Kitchen memories?

[ohiosmith]

The ever present jar of bacon drippings on the stove top.

[PoliticAverse]

1. For some reason people don't collect jars of fat like they used to. n/t

[ohiosmith]

2. I still do. Have it in an old ceramic Stilton cheese jar.

[RebelOne]

4. My mother would collect bacon drippings.

Now that I am a vegetarian, it sort of sickens me to think of it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. I do, but in a container that is kept in the freezer. Never goes rancid.

And I collect the chunks of fat from cuts of beef, freeze them, and use chunks for grease when I am frying hamburger.

[sammytko]

42. I keep mine in the fridge - bacon mostly

great for re-fried beans.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Ah. You found the drippings I ask for on the Kentucky Fried Vegan Broccoli.

[ohiosmith]

5. I'd eat that!

[In_The_Wind]

6. Me too.

And I'm very careful about what I eat. [img][/img]

[LeftinOH]

7. The cast-iron match holder next to the stove:

[ohiosmith]

9. Very cool!

[Graybeard]

8. I did a poll on Wax Paper.

Most DUers said they either never used it or did very seldom. It was always in our kitchen.

I remember having the chore of "coloring" the margarine.
The dairy industry had laws passed that margarine could be sold in the butter section only if it was it's natural white and not resemble butter. It came with a small packet of food coloring that was mixed into it at home to give it the yellow buttery color.

The Iceman Cometh. Before the Fridge we had ice boxes that were literally that. A block of ice placed in the bottom tray that kept things cold in the box. The ice man came around in his truck and carried your ".25 cent block" up the stairs to your apartment.

So many memories.

[ohiosmith]

10. Remember all of that!

[trof]

15. Ice box window order signs.

Can't find an example on the web, but their were signs you put in the window.
I think "10" on one side and "25" on the other.
Told the iceman how many pounds of ice you wanted that day.

[PoliticAverse]

16. here...

[trof]

26. That's it! Thanks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. I remember the "oleo margarine" color packets....

a faint memory, so I was about 6 or so, watching my Mom mix the color into the white stuff.

We also lived in a house that had an air cooler for food.
It was a box like structure which protruded from the exterior wall of the kitchen, the door to it was flush with the interior kitchen wall
( think of window A/c units today)
and it was made of wood and tough screen, you put food into it to keep it cool during the cold winters.
Not sure what we used in summer, I was about 8 at the time.

[MiddleFingerMom]

39. I read that as "ohio smitharine" at first.

[peacefreak]

11. Outside the kitchen door...

The metal milk box.

[ohiosmith]

12. Very cool!

[Graybeard]

25. In winter the milk would freeze

...and expand up through the opening at the top of the bottle. Before milk was homogenized this inch or so that was pushed out at the top was pure cream. Bite off some instant ice cream !

[HarveyDarkey]

13. Best for popcorn

None is better

[ohiosmith]

14. Oh man!

[gkhouston]

29. Eeyew, I'll pass. Although it's great for fried apples. n/t

[HarveyDarkey]

31. It's delicious, you should try it

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I still use wax paper for microwaving!

It helps heat the food, and it prevents splattering!

I love the stuff...

[cyberswede]

18. I put cookies on it to cool

And I use it to separate rows of cookies or fudge in my holiday tins.

Oh - and if you take 2 pieces of it and melt crayon shavings between them with an iron, it's a fun "stained glass" project for the kiddies.

[gkhouston]

28. I prefer parchment paper, but the rolls are annoying,

so I got a box of flat sheets at a restaurant supply house. I feel like I've got a lifetime's supply of it now!

[Agschmid]

24. I use wax paper to wax the bars...

on which we hang merchandise at my store. It makes it easier to shop since the products slides effortlessly and it just sounds so much better than screeching of metal on metal.

Love the stuff.. but only in roll form, not pre-cut sheets.

[cyberswede]

19. I have a jar like that!

I drain bacon/sausage/meat grease into it rather than pouring it down the drain.

I suppose my mother used the grease in her jar to cook with, but I just discard it once it's cooled and no longer liquid.

[ohiosmith]

34. I cook with mine. Mostly for greasing baking pans for cornbread and Yorkshire pudding.

[pipi_k]

35. Here's an idea...

once you're done cooking, before the fat solidifies, grab some stale bread slices and soak them in the grease. Wrap in plastic wrap or waxed paper and freeze, then put it out for the birds in the winter.

You can press the greased bread slices into bird seeds before freezing if you like.

The birds love it

[cyberswede]

37. Great idea! I'm always running to the store for suet cakes...

Thanks!

[Mr.Bill]

20. Wooden rolling pin.

My wife makes excellent pie crust and still uses one of these.

[ohiosmith]

38. Wouldn't use anything but!

[fishwax]

21. my family used coffee cans (or, sometimes, peanut cans)

mmm ... Good memory

[frogmarch]

22. hawg renderings

That's what my husband's parents called that stuff, and they used it for everything, even making popcorn.

I think I'm going to be sick.

[Populist_Prole]

23. When I was a small kid we had a stove had more sheetmetal creases and chrome than a '49 Buick

Reeked to high heaven too when it was used. Gave me a me dislike natural gas appliances from then on.

[gkhouston]

27. My mom used to have an ancient aluminum canister set.

She's replaced the ones for sugar, flour, coffee, etc., over the years, but she still has the one marked "bacon". It's a bit bigger than that jar and has a removable inner "lid" with holes in it to let the drippings drop down while keeping bacon scraps on top.

[cyberswede]

30. This is the one my mom has...

[gkhouston]

40. LOL, that looks a good twenty years more recent than my mom's.

Imagine aluminum with the nameplate running vertically down the side, and a lid with a faux-copper top and black knob. Come to think of it, hers may say "grease" instead of "bacon", but the canister was clearly intended to be used to save drippings.

[pipi_k]

36. Ours was

gray and white, but yeah...

the 1950s kitchen table with vinyl covered chairs set

[gkhouston]

41. Sunbeam Mixmaster stand mixers with porcelain bowls.

I grew up used to "helping the bowl along". It was quite a change for me when we got a fixed mixer with a stainless steel bowl. I think the left side of the new mixer bowl was shinier than the right from all that unnecessary rubbing.

[Tsiyu]

43. One old house I owned

had a flour bin built into the cabinet. Held maybe 25 pounds of flour. You poured it in the top and there was a hand crank sifter at the bottom. You hit the lever, your flour poured out of the sifter, then you closed the lever when you had enough for your baking.

And my Italian Grandma always had the little iron statue of Romulus and Remus suckling from the wolf. It was always on the windowsill over the kitchen sink.

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And Charles Chips cans. Oh, yeah. We loved Charles Chips delivery day.