Witches don’t make use of stoves, of course, even when they have access to one. They use a cauldron.
Gordon Robinson’s Cinderella has access to a broomstick and cauldron, and looks like she’s about to stab you, the onlooker. In this version, Cinderella is really a witch. (I wish.)
MICROWAVE OVENS
As it turns out, the discovery of this handy technology was accidental. While working at Raytheon Technologies, Percy Spencer, an expert in radar tube engineering, accidentally melted the chocolate peanut bar in his pocket while standing in front of a radar. He then began experimenting with other foods to see how they responded to an electromagnetic field, and thus the microwave oven was born.
The Accidental Origins of the Microwave Oven from Laughing Squid
EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN KITCHEN
The prosperity of the 1950’s kicked off the revolution in technology and design that transformed the American kitchen from scullery to the central great room of the modern home. Modern pastel colored appliances and kitchen products made by companies whose names became household synonyms for convenience were representative of the era. Writer and design curator Sarah Archer has documented this movement in her new book, The Midcentury Kitchen, and joins Linda to talk about it.
Evolution of the American Kitchen, From Workplace to Dreamscape,1940s-70s
OPEN HEARTH COOKING
Imagine having to cook Thanksgiving dinner over an open fire! This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio is joined in the studio by historical interpreter Carolina Capehart. Carolina is a hearth-cooking expert, and prefers to cook all types of food over an open flame. Tune into this episode to learn what tools were used in the 1800s to boil vegetables, roast meat, and bake breads. Hear why Carolina is so dedicated to historical accuracy. Carolina explains how the colonialists pioneered local and seasonal eating- out of necessity! Learn about the founding ideals of the United States as an agrarian society. How does the language of the 1800s confuse the recreation of historic recipes? Collect some firewood and slaughter a hog; it’s time for this week’s episode of A Taste of the Past!
“Anything you can cook these days, you can cook oven an open fire. It’s just about learning a different system.” [3:45]
“These days, everyone says that you need to eat seasonally and locally. Back in the 1800s, they did that, but mainly because they had to!” [20:20]
“90% of people back then were farmers. That was Jefferson’s ideal- an agricultural society.” [23:10]
— Carolina Capehart on A Taste of the Past
Open Hearth Cooking
