amylsacks' photos with the keyword: stove

"I'll keep fracking my way back to yooooou, Babe, with a shriveled rose insiiiide..." From the May issue of Parents magazine.

Oh, for the days when we baked cakes with the oven door wide open, and ate frosting right from the bowl! Back when you were still Elvis' stunt double. Remember, Dear? From the April 1956 issue of Household magazine.

At first I thought that the plate-warmer thing on the lower right was some kind of in-bed breakfast tray contraption. Which would be really awkward unless it plugged into the electric blanket rather than a wall outlet. :o Never mind. From the Good Housekeeping Picture Cookery book.

Is she smiling like an angel because this stuff really works, or is it just from the chemical fumes? From Good Housekeeping's Picture Cookery .

Without anything to give it scale, who can tell whether this thing is adult or kid-size? From Good Housekeeping's Picture Cookery .

What is it with the appliances that follow people around?! It's freaking me OUT!!

"You can broil an entire meal at once in these roomy broilers, and isn't that an incentive for more home entertaining!" I guess. Of course, thanks to the Womanly Diet That Never Ends, you'll be sipping some brown-chalk flavored gelatin vitamin shake thing at dinner with a martyred sigh, while the rest of the family gets to eat the good stuff. But... that's the subject of a whole different booklet.

From the "Stuff of Nightmares" chapter: Mrs. America dreams of a vacation in which her cabin sports a fully-equipped kitchen, and she STILL has to dish out crap to the whole family every damn night. Also, more Pyrex! Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, Baby!

Some clippings from inside the booklet. "...In dancing you first learn the basic steps... a waltz, a fox-trot, perhaps a rhumba or samba. Then, when these patterns have become reflex and easy, feet moving without conscious thought as the rhythm of the music changes, you are free to be creative and add all sorts of embellishments of your own, as the mood inspires you..." But keep that pizza parlor number next to the phone at all times, just in case.

Re-envisioned Mrs. America is blonder and less sinister than her predecessor, but she's in a distinctly awkward crouch. Also, what the blazes went wrong with Cartoon Mr. America's chin? (Yikes.)

Mrs. America resembles a young version of the Evil Nurse from High Anxiety. Also, is that road kill sauteing in the pan? At least her other kitchenware is nicely coordinated, color-wise. Front cover of a 30--page promotional published by the American Gas Association, New York, N.Y.

"...Now your children may eat their scrapbook paste without fear of tummy-ache! Make them some fine paste by mixing one cup of boiling water, two tablespoons of tapioca, three tablespoons of sugar, and season with the juice of half a lemon. Put all ingredients together and cook until very thick." You heard it here first, Ladies.

Mmm... nothing smells better than roasted Mystery Beast taken fresh from your oddly-shaped oven! From the March issue of Sunset magazine.

Those "donuts" are actually battered pineapple slices. (aka "Fritters... Substitute apples, banans, canned peaches or apricots... serve hot as a garnish with baked ham, roast chicken or game. Or serve hot as a dessert with Lemon or Pineapple Sauce.") I guess we really, really loved our pineapple rings back then. Also shown: Baked Tomatoes, Boston Baked Beans, and Stuffed Tomato Salad.

There were at least forty of these bottom-of-the page illustrations in this book. (Beyond the first one here, which is basically a copy of the photo seen in image no. 2.) They were printed in silver ink, which doesn't scan really well, so I altered them in Photoshop for more contrast. The Chili Con Carne (second from top) is tragically underseasoned, but it sure looks nice.

The London Grill featured "loin lamb chops 1 inch thick", wrapped in lamb kidney and bacon, along with Glazed Spiced Pineapple Rings and Breaded Parsnips (!). I wonder when our anti-British sentiment will wane long enough for those to become trendy again.

It's slab-er-ific! Also, right next to this shot of an entire meal jammed together is a caution to "Avoid having the upper rack too close to the top of the oven. Do not crowd..." [snerk]

Nothing like a spotlight effect and a cute bowl of "roses" to give your Braised Beef Platter that extra razzle-dazzle!