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03-19-2019 11:44 PM - edited 03-19-2019 11:46 PM
I didn't use it, I observed it. 😁
Guy I was seeing bought an Amana Radarange. Like $1,000 bucks in the day. He believed it was a Babe Getter.
Yep, got me to run out of the kitchen like my hair was on fire!
03-19-2019 11:51 PM - edited 03-20-2019 12:10 PM
The 1st time I used a microwave was in my apt in 1985 (when I was single and 13 yrs before I met my DH)...using my brand new large capacity Kenmore I bought at Sears.
The microwave is still working like new in our home...it is 34 years old now!!! Things just aren't made to last like that anymore. I also love it because it doesn't have a turntable.
03-20-2019 01:10 AM
I was at 4-H Summer School at one of my state's two universities, and an Amana representative did a demonstration of their new, not-yet-available-to-the-public, Radarange. All of us in that particular "home-ec" class got to try it to see what it could do. We melted chocolate fondue, as I remember, and dipped chunks of fruit in it with toothpicks, and also marshmallows, of course. I remember, when I went home, telling my Mom all about it, and how we were going to want one someday. What a fun question to bring up a happy memory, ECBG, thank you!
03-20-2019 01:19 AM
I'm guessing we got our microwave oven around 1969. We were the first ones in the neighborhood to get one....I can't remember anyone else having one for years. My dad was a builder so he knew what was on the horizon. It was attached above the stove and we called it an "electronic" oven and it even had a browning unit which was wonderful. That thing lasted for years!
03-20-2019 01:37 AM
I remember this guy had a microwave cooking show which I would watch before I got a micro oven. My g/f was the 1st to get one and hated it so bad but she didn't want to throw it out it was a gift so she used it to store plactic wrap, alum. foil sandwich bags etc...
03-20-2019 08:02 AM
Our first was a counter top model. I was baking potatoes and accidentally set it for 50 minutes instead of 5. Went to do something and lost track of time until I noticed it was on fire inside. Seems that once all the water was evaporated out of the potatoes, the starch caught fire. Our home insurance paid for a repair job. Lesson learned.
03-20-2019 08:45 AM
My ex, who had to always be the first to buy a new anything, bought one around 1984.
After we were married he bought a huge one for my mother.
I remember them having dials for the time,LOL.
03-20-2019 11:14 AM
My dad was always the first to buy anything in electronics. I know we got one sometime in the 60's. I remember it was a big, huge box-like appliance that set on our counter. My mom was the cook since I was a kid in grade school. But I remember my mom saying it was the best coffee warmer upper on the market!
03-20-2019 11:30 AM
Microwave = Popcorn Making Machine 😀🍿
03-20-2019 12:49 PM
DH's boss had some connection to buy these wholesale when they first came out in the early 70's. It actually had a wire grid in the ceiling that browned your food when it cooked. You couldn't turn that feature off, and the grid was constantly clogged with burned food. I was relieved when we gave up and scrapped it.
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