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Thread Number: 85145
/ Tag: Recipes, Cooking Accessories
Betty Crocker - Minneapolis history that deserves to be remembered |
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Post# 1096587 11/9/2020 at 22:17 (1,260 days old) by kb0nes  (Burnsville, MN) |
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Post# 1096598 , Reply# 1 11/9/2020 at 23:06 (1,260 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 That was really fun. I've stopped in at Mill City Museum, fascinating bit of history. We were a BH&G cookbook family rather than Betty Crocker, my first BC cookbook is reproduction of a 50's edition I bought at the museum.
The WCCO connection I hadn't heard before, but makes perfect sense. Many local radio stations had cooking and homemaking centered shows to attract women audiences (and advertisers) during daytime hours when the kids were in school. Lightening the load of the daily grind for many, it also gave connection and camaraderie to isolated rural areas. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK
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Post# 1096621 , Reply# 2 11/10/2020 at 06:07 (1,260 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Thanks. That was fun. When my mom graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Home Economics during WWII, she looked at working for the big mills located in the cities, but said that they paid poorly so she worked managing a section of a defense plant cafeteria. I remember seeing Betty Crocker irons. | ||
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Post# 1096625 , Reply# 3 11/10/2020 at 06:59 (1,260 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1096630 , Reply# 4 11/10/2020 at 07:49 (1,260 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 1096760 , Reply# 6 11/11/2020 at 18:08 (1,259 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Betty Crocker iron Like this one? Spotted at the auction today.
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Post# 1096857 , Reply# 7 11/12/2020 at 12:22 (1,258 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 1097004 , Reply# 8 11/14/2020 at 06:07 (1,256 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Once again I am very late to the party, but finally watched the Betty Crocker video—which has a strong nostalgia factor for Minnesotans—and it was excellent.
Thanks for turning me on to The History Guy’s channel, Phil! I’ve already watched three others in the series and all were great. This isn’t the first time you’ve made a fantastic suggestion—keep it up! Just about the time you think YouTube has been taken over by “reaction” videos and a million home cooks with a video camera and few skills, someone reminds you there is plenty of interesting, worthwhile content on the ‘Tube. | ||
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Post# 1099987 , Reply# 9 12/9/2020 at 18:33 (1,231 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC) |
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Betty Crocker! Big thanks for this Phil! Enjoyed reading the book and have since bought a used copy of her Cookie book! My family always had the BH&G books. A big mistake! Greg | ||
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