smaller lower self cleaning oven. My first Americana was from a condominium where it had no use.

I hope you enjoy all of your kitchen treasures.
Tom

 

[gansky1]

So many new things in your kitchen, it must be a thrill to turn on the light and look around. I've never seen the wrap dispenser before, was this an eBay find?