Gregory Morrow wrote:
> DJS0302 wrote:
>
>>> I all my years, I never saw a percolator that shut itself off. No
>>> pause in perking... they just kept on going. When we were satisfied
>>> with the time elapsed or the color and character of the coffee
>>> visible in the glass bubble of the percolator lid, it was time to
>>> unplug and serve.
>>
>> My aunt had percolator that she had to use on the stove. The pot
>> and lid were made out of glass and the basket and stem were metal.
>> For some reason she never went out and bought an electric percolator.
>
>
> Years ago something like an electric percolator was a fairly
> expensive item. I have some old magazines from the late 50's - early
> 60's with small appliance ads...even a cheaper electric percolator
> back then could be about the equivalent of a hundred or more bux in
> today's $$$...a deluxe model much more.

Try using an electric percolator on a camping trip... uh... Good
old-fashioned coffee over a wood fire, yeppers! Wonderful stuff! Screw
Starbucks.

Jill