My Grandfather was an Engineer for Westinghouse and my mother was an office administrator both at the Westinghouse main headquarters in Pittsburgh and both were given copies of the Blueish Green cover cookbooks, both of which I have and cherish to this day.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Remy - how nice to have those cookbooks! A great connection to your family who worked at Westinghouse!
@cassbiology
Ай бұрын
My mom had this cookbook. It is now mine. As I was perusing through it, I found a couple of written notes by her directing me to fix a particular recipe for dinner. 🥹 It's so priceless to me now that she's gone.
@wannabetrucker7475
Ай бұрын
Absolutely 100%
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Cass - that's a wonderful thing to have and cherish! Thanks!
@salliemorrill2671
Ай бұрын
What a great video. That was a fascinating run on the Westinghouse "family". The way they did their commercials & cookbooks made them feel a part of your family. Really enjoyed this video. Relocation was a excellent idea. Thank you Ralph & Todd for assisting in the stove switch out, & thank Mary Ann for your camera work on the previous video. Good people, good things come to light. God bless.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Sallie! Glad you enjoyed this one and it was fun to do it sitting in front of the Westinghouse range!
@bambihoyer5893
Ай бұрын
I like how well you research your topic, always informative while interesting and fun.
@lauren6889
Ай бұрын
Its just normal for him x
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Bambi!
@lauren6889
Ай бұрын
Kevin your Love and Knowledge is truly amazing, thats why we love you...even from over here XXX
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Lauren!! Appreciate you watching!!
@russbear31
Ай бұрын
I have a copy of the blue/green cover. I picked up a few years ago at a thrift store. My copy was well-loved because it looks like a banged up war artifact. 😅 It's also full of handwritten notes and recipes from the lady who put a million miles on her Westinghouse cookbook.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi russbear! Sounds like the original owner really used their cookbook! I'll bet there are some good handwritten recipes tucked away in those pages! Thanks!
@cheryllarue5858
Ай бұрын
My grandmother bought the Westinghouse Stove when my mother was a toddler in the 1950's. She received the yellow cookbook with the purchase. As an adult, my mother purchased a blue copy for her own use because her favorite cookie recipes are in it. My grandmother wouldn't give her yellow copy up. She was still making the cookie recipes for my grandfather. The first cookies I baked by myself were the peanut butter ones from this book. Still my favorite pb cookie recipe.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Cheryl! Thanks for sharing that story and it confirms what I had heard about Westinghouse dealers giving cookbooks to customers when they purchased an appliance and others being sold in stores. I wasn't sure which color the dealers gave out. Many people swear by the peanut butter cookie recipe in this book! Thanks!
@sunnybelisle4007
Ай бұрын
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954! I REMEMBER BETTY FURNESS BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER HER COOKBOOK. I'M NEARLY 88 YEARS OLD NOW AND ACQUIRED QUITE A LARGE COLLECTION OF COOKBOOKS OVER YEARS, BUT THEY DO NOT INCLUDE MS. FURNESS'. HOWEVER, THANKS TO GOOD OL' AMAZON, I'LL HAVE A COPY OF THAT COOKBOOK IN MY HANDS BY JULY 5TH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING ME TO ANOTHER GREAT OLD COOKBOOK TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION. WHEN I'VE PASSED THROUGH THE VEIL, I HOPE MY PROGENY WILL ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I HAVE. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Sunny! I hope you enjoy your Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book when it arrives! Thanks so much for watching!
@jamesstout3430
Ай бұрын
Kevin! Another FANTASTIC video. I have the yellow one. Thanks for the history. I've seen old Betty Furness commercials. She could sell anything!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi James - she certainly could! I think Westinghouse was wise to have her as their spokesperson. Thanks!
@debbiegerst
Ай бұрын
TY so much for 2 relies! I appreciate it! I’d love to see a picture sometime - but it seems impossible. I have such sweet memories cooking with my mom there at that stove!
@lawrenceprichard9363
Ай бұрын
Hello Kevin! The only Westinghouse item we had was a Vacuum Cleaner When we went to wall to wall, Mom got a Hoover Convertible. Mom was also a Home Economics teacher in public High Schools. You two would have gotten along really well. You forgot to tell who was behind the camera this time! Tut tut!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Lawrence! I'll bet me and your mom would have been good friends with a lot to discuss! I didn't mention who was behind the camera because there wasn't anyone. I always do the cookbook episodes on my own. I just put the camera on a tripod and do it myself. Thanks!
@jamessheridan4306
Ай бұрын
This cook book (the one with the blue-green cover) was a wedding present to my parents who were married in (drumroll please) 1954! I discovered it in the early 80's; dissatisfied with some of the newer recipes/techniques that were coming along just then. Since then it got lost in a move but I'm so happy that you decided to star it in one of your cook-book videos. I'm also very happy that you talked a bit about Betty Furness who had a consumer report segment on the NBC 5-O'Clock news broadcasts out of NY, also in the 80's. Good stuff!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks, James! I'm guessing this book made a good gift to new brides at the time. I didn't know Betty did a consumer segment on the news - that's great. Thanks!
@046Bluehill
Ай бұрын
Thank you, Kevin. We learned something new. I remember Betty Furness advertising a refrigerator on TV in the 1950's or 1960's. I had no idea that she was an actress. She was a credible spokesperson. However, my parents didn't have any Westinghouse appliances because my Dad worked for GE. He received a discount on GE appliances. So Mom didn't have the Betty Furness Cookbook. I remember that she was appointed to a government position, but did not know of her connection to Consumer Reports. Betty did a lot for us.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Bluehill - sounds like you were a GE household, especially with your Dad working for the company. Betty found her passion for working in consumer rights. Thanks!
@hydractor
Ай бұрын
I remember an article in an appliance trade journal around WWII telling, with photographs, of the Westinghouse Home Economics Institute baking and sending cookies at Christmas to the Westinghouse employees who were members of the armed forces. It was written by Julia Kiene. A friend of mine was Head of our high school's Home Economics Department and she knew Julia Kiene as a friend and a colleague through the American Association of Home Economics and probably through the Georgia Power Company's selling of Westinghouse appliances and their providing them to high school home economics departments. Home EC was dropped from the curriculum in many high schools although it may be making a comeback to help students become more self sufficient.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi hydractor - thanks for sharing that story about Julia Keine and Westinghouse. I think home economics is a very needed subject today. It would be great for it to return to schools. Thanks!
@annarussell3751
Ай бұрын
I have the yellow covered one. I didn’t know about Betty Furness and Julia Kiene. I know my family had lots of Westinghouse products.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Anna! Amazing the variety of products Westinghouse made at one time.
@eileensimson3827
Ай бұрын
Thanks for such an informative presentation! I'm going to keep my eyes open for this cookbook! I loved your video on the 1954 Forty Inch Westinghouse Range - especially love the massive oven with the double broiler!😊
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Eileen! These were pretty popular books so I'm sure you'll run across a copy. Thanks!
@briantreleaven7899
Ай бұрын
Well researched Kevin! As you probably know you can find a ton of those Betty Furness commercials on You Tube. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were also spokes people for Westinghouse. There's also commercials staring Betty with Lucy Desi Vivian Vance and William Frawley. Desilu Studios and Westinghouse had a lengthy relationship in the 50's. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Studio One and Group W were all owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting. Cheers, Brian
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Brian! I've watched some of those old commercials on YT - they are fun to watch. I always remember that Lucy always had Westinghouse appliances in her "I Love Lucy" kitchen, since Westinghouse were sponsors. Yes, Studio One, Group W - and at one time CBS - were all owned by Westinghouse. Thanks!
@john-robert1961
Ай бұрын
I would love to experience your studio in person! I love to live vicariously through my actual past. 😊 it’s the only way for me to stomach the future. 😅
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
LOL! Thanks, John! We always have to straddle between the past, present and future.
@john-robert1961
Ай бұрын
@@cavalcadeoffood I have just recently discovered your wonderful channel. I wish that I had you as one of my neighbors! Lol! I’m 63, older than you, I’m sure! lol! Love all the vintage items you have in your stockpile. I’m looking forward to catching up on your videos, too! Just watched your pumpkin pie video from 2013? ❤️it!!
@annarussell3751
Ай бұрын
I love your wallpaper so much. I wallpapered the kitchen in my first house when my daughter was a baby. I remember going to a wallpaper store with my baby and toddler to look through their books to pick it out, too.
@lauren6889
Ай бұрын
He mentions the wallpaper in a behind the scenes episode x
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Anna! I also remember those big wallpaper books! Thanks - I've had that wallpaper for years waiting for a place to hang it.
@VickiFromMichigan
Ай бұрын
Hello Kevin! Really enjoyed the history lesson! Thanks🥰
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Vicki! You're welcome!
@jack6964
Ай бұрын
Great video Kevin! My mother had one of the green Betty Furness cookbooks. Unfortunately I gave it away when cleaning out her house. As much as I wanted to keep everything, some things had to go.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi John! Thanks - I know how that goes. We can't keep everything - there's just no room! Hopefully the cookbook got passed to a good home!
@rcdoodles6214
Ай бұрын
Superb video. Thank you for the in-depth look back at the cookbook and Westinghouse history. So enjoyed this - wonderful presentation. Now I’m headed to ebay to find a vintage Westinghouse cookbook!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks, rcdoodles! You should be able to find lots of these available - I think they printed many copies.
@MarshaMarsha885
Ай бұрын
Mom had a yellow we grew up on that cookbook
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Marsha! Sounds like your mom used hers often!
@MarshaMarsha885
Ай бұрын
@@cavalcadeoffood still to this day my siblings and I use recipes from that cookbook. It’s the only cookbook my mom owned
@dianabradley8349
Ай бұрын
I have a few of the Boston school of cooking books and a lot of the Betty Crocker books never heard of the Betty Furness book, I'm in New England area I will have to look in a few antique shops that have a book section thanks for all the information 😊
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Diana - these were pretty popular cookbooks so hopefully you can easily find one. Thanks!
@gracechen7615
Ай бұрын
I first learned about Westinghouse years ago from Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. At that time, I was more interested in the couple and cared less about the appliance brand. Oh boy, times have changed for me ❤😂
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Grace! Yes, Westinghouse was a sponsor of "I Love Lucy" and so Lucy always had Westinghouse appliances in her kitchen. Thanks!
@gracechen7615
Ай бұрын
@@cavalcadeoffood I watched their Westinghouse infomercial. It was almost like a tv show skit…..I’ll have to re watch I Love Lucy so I can see their appliances 😀
@charlessommers7218
Ай бұрын
Great show 😊
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Thank you, Charles!
@hanscraig1850
Ай бұрын
One of my favorite cookbooks, I use many of the recipes, the peanut butter cookies are the absolute best ever, Did you know many of the recipes, those cookies included, came from earlier Westinghouse range instruction manuals.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Hans - seems like a number of people love the peanut butter cookie recipe in this book. I'm not surprised to hear that many of the recipes come out of the owner's manuals, since Julie Kiene also wrote those recipes - that was smart to reuse those again for the book. Thanks!
@johnrunciman2654
Ай бұрын
Thank you for the video Kevin... Watching it was a very enjoyable accompaniment to my morning cup of tea!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
You're welcome, John! Glad I could be part of your morning!
@corashell7116
Ай бұрын
Have you ever cooked out of this cookbook? They have many for sale on EBay. Thanks for a great video!😊🌺
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Cora - I have made some cookies from this book, but haven't tried some of the other recipes. Thanks!
@cristinap9825
Ай бұрын
I really enjoy these vintage cookbook videos! I recently was able to find a copy of The New Delineator cookbook you featured not too long ago. One question that keeps popping up every time I find a vintage cookbook is the infrequency of chicken recipes. Sometimes there will be a chicken recipe but it will be for a whole chicken. My question is when did buying and cooking just the breast, thigh or legs etc. become the norm? Any answers are greatly appreciated! Thanks again for these great videos! 🧡
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Cristina - so glad you found a copy of the Delineator cookbook! Being able to buy a whole chicken pre-cut or just certain pieces wasn't a popular option until the 1950's. Before then most chickens were sold whole, but the butcher would cut them up for you or people did it themselves. Thanks!
@debbiegerst
Ай бұрын
Hello! My mom had an electric stove around 1968-1971 that had an automatic stirrer burner. It was magnetic- it had an accessory that fit into your pan that magnetized to the burner. It automatically stirred things like home made pie fillings, etc. I do not know the brand of the stove but the one in this video gave me an instant memory of that stove. I have tried to research and find the stove online - but without success. I bought a kitchen gadget that was SUPPOSED to do the same thing- but it quickly broke. TY for any information you may have.
@hanscraig1850
Ай бұрын
It was a mid 60s Westinghouse, it had a motor under the unit , great setup.
@debbiegerst
Ай бұрын
@@hanscraig1850- TY!
@debbiegerst
Ай бұрын
@@hanscraig1850- Do you all have one or know where I can get more info on it?
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Debbie - Hans in correct - that was a feature that Westinghouse developed for their ranges. I've never seen one, but they offered it for a couple of years. Thanks!
@scooterdover2771
Ай бұрын
I have a Hall's loaf dish in their periwinkle that has a Westinghouse stamp on the bottom. I think they gave them when people bought the Westinghouse ranges, and I know they did the same thing with the refrigerator glass stacking storage dishes when you bought one of their refrigerators. I don't know who made the glass dishes. You probably have some of those in all of your collections?
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Scooter - yes, I think I have a couple of the Westinghouse glass dishes. They also had glass bakeware that came with the Westinghouse electric roaster. They were likely made by Fire King (Anchor Hocking) or Pyrex. Thanks!
@bbymks5
Ай бұрын
Who knew a government job would come into play...pretty cool!
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi bbmks - yes, it worked out well for her. Thanks!
@lisapop5219
Ай бұрын
I think Mrs. Julia just has a matronly face.
@cavalcadeoffood
Ай бұрын
Hi Lisa - I think you're right!
@1corinthians-138
Ай бұрын
This was my mom's favorite cookbook. She had the blue one. So many good recipes. Thanks for sharing.
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