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Thread Number: 45628
HOOVER FONDUE? |
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| Post# 667639 3/22/2013 at 13:09 (4,059 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 667640 , Reply# 1 3/22/2013 at 13:23 (4,059 days old) by retropia () | ||
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That's pretty cool! I never knew Hoover made small kitchen appliances like this. | ||
Post# 667645 , Reply# 2 3/22/2013 at 13:43 (4,059 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Hoover Branded But Not Made By
I shouldn't wonder.
Hoover slapped it's brand name on many large and small appliances rather than produce them in house. From agitator washing machines and large tumble dryers and so on. Fondue was a huge fad back in the 1970's through 1980's. Every hostess or Queen of the Cul de Sac hauled those fondue pots of various brands and construction for any social event. Dinner, cocktail, Tupperware parties and on . Like so many crazes the fondue arrived on the shores of USA from the old country. In French, Germany and cultures there had long been a tradition of dipping bits of bread into melted cheese or something into chocolate. Hot fondues were and are still very popular at buffets and so forth served at European ski resorts. | ||
| Post# 667648 , Reply# 3 3/22/2013 at 13:55 (4,059 days old) by rockland1 () | ||
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Hoover Hoover wanted to become a BIG name in small appliances. Never happened. | ||
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Post# 667652 , Reply# 4 3/22/2013 at 14:07 (4,059 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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By The 1960's Through 1980's Small Appliance
Market was so crowded and not just from the big boys like American brands such as GE,Sunbeam,Eureka,WestBend,and so forth. You started to see Asian (mainly Japanese) and European players such as Panasonic, Braun, Krups, Moulinex amoung others enter the field.
What is odd when you read Hoover's spares and service manuals you'd think they did actually produce these items. | ||
| Post# 667694 , Reply# 5 3/22/2013 at 17:49 (4,059 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Fondue!!! We had one. Given to my mother as a gift. It was a West Bend. Used Sterno (sp?). The year was 1970. It was used once. Went on a shelf and then sold some years later at our landmark yard sale of 1977. | ||
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Post# 667750 , Reply# 7 3/22/2013 at 21:58 (4,059 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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| Post# 668010 , Reply# 9 3/24/2013 at 06:02 (4,057 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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Hoover Fry Pan My Hoover electric skillet that I mentioned in a previous thread is so well made. The QUALITY of the older appliances! One reason I am such a vintage hound! | ||
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Post# 668037 , Reply# 10 3/24/2013 at 09:32 (4,057 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Hoover Crepe Maker
I've got the Hoover Crepe maker...
Saw it at an estate sale (new in box). I'm half French so I'd try to learn how to make crepes. For crepes and omelets, this thing is the bomb... Easy and perfect. For fondue, we have a vintage Oster and a new West-Bend. Our family still fondues occasionally. Fondue is not complete though without Neil Diamond Stones playing on the stereo... | ||
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Post# 668063 , Reply# 11 3/24/2013 at 10:47 (4,057 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Fondue History | ||
| Post# 668065 , Reply# 12 3/24/2013 at 10:57 (4,057 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
A Tip - As In "Been There, Done That" | ||
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Post# 668093 , Reply# 13 3/24/2013 at 14:00 (4,057 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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