Saturday Thoughts...Small Appliances We Don't Have Anymore

Mine didn't say Joe Namath but worked well

 More small appliances I have owned and no longer have the one I used the most was my deep fryers. The first one I owned was round, thick walled and you could set the temperature on it. It could also be used as a all purpose cooker and I did use it at times to make chili, soup and for things like little smokies in sauce (grape jelly added).

 Than I had a Fry Daddy and a Fry Baby neither of which had a thermometer  but used less oil and took up less space. They worked quite well but were only used to deep fry. Now I buy frozen or make from a raw potato and bake.

 I went through many electric knives. They were great for slicing bread and cutting up roasted chicken and turkey. It has just been the last few years I haven’t had one.

 Popcorn poppers were plentiful as we were all popcorn eaters, as I was growing up. Dad popped corn often and so did I. 

 Mostly I used the bottom of my first pressure cooker as it was heavy and thick walled and popped it on my stove top. At college I used the type that you lifted up the popper part and there was an electric burner in the base. It could, and often was, be used to heat a can of soup, canned chili when the kitchens were closed. 

 Air poppers were popular but I never owned one as I always put butter on mine anyway. 

I had 2 different Stir Crazy poppers which have come and gone and now days I use a Microwave popper and it works well. You can, and I have, pop popcorn in a paper lunch bag if you just want a small amount than just throw the bag away when you are done. I don’t buy the prepackaged microwave popcorn as I think it has an aftertaste. 
Popped popcorn freezes well. Reheat, crisp in the oven and melt some butter at the same time and it tastes like fresh popped. I use my Breville oven for this. Toaster ovens of any brand should work.