Thread Number: 67836
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Tappan Fabulous 400 |
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Post# 905472   11/4/2016 at 14:10 (2,730 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 905476 , Reply# 1   11/4/2016 at 14:55 (2,730 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )   |   | |
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The 400 came first, in 1959....then the Flair in 1960. One house we lived in growing up had a Roper Charm
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Post# 905493 , Reply# 2   11/4/2016 at 18:14 (2,730 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I remember the magazine ads for the gas ones. They often pictured asparagus being boiled in a Pyrex percolator with the tender tips out of the water taking a steam bath. |
Post# 905508 , Reply# 3   11/4/2016 at 20:10 (2,730 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 905526 , Reply# 4   11/5/2016 at 05:55 (2,729 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 905564 , Reply# 5   11/5/2016 at 12:41 (2,729 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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It beats having to buy and store an asparagus steamer in real life and the colors of the green asparagus and the blue flame, both visible through the glass and the boiling water, added drama to the ad. |
Post# 906092 , Reply# 6   11/8/2016 at 16:11 (2,726 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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