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Post by birkie on Jul 21, 2018 13:34:28 GMT
It'll be a while before I read and sort the photos I took, so I created a folder of a raw dump. Please PM me if you'd like the link to it - posting it publicly doesn't seem right at this point.
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Post by sheeplady on Jul 22, 2018 4:35:05 GMT
Just as a teaser, there are multiple recipes for gelatine salads served on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing, including classics such as "ginger ale salad with mayonnaise" and "pineapple, date,and cream cheese salad with mayonnaise."
Mayonnaise was apparently a staple.
These are the sort of recipes where you read the ingredient list and say, "well, ok... I can sort of see that" but by the end of the instructions you are... well, you can guess what happens when it ends with "serve on a lecture bed with mayonnaise dressing." And it involves ingredients that don't seem to finesse with lettuce and mayo.
I currently plan to pick out the 10 most outrageous recipes for modern tastes and throw a monitor-top dinner party. There will be a lot of mayonnaise.
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Post by ckfan on Jul 22, 2018 14:16:39 GMT
Oh dear, that will be interesting to see the look on the guests faces. A lot of these recipes are rediculous when you look at them in a modern light. I have had quite good luck with many of the not so crazy recipes though. I’ve made ice cream from the DR silent hostess book multiple times and it turns out pretty good! Not as good as store bought but that is due to ice crystals forming. You really have to keep pulling it out and stir it as often as possible. It really makes the poor DR run hard. I would be interested to see how it behaves in a flat top instead.
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Post by mach on Sept 11, 2018 11:58:42 GMT
Off to the museum this weekend. I'm looking to scan any marketing materials, sales catalogs, or other pre war flat top materials. Also interested in the ramp up up and down for WW II. I'm taking request if anyone has a specific item that you need copied.
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Post by birkie on Sept 12, 2018 2:42:07 GMT
Excellent!
If you don't mind, any information related to the chest freezers if the late '40s and early '50s (NA series) would be much appreciated. I didn't have enough time to ascertain if they had a service manual, but did eventually figure out that the "Service Man" series had some information. (NA-4 and NA-8 in particular)
Thanks, and good luck. I ended up wishing for more time there.
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Post by mach on Sept 12, 2018 3:21:43 GMT
Will do. I've got two days so hopefully will have the time for the NAs and any other rabbit holes I fall down.
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Post by elec573 on Sept 13, 2018 3:24:43 GMT
Keep us posted some day I hope to make it there myself. Which it we’ll probably be myself since my other half has no interest in this .
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Post by birkie on Sept 14, 2018 23:51:18 GMT
That is so cool, I didn't even know they had a warehouse of refrigerators. Do tell if they have any prototypes, that would be so exciting. I had a feeling that a two hour blitz through was just the tip of the iceberg. Glad you enjoying it, and have enjoyed the posts so far. We took a photo of me and the kids in front of that three door
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Post by ckfan on Sept 15, 2018 1:59:55 GMT
Man, I like what I’m seeing so far. That DR1 is tidy!
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Post by elec573 on Sept 15, 2018 4:41:23 GMT
Very nice thanks for posting !
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Post by mach on Sept 15, 2018 6:33:27 GMT
Photos from day 1 can be found here Schenectady Archives
I thought this was interesting. That could be a primer coat but that looks like a brown lower door for a 41/42 flat top.
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Post by birkie on Sept 15, 2018 12:01:18 GMT
This is gold! A nice mix of production, prototype, and process photos. Especially notable to me is just how early they were working on getting a freezer released (some photos were from 1944). It also looks like they were still hard at work figuring out how to package a refrigerator with a frozen foods compartment. R12 is a much more practical refrigerant for freezers than SO2, so I'm wondering if their embracing of the CFC in the early 40s has something to do with it too (or vice versa) "initial experiments with coppertone, harvest gold, and avocado green are decades ahead of their time"
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Post by mach on Sept 18, 2018 3:50:07 GMT
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Post by mach on Sept 18, 2018 4:28:23 GMT
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