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gkhouston

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

Reply to cyberswede (Reply #30)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 01:44 PM

Jan 2013

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.

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Kitchen memories? [View all] ohiosmith Jan 2013 OP

For some reason people don't collect jars of fat like they used to. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1

I still do. Have it in an old ceramic Stilton cheese jar. ohiosmith Jan 2013 #2

My mother would collect bacon drippings. RebelOne Jan 2013 #4

I do, but in a container that is kept in the freezer. Never goes rancid. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #32

I keep mine in the fridge - bacon mostly sammytko Jan 2013 #42

Ah. You found the drippings I ask for on the Kentucky Fried Vegan Broccoli. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #3

I'd eat that! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #5

Me too. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #6

The cast-iron match holder next to the stove: LeftinOH Jan 2013 #7

Very cool! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #9

I did a poll on Wax Paper. Graybeard Jan 2013 #8

Remember all of that! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #10

Ice box window order signs. trof Jan 2013 #15

here... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #16

That's it! Thanks. trof Jan 2013 #26

I remember the "oleo margarine" color packets.... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #33

I read that as "ohio smitharine" at first. MiddleFingerMom Jan 2013 #39

Outside the kitchen door... peacefreak Jan 2013 #11

Very cool! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #12

In winter the milk would freeze Graybeard Jan 2013 #25

Best for popcorn HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #13

Oh man! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #14

Eeyew, I'll pass. Although it's great for fried apples. n/t gkhouston Jan 2013 #29

It's delicious, you should try it HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #31

I still use wax paper for microwaving! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #17

I put cookies on it to cool cyberswede Jan 2013 #18

I prefer parchment paper, but the rolls are annoying, gkhouston Jan 2013 #28

I use wax paper to wax the bars... Agschmid Jan 2013 #24

I have a jar like that! cyberswede Jan 2013 #19

I cook with mine. Mostly for greasing baking pans for cornbread and Yorkshire pudding. ohiosmith Jan 2013 #34

Here's an idea... pipi_k Jan 2013 #35

Great idea! I'm always running to the store for suet cakes... cyberswede Jan 2013 #37

Wooden rolling pin. Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #20

Wouldn't use anything but! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #38

my family used coffee cans (or, sometimes, peanut cans) fishwax Jan 2013 #21

hawg renderings frogmarch Jan 2013 #22

When I was a small kid we had a stove had more sheetmetal creases and chrome than a '49 Buick Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #23

My mom used to have an ancient aluminum canister set. gkhouston Jan 2013 #27

This is the one my mom has... cyberswede Jan 2013 #30

LOL, that looks a good twenty years more recent than my mom's. gkhouston Jan 2013 #40

Ours was pipi_k Jan 2013 #36

Sunbeam Mixmaster stand mixers with porcelain bowls. gkhouston Jan 2013 #41

One old house I owned Tsiyu Jan 2013 #43