Things You’d See in a 1970s Kitchen

UltimateClassicRock ^ | May 18, 2024 | Stephen Lenz

[Georgia Girl 2]

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

[right way right]

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

[SaveFerris]

(I still have a fondue set)

You are a great person!! 🌝👍👍👍🙃

[Organic Panic]

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.

[ccmay]

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

[Organic Panic]

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.

[Organic Panic]

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....

[Pajamajan]

"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. 🤣

[Bullish]

Oh, let me guess... A wife?

[AndyJackson]

Does killing my roommates’s spider plant count?

[SaveFerris]

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.

[Zack Attack]

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.

[NWFree]

Yeah it was groovy

[NWFree]

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

[Secret Agent Man]

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

[Dr. Sivana]

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?

[Dr. Sivana]

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.

[metmom]

I remember far too much of that.

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

[NWFree]

Charles Chips in the can. Yummy

[ansel12]

“””””With genuine smiles.”””””

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