Stuff you don't see much any more.

[jsbhike]

Anyone else recall seeing coffee drank from a saucer instead of a cup?

https://www.wideopeneats.com/drinkin...from-a-saucer/

[Steve Shannon]

Anyone else recall seeing coffee drank from a saucer instead of a cup?

https://www.wideopeneats.com/drinkin...from-a-saucer/

Yes, and men tapping their cigarette ashes into the rolled up cuffs on their overalls.


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[Straight Shooter]

Speaking of coffee..the old percolators with the glass bubble on top.
And, those old, dangerous as hell pressure cookers, that had the little valve on top that rocked back & forth.
About 25 Thanksgivings or so ago, I was in a home when one we had in the kitchen exploded..
Thank God no one was in that kitchen. I could sit here for hours & try to describe to noise, damage & mess it created and yall still wouldnt get an accurate picture.

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Sugar cubes.

[jsbhike]

Sugar cubes.

I keep some in my office and in an altoids tin for hiking. A bit hard to find though.

[jsbhike]

Speaking of coffee..the old percolators with the glass bubble on top.
And, those old, dangerous as hell pressure cookers, that had the little valve on top that rocked back & forth.
About 25 Thanksgivings or so ago, I was in a home when one we had in the kitchen exploded..
Thank God no one was in that kitchen. I could sit here for hours & try to describe to noise, damage & mess it created and yall still wouldnt get an accurate picture.

Don't see those percolators much any more.

My wife and several people I know do canning. One buddy even canned most of a deer which i may try this year, especially if I get another.

I remember the danger as a kid. Usually canning was done at my grandparents(maybe great grandparents too...although that may have been making kraut only) and it was a general stay out in the yard and nowhere near the house warning.

I can imagine how bad, steam can cause some damage. I recall a fair in Ohio in the late 90's that had old steam powered tractors and one exploded causing deaths and injuries. Only seen a couple of those sitting as derelict decorations near a farmhouse entrance and they look like something out of a sci-fi horror movie now, can only imagine the perception when first built and operating.

[Disciple]

I could sit here for hours & try to describe to noise, damage & mess it created and yall still wouldnt get an accurate picture.

[AKDoug]

Speaking of coffee..the old percolators with the glass bubble on top.
And, those old, dangerous as hell pressure cookers, that had the little valve on top that rocked back & forth.
About 25 Thanksgivings or so ago, I was in a home when one we had in the kitchen exploded..
Thank God no one was in that kitchen. I could sit here for hours & try to describe to noise, damage & mess it created and yall still wouldnt get an accurate picture.

I have, and still use both of those things. I'm just in my early 50's. Never had an issue with a pressure cooker and we can with ours every year. Once the rocker starts, easy off on the throttle. We have a propane range, so I imagine an electric range might not be as safe??

[jmoore]

Automobile stuff.....


- vent windows

- “three on the tree”

- dimmer switches and window washer levers on the floor

- full size spares:):):) - one reason I love my truck, though it’s a PITA to get to!!!!!

- bumper jacks for most cars (off-roaders still use em:)

- distributors, points and carburetors under the hood

- fuel pumps NOT in the gas tank (and the associated “vapor lock”)

- REAL keys that don’t cost $400+ and can be copied at Ace Hardware!

- swapping an engine in a day:)

YMMV

geezer john (born & raised in Detroit City:)

[jsbhike]

I have, and still use both of those things. I'm just in my early 50's. Never had an issue with a pressure cooker and we can with ours every year. Once the rocker starts, easy off on the throttle. We have a propane range, so I imagine an electric range might not be as safe??

I would say the safety setup failed. My wife, mom, mother in law, and grandmothers have all been electric.

One great grandmother had 2 stoves and would have done it on propane on one....can't recall what the 2nd stove was back in those days, but I was usually there on Sundays or go back in to town days so I missed out on her set up.

The other great grandma(the one I can recall kraut being made) had a wood burning cook stove still in use till the early 80s, but I can't recall if the 2nd stove was gas or electric.

I can't recall if the kraut was done in barrels or ceramic crocks now. That was my first intro to raw cabbage which I have never liked the odor of and delayed my trying sauerkraut which I later learned was great on brats and dogs.