Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:49:00 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
> >> > George Leppla wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> So we have been having a sandwich fest. BLT's, sliced egg
> >> sandwiches, >> egg salad... it is like being reunited with an old
> >> friend.
> >> >
> >> > I was raised with Miracle Whip because my mother preferred it to
> >> > mayonnaise. MY wife insists on the real thing. I have to say
> that >> > I prefer mayo to Miracle Whip, but the bottles stuff does
> not hold >> > a candle to home made mayo.
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> >> But I think that mayo will still be better in some instances...
> >> but we >> won't use enough of both to buy both in the larger,
> economy >> sizes that >> we prefer.... and I hate the idea of paying
> the quart >> jar prices.
> >> >
> >> > I jar of mayo lasts several months in our house. If we used more
> >> > mayo I would make it myself.
> >>
> >> A quart of Hellman's mayo will last me over a year, I keep it for
> >> guests or I'd not have any. I think I once bought Miracle Whip
> but I >> honestly can't remember, obviously made no impression. My
> go to >> sandwich spread is usually mustard and occasionally I reach
> for the >> Hellman's Sandwich Spread (good with tuna), if I'm going
> to indulge in >> the useless fat calories I like it better than plain
> mayo. Today's >> lunch was a ham sandwich with Gulden's spicy brown
> and I splurged by >> adding a spoon of Heinz sweet pickle relish. My
> experience is people >> who go through quarts of mayo like they have
> it hooked up to an IV >> usually weigh over 300 pounds.
> >
> > LOL!
> >
> > I do use mayo. A regular jar lasts 8 weeks here and most is used in
> > pasta salads, tuna salads and egg salads. Shortly, some will go for
> > Turkey salads.
>
> Normal people use mayo sparingly... I don't understand how people who
> weigh over 300 pounds are promoting mayo at any level... they should
> be embarrassed to mention mayo... what could a 300 pounder know about
> which mayo is better when they devour all the mayo they can get by the
> gallons as though it were an addictive drug.

Grin, I am feeding 3 adults so your standard 16 oz jar here gets used
up. I might eat more than you do but we aren't using it just as a
samwich spread.

BTW, the biggest person here is my husband. He's a little upset that he
has hit 180. Working on that.

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"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2014-11-12 2:45 PM, David Harmon wrote:
>>
>> >>> Miracle Whip is just nasty stuff. I suspect the only people who like
>> >>> it
>> >>> are those who were raised on it from a young age and haven't had
>> >>> decent
>> >>> real mayo. I doubt there are many new converts to MW from real mayo.
>> >>
>> >> Then you would be wrong.
>> >
>> > Really? Where do you get your numbers, and what are they?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> It hasn't been around forever and before it was invented about 85 years
>> ago people had real mayonnaise. There might be some who grew up on it
>> later, but the original customers would have been converts.
>
> The Gallery of Regrettable foods shows the kind of food tastes the
> average US consumer had just 50 or 60 years ago, and gives a good idea
> of the original consumers. It may well have been a lower cost option
> back 85 years ago which I believe is right about the Great Depression
> where people would eat anything the could get.

I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.
>
>>
>> It is funny to hear people suggesting that it is such a superior product
>> in comparison to mayonnaise, but I think there is an even greater
>> difference between commercial mayo and homemade, but very few people
>> bother to make their own, even here.
>
> I guess if people don't know how to cook they may think they have to buy
> MW to get the "tang" when in reality they can simply adjust real mayo
> with some additions.

It might also be more a matter of what they grew up with. We only ever had
MW in our house and it is the reason why I thought I didn't like macaroni
salad, potato salad, coleslaw or even mayo on sandwiches. Because I was
told that it was mayo. Only after I tried restaurant food did I realize
there was a difference.

In article >,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> The Cook wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:44:57 -0600, George Leppla
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >We have been using the Heavy Duty Mayo we buy from Sam's Club. Good
> > >flavor, very thick, stores well in the spare refrigerator. Last week,
> > >I got a notion that I missed using Miracle Whip and as if by magic, we
> > >found a $1 off coupon, so we bought a quart.
> > >
> > >So we have been having a sandwich fest. BLT's, sliced egg sandwiches,
> > >egg salad... it is like being reunited with an old friend.
> > >
> > >But I think that mayo will still be better in some instances... but we
> > >won't use enough of both to buy both in the larger, economy sizes that
> > >we prefer.... and I hate the idea of paying the quart jar prices.
> > >
> > >Decisions, decisions.
> > >
> > >George L
> > >
> > >(PS - Becca says that if we add some sweetener and a little lemon juice
> > >to the mayo that it tastes like MW. I am skeptical)
> >
> > My favorite Mayo is Duke's. It has no sugar or other sweetener in it.
> >
> > Here is a recipe that was posted here several years ago. It is the
> > recipe I use when I feel inspired to make my own. I failed to get the
> > original poster's name. If anyone knows who it was, let me know.
> >
> > Mayonnaise
> >
> > 1 whole egg, room temperature
> > 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
> > 3/4 teaspoon salt
> > 3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
> > 1 cup oil
> >
> > 1. Put into straight sided jar.
> >
> > 2. Put stick blender all the way in without turning it on.
> >
> > 3. Turn the blender on and rocking it slowly from side to side, pull
> > it up to the top.
> >
> > 4. It should emulsify in 6 or 7 seconds as you pull it up.
> >
> > Yield: 1 cup
>
> That looks pretty much like the recipes I tried and didn't care for.

It's heavily dependent on the type of oil you use. Maybe try one that's
more 9or less) neutral ...

Isaac

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:11:19 -0800 in rec.food.cooking, "Cheri"
> wrote,
>
>"David Harmon" > wrote in message
...
>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:17:30 -0800 in rec.food.cooking, "Cheri"
>> > wrote,
>>>
>>>"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>> Miracle Whip is just nasty stuff. I suspect the only people who like it
>>>> are those who were raised on it from a young age and haven't had decent
>>>> real mayo. I doubt there are many new converts to MW from real mayo.
>>>
>>>Then you would be wrong.
>>
>> Really? Where do you get your numbers, and what are they?
>
>What are you talking about?

"I doubt there are many new converts to MW from real mayo."
That was the final sentence you quoted before your reply saying
it was wrong.

> I was responding to suspecting that "the only people who like it are
>those who were raised on it from a young age and haven't had a decent
>real mayo."

Never mind then.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2014-11-12 2:45 PM, David Harmon wrote:
> >>
> >> >>> Miracle Whip is just nasty stuff. I suspect the only people who like
> >> >>> it
> >> >>> are those who were raised on it from a young age and haven't had
> >> >>> decent
> >> >>> real mayo. I doubt there are many new converts to MW from real mayo.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then you would be wrong.
> >> >
> >> > Really? Where do you get your numbers, and what are they?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> It hasn't been around forever and before it was invented about 85 years
> >> ago people had real mayonnaise. There might be some who grew up on it
> >> later, but the original customers would have been converts.
> >
> > The Gallery of Regrettable foods shows the kind of food tastes the
> > average US consumer had just 50 or 60 years ago, and gives a good idea
> > of the original consumers. It may well have been a lower cost option
> > back 85 years ago which I believe is right about the Great Depression
> > where people would eat anything the could get.
>
> I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
> available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
> people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
> have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
> have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
> worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
> one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
> of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
> briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
> no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.

Mayo doesn't require refrigeration, it's too acidic for bacteria.

The Wikipedia page for MW indicates it was introduced in 1933 so right
after the Great Depression, and it was indeed a cheaper product.


> >
> >>
> >> It is funny to hear people suggesting that it is such a superior product
> >> in comparison to mayonnaise, but I think there is an even greater
> >> difference between commercial mayo and homemade, but very few people
> >> bother to make their own, even here.
> >
> > I guess if people don't know how to cook they may think they have to buy
> > MW to get the "tang" when in reality they can simply adjust real mayo
> > with some additions.
>
> It might also be more a matter of what they grew up with. We only ever had
> MW in our house and it is the reason why I thought I didn't like macaroni
> salad, potato salad, coleslaw or even mayo on sandwiches. Because I was
> told that it was mayo. Only after I tried restaurant food did I realize
> there was a difference.

MW, at least originally seems to basically have been mayo cut with cheap
salad dressing to lower the cost. I suspect these days it's a bit
different.

"Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
>available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
>people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
>have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
>have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
>worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
>one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
>of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
>briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
>no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.

You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
'40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
describe other than in old movies... even during the '50s the fridge
was already very close to todays fridge, just without the bells and
whistles like auto icemakers.
http://bigchill.com/the-history-of-the-fridge/

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
> >
> >I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
> >available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
> >people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
> >have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
> >have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
> >worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
> >one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
> >of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
> >briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
> >no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.
>
> You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
> '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
> already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
> you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
> describe other than in old movies...

Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.

On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:40:48 PM UTC-6, Pete C. wrote:
> sf wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:38:29 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I jar of mayo lasts several months in our house. If we used more mayo I
> > > would make it myself.
> >
> > That's the position I'm in too. If I used it more often, I'd make it
> > myself. As it is, the only time I make "mayonnaise" is when I make
> > aioli to go with salmon. Then, I need to plan ahead and make sure I
> > buy enough fish to have leftover salmon so I can turn it and the
> > remaining aioli into salmon pasta salad... which doesn't happen very
> > often. The weather needs to be very warm for me to even consider it.
>
> Miracle Whip is just nasty stuff. I suspect the only people who like it
> are those who were raised on it from a young age and haven't had decent
> real mayo. I doubt there are many new converts to MW from real mayo.
>
> I used to like Hellman's mayo, but it seems in recent years they must
> have changed the formula and added more and more HFCS or whatever
> because it has become way too sweet for my tastes like MW. The Heinz
> mayo is much better and really seems more like the old Hellman's mayo.
>
> On homemade mayo, I've tried at least a half dozen recipes and none of
> them have produced anything I like as much as the old Hellman's or the
> current Heinz mayo. I'm not sure why that is, each recipe "worked" in
> that it emulsified properly to a reasonable thickness, but none tasted
> very good to me. The different recipes used different oils and whatnot
> too so it wasn't one particular oil that didn't work well. Dunno I
> usually prefer homemade for most everything, but not mayo it seems.

You should use the shittiest oil (soy), vinegar instead of lemon juice,
and whole egg instead of carefully separated yolks, so your homemade
will more closely resemble that jarred crap that you like.

--Bryan

On 2014-11-13 3:17 PM, Gary wrote:

>> You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
>> '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
>> already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
>> you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
>> describe other than in old movies...
>
> Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
> those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
> little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
> hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
>

That would have been a very old fridge at the time. The fridge in my
childhood home was like that. There was room for one or two ice cube
trays and a couple cans of frozen orange juice and maybe a quart of ice
cream. In the late 50s we got a fridge with a larger separate freezer
section. If Julie can be believed, she is 55 and her mother was a
therapist <?> I would expect that they would have had a decent fridge
with separate freezer compartment.

My mother put Miracle Whip in the same category as margarine and Frostee-freez - poor man's food. I'd never tasted it til I visited somewhere. We weren't rich, but she didn't like to set a pauper's table.

On 2014-11-13 4:57 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> My mother put Miracle Whip in the same category as margarine and
> Frostee-freez - poor man's food. I'd never tasted it til I visited
> somewhere. We weren't rich, but she didn't like to set a pauper's
> table.
>

My mother preferred Miracle Whip. We had that because she did not like
Mayonnaise. She used margarine in some of here cooking and for things
like grilled cheese not just because it was cheaper but because she did
not like butter. We had to have butter on the table. My father had
grown up on a farm and would not accept a substitute for butter.

When my parents went on a trip to Denmark in the late 1960s she did not
have very positive comments about the food. Her main complaint was that
everything was smeared with butter. My wife, OTOH was quite impressed
with the quantity and quality of butter used there.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:53:26 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-11-13 3:17 PM, Gary wrote:
>
> >> You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
> >> '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
> >> already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
> >> you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
> >> describe other than in old movies...
> >
> > Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
> > those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
> > little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
> > hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
> >
>
> That would have been a very old fridge at the time. The fridge in my
> childhood home was like that. There was room for one or two ice cube
> trays and a couple cans of frozen orange juice and maybe a quart of ice
> cream. In the late 50s we got a fridge with a larger separate freezer
> section. If Julie can be believed, she is 55 and her mother was a
> therapist <?> I would expect that they would have had a decent fridge
> with separate freezer compartment.

Not necessarily old. Those models were still being sold in the 60's
and were put in apartments by cheap building owners.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >
>> >I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of what was
>> >available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in those days, some
>> >people still didn't have a refrigerator and even if they did, it might not
>> >have been like what we could get today. The frozen food compartment might
>> >have only been big enough to hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have
>> >worked well enough to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the
>> >one that we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened inside
>> >of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some ice cream but only
>> >briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold more than that and there was
>> >no guarantee that the ice would stay frozen.
>>
>> You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the mid
>> '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960 model) was
>> already quite modern and with a good sized separate freezer. If
>> you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of the type you
>> describe other than in old movies...
>
>Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.

I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated. In NY in the '40s
apts had a tin box built in under a kitchen window to use as freezer
in winter... or they kept perishables on the fire escape. In 1978
fridges were quite modern, they had through the door ice cubes,
crushed ice, and and cold water. If you had a 1940s fridge in 1978
then you must've lived in some L'weesianna back water swamp hood, or
you're lying.

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
> > >
> > > I think it was less a matter of their tastes and more a matter of
> > > what was available to them at that time. Keep in mind that in
> > > those days, some people still didn't have a refrigerator and even
> > > if they did, it might not have been like what we could get today.
> > > The frozen food compartment might have only been big enough to
> > > hold a tray of ice cubes or it might not have worked well enough
> > > to keep the food frozen. I am 55 and I can remember the one that
> > > we had in Wichita. It was merely a little door that opened
> > > inside of the fridge. We kept ice cubes in it and perhaps some
> > > ice cream but only briefly. It really wasn't big enough to hold
> > > more than that and there was no guarantee that the ice would stay
> > > frozen.
> >
> > You are greatly exaggerating. You're describing a fridge from the
> > mid '40s... a fridge from about the time you were born (~1960
> > model) was already quite modern and with a good sized separate
> > freezer. If you're 55 I seriously doubt you ever saw a fridge of
> > the type you describe other than in old movies...
>
> Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
> those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
> little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
> hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.

Same here. Apartment had one like that. No real freezer but it came
with the place for free. Moved out in 1979 and was happy with a real
freezer until I got stupid as it was not frost free and blew it up
trying to knock ice out with a screw driver. OOOPS!

Ok, stop laughing! I replaced it since it was my own dumb fault. I was
happy to get my full deposit back when I moved on because I was honest
about it and left a working unit behind even though it was well used
and I paid 50$ for it if that.

Many people keep an appliance that still works evn if there are later
versions.

I think if ice delivery was available, we'd still see the ancient
iceboxes. My Husbandstill calls the fridge an 'ice box'. He's 64 and
grew up with one. Nothern critter as a kid, they stocked ice
apparently in winter into a something like basement he says. Dunno if
that worked well but apparently his parents didn see a need to swap to
an electric one until they moved south around 1960 or so.

Carol


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On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:30:40 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:21:24 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>>Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>>>those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>>>little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>>>hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
>>
>> I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
>> impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
>> the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
>> got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated.
>
>The freezer NOT in the fridge but in a separate compartment wasn't the
>majority style being manufactured until the mid 60's. My first
>apartment in 1984 had the same style that Gary mentions. It was
>replaced with a two-door model within a year, but they were still in
>use in the mid-80's, at least.

I wrote about the model Julie described, with a freezer just large
enough for two ice cube trays and maybe two dixie cups but had no
door... the little freezer compartment at that time chilled the entire
fridge by convection, there was no fan... at that time most had no
interior light... no magnetic gasket either, had a positive latch that
couldn't be pushed open from inside, so probably been a long time
since they have been illegal for residences, which is just one reaon I
doubt Julie ever saw one other than in old movies. There are probably
some still in use but would be exceedingly rare... perhaps in museums.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:30:40 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:21:24 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>>>>those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>>>>little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>>>>hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
>>>
>>> I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
>>> impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
>>> the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
>>> got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated.
>>
>>The freezer NOT in the fridge but in a separate compartment wasn't the
>>majority style being manufactured until the mid 60's. My first
>>apartment in 1984 had the same style that Gary mentions. It was
>>replaced with a two-door model within a year, but they were still in
>>use in the mid-80's, at least.
>
> I wrote about the model Julie described, with a freezer just large
> enough for two ice cube trays and maybe two dixie cups but had no
> door... the little freezer compartment at that time chilled the entire
> fridge by convection, there was no fan... at that time most had no
> interior light... no magnetic gasket either, had a positive latch that
> couldn't be pushed open from inside, so probably been a long time
> since they have been illegal for residences, which is just one reaon I
> doubt Julie ever saw one other than in old movies. There are probably
> some still in use but would be exceedingly rare... perhaps in museums.

I was born in 1959 and we probably moved into that house in 1960. It wasn't
a new house. My mom had a wringer washer too. She washed my diapers in it
until my dad insisted that she get the new fangled kind. No dryer. The
clothes were hung on the line.

On 11/13/2014 8:30 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:21:24 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>>> those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>>> little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>>> hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
>>
>> I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
>> impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
>> the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
>> got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated.
>
> The freezer NOT in the fridge but in a separate compartment wasn't the
> majority style being manufactured until the mid 60's. My first
> apartment in 1984 had the same style that Gary mentions. It was
> replaced with a two-door model within a year, but they were still in
> use in the mid-80's, at least.
>

The company I worked for in the 1970s had that style of fridge in
their lunch/break room. Yeah, it was old, but it still ran, so they
kept it in use. They built stuff like tanks in those days.

On 11/19/2014 3:38 PM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 11/13/2014 8:30 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:21:24 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:17:31 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not at all, Sheldon. My first apartment (without roommates) had one of
>>>> those old fridges. One door to open the fridge and inside on top was a
>>>> little compartment for ice. As Julie said, it was small and didn't
>>>> hold much at all. I lived with that until I moved in 1978.
>>>
>>> I don't believe you, unless you rented an $8 a week apt in some
>>> impoverished ghetto. During the '40s we lived with an ice-a-box. In
>>> the early '50s we had a fridge with a top freezer. In the '60s my mom
>>> got a fridge with a bottom freezer that I hated.
>>
>> The freezer NOT in the fridge but in a separate compartment wasn't the
>> majority style being manufactured until the mid 60's. My first
>> apartment in 1984 had the same style that Gary mentions. It was
>> replaced with a two-door model within a year, but they were still in
>> use in the mid-80's, at least.
>>
>
> The company I worked for in the 1970s had that style of fridge in their
> lunch/break room. Yeah, it was old, but it still ran, so they kept it in
> use. They built stuff like tanks in those days.
>
An apartment I rented in midtown Memphis in 1983 or so had that old
style fridge. The galley style kitchen was tiny; it had metal cabinets
which also dated back to the 40's or 50's. The fridge worked just fine.
The grocery store was a half a block walk up the street. I had no
need for a larger freezer or a more modern fridge. In fact, I don't
think I ever thought much about it until now.

Jill