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Things You’d See in a 1970s Kitchen
UltimateClassicRock ^ | May 18, 2024 | Stephen Lenz

Posted on 05/19/2024 9:00:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

My Dad always used an electric knife to carve the Turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas.


21 posted on 05/19/2024 9:40:59 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: nickcarraway

Had that crockpot until this last winter when the stoneware pot broke and finally had to chuck it..


22 posted on 05/19/2024 9:42:07 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: Georgia Girl 2

(I still have a fondue set)

You are a great person!! 🌝👍👍👍🙃


23 posted on 05/19/2024 9:47:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

A family sitting around a table a stay at home mom made. Kid’s homework spread out on the table after. A packed black lunch pail and full Stanley thermos full of fresh coffee for dad to take to work.

We always had a massive hutch full of “fine China for special occasions) that we NEVER used.

My mom use to leave her sheet music on the table.

That’s a pitcher and not a jug.

Everything else is right on.


24 posted on 05/19/2024 9:59:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: nickcarraway

Those “Merry Mushroom” housewares from Sears are quite expensive and collectible these days. Some of the rarer pieces go for more than $200.


25 posted on 05/19/2024 9:59:34 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: SaveFerris

I remember helping Dad push the massive Lincoln we had while waiting in Carter lines to save gas waiting for our turn at the pump.


26 posted on 05/19/2024 10:01:35 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The electric knife is great for cutting packing foam. I everytime I find one at a thrift store I pick it up.

I have never cut anything else with one....


27 posted on 05/19/2024 10:03:43 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: nickcarraway
"Don't think a house plant can capture an era? Think again. If you didn't have a spider plant dangling in a massive macrame plant hanger in front of your kitchen window, can you really claim to have experienced the 70's?"

True. 🤣

28 posted on 05/19/2024 10:04:51 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America..)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, let me guess... A wife?


29 posted on 05/19/2024 10:05:52 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Pajamajan

Does killing my roommates’s spider plant count?


30 posted on 05/19/2024 10:14:34 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Organic Panic

I was driving by a gas station - about 1976, can’t remember

The place was backed up, cars lined up one after another, out in the street, blocking the lane, for their turn at the pump. Gas was $1.99 there - big sign

I was like “Nah!”

Drove maybe 3-5 miles down the road - absolutely no line and they were charging $1.50/gal.

Since I was visiting the area, I wondered how the locals had no idea that the cheaper station wasn’t overrun.


31 posted on 05/19/2024 10:16:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: PGR88

We used to have milk deliveries up until about 1975.

I remember the milkman but we had a metal box outside and would leave a list. He brought milk, butter, ice cream and all that. I’d often check ice cream on the list after my parents put it out so they had to take it. lol

I also remember the postman would take our dogs in his truck around out block. They loved riding with him. It was truly a simpler world and different time.


32 posted on 05/19/2024 10:17:59 PM PDT by Zack Attack (✔)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah it was groovy


33 posted on 05/19/2024 10:27:22 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: nickcarraway

My brother and I used to buy potassium and sulphur at the local TG&Y. Dad had charcoal at home. Boy those were good times


34 posted on 05/19/2024 10:31:11 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ansel12

With genuine smiles. They still liked men and sex and babies.


35 posted on 05/19/2024 10:38:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway
The article mentions "the jug everyone had". No one called anything lass than a full gallon "a jug" in the 1970s Connecticut where I grew up. We had a very popular green pitcher, but it was Rubbermaid, NOT Tupperware. The pitcher looked like this:



I bought my wife a Rival brand Crock Pot in the late 2000s. So that one isn't stuck in the 70s. We DID have avocado appliances replacing our white 50s/60s appliances. (We missed the Harvest Gold period).

We also had that exact model of Hamilton Beach electric knife, and a similar electric can opener. Where's the Avocado Waring Blender?
36 posted on 05/19/2024 10:38:27 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: PGR88

We had a soda man, bringing us a case of Elm City soda every couple of weeks. My parents had a Charles Chips Potato Chip/Pretzel route.


37 posted on 05/19/2024 10:40:27 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: nickcarraway

I remember far too much of that.

What a trip down memory lane........


38 posted on 05/19/2024 10:43:15 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Charles Chips in the can. Yummy


39 posted on 05/19/2024 10:44:42 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“””””With genuine smiles.”””””

So very true, females of all ages were happier and more natural and spontaneous than they are today.


40 posted on 05/19/2024 10:45:13 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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