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| Not Mother's but the same era! |
When I was a little girl Mother had a cooker. A gas cooker. A pre-war jobby and a bit of a monstrosity by today's standards. Cleaning just the hob (which had to be totally dismantled for the job) seemed to take forever, as I remember.
She had a big silver kettle on that cooker so she could make tea as needed. There was an eye level grill, useful for toast. But that was it. Everything was cooked on the cooker.
I have a double oven. And a hob. Both easy to clean. And an electric kettle. And a toaster, rarely used these days as I rarely eat toast. But I also have a microwave. And an air fryer. There's an Instant Pot too as well as a bread maker and a slow cooker.
And of course I have a fridge, a freezer, food processor, electric whisk, blitzer. And a dishwasher.
How on earth did Mother manage?
(I don't know. But I do know that she bought me my first dishwasher and my first freezer as she was determined that I wouldn't have to do the same as her!)
Such a fuss when "eye level grills" came out. Being very short, I didn't like them at all. My auntie had one, I couldn't see if the toast was burning
ReplyDeleteBet you could smell it!
DeleteI used to love the eyelevel grills, much easier to use,
ReplyDeleteUnless you are like Ang (above)!
DeleteAll a mystery to me.
ReplyDeleteI think if had to go back to what mother had to do, I would find it a mystery too.
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