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Skillet Dinner: 1950s
"Man and woman at stove cooking." The first of thousands of 4x5 negatives, retired from the archives of mid-century newspapers, acquired by Shorpy. Most of these are undated and have little or no caption information. If you recognize any of the subjects or locales, let us know in the Comments. View full size.
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Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing more of the thousands of pics.
The stove from my past
Somewhere along the way in my life gone by, I recall a gas stove exactly like that, most likely from one of the furnished rental homes in which I once lived. What jogged my memory is the matching square white porcelain S & P shakers on either side of the timer at the back of the stove. I remember that if you kept them right there, they would always be greasy and food-splattered and rather unappealing, and the salt would become one big lump from the steam, but I think they were intended only for use to season whatever was cooking on the stove and we had different shakers on the kitchen table. The streamlined look of the three functional items together was pleasing and made a uniform design, along with the knobs for igniting the burners. In this pic, even the cabinet doors above the stove have well-coordinated handles and it all looks very sleek together. The rectangular porcelain covers for the burners folded up and snapped into place, out of the way, or could be placed flat over all the burners when the stove was not in use. Very neat.
I must say though that I never knew a real cook who would wear a long sleeved, white silk blouse and brand new organdy apron and have her hair done to cook splattery, greasy meals although we did eat a lot of stew. I think the 1950's may have been my favorite decade so far. Thank you for letting me into your home or place of business.
Before cholesterol was bad
Those were the days! Cholesterol wasn't bad yet, and now that it's not bad again, pass the fat and make some stew!
Browning
Looks like the first steps for making beef stew.
For Extra Flavor
I couple ladles of rendered pork fat from the lard pot can't hurt.
Meat! Meat! Meat!
Those fatty-looking chunks of meat-wrapped fat appear destined for the Gallery of Regrettable Food...
Time
I think that watch says 4:20 PM and she is just starting dinner.
All that raw fatty meat - hope she's planning to cook it for hours to render that fat off.
Meat and Potatoes Guy?
Nah, forget the potatoes. Let's boil us up a big batch of fatty chuck roast.
I'm probably wrong
But that guy is a dead ringer for the late Jack Lemmon.
[As played by Bill Holden. -tterrace]
Well Alice,
that's enough for me, but what are you going to eat?
Cooking?
They'll need to turn on the gas first.
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