Anchor Hocking Anchorglass "Tulip" and
"Black/Red Polka Dots" mixing
bowl sets were advertised in the late 1940s or early 1950s. From the size of the original ad and the paper quality, this may be from
Ladies Home Journal; there's a Rath Black Hawk Meats ad on the reverse.
Can anyone identify? To order copies, please see
Glassware: Magazine Ads & Illustrations - Color.
The shining stove, the Frigidaire, the book
Of well-thumbed recipes,
the breakfast nook,
The pots and pans, the oilcloth on the
shelves,
The cookie jar where youngsters help themselves,
The
spotless floor, the scrubbed and shining walls,
What pleasant memories
the word recalls.
Thanksgiving Days and Christmases of yore.
Persistent as a fly beside
the door
I stayed, nor words nor threats could make me go.
I saw the
angel-cakes as light as snow
Emerge for creamy frosting, white and
thick,
And begged to have the mixing bowl to lick. . . .
The kitchen sounds are worthy of some praise,
The plop of kneaded dough
on baking days,
The knives' tattoo against the chopping board,
The
syrup's cheerful gurgle as it's poured,
The kettle's blithesome singing
while it boils,
The pleasant sizzle of a steak that broils,
The
blurping and the bubbling of stews,
The family cat's persuasive hungry
mews,
The dishpan's clatter and the water's swish,
The smothered
Damn
when Cookee drops a dish,
The leaky tap that drips a little
tune,
The utter quiet of the afternoon.
And then at night, when
silence rules the house,
The squeaking of a tiny frightened mouse.
The colors of the kitchen are so bright,
The yellow
curtains filtering
the light,
The kitchen china, gaudy blues and reds,
The
crinkled jade-like green of lettuce heads,
The
guinea gold of butter and the yolks
Of
eggs, the varied greens of artichokes,
The
egg-plant's regal purple and the blush
Of ripe tomatoes or the deeper flush
Of ruddy beet juice crimsoning a pan,
A rainbow to delight a hungry man. . . .
~~Don Blanding
Songs of the Seven Senses, 1931
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