bread machines and electric skillets

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janew22

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My son in law wants an electric skillet for christmas - any ideas on good ones? also, thoughts on bread machines. I tried the no knead artisitc bread made in the cast iron pot this weekend - pretty good for first try.

 
I love my electric skillet, but it's so old I'm afraid I'm of no help

It's mom's from 1960 something and I think it's a Presto or Sunbeam. It's my go to for fried chicken and making pancakes. I had one from JC Penney's that lasted a couple of decades before it died as well.

Have you looked at the Amazon reviews? That's what I tend to do.

 
Mine is old too. I have two, one from a neighbor across the street . . .

that was given to me over 20 years ago and the other is from my great grandma on my father's side, really nice and very heavy, keeps even heat.

Have you thought about checking out thrift shops for a nice older one? I see them fairly regularly in the thrifts around here.

 
I have a 70's era Sunbeam electric skillet, love it....

rarely use it, but if I want fried chicken, I grab it. I did use it for something a few weeks ago, but cannot recall what it was. It is one of those appliances that fell out of favor....wonder why?
Oh, and as I recall, it made the very best chicken cacciatore. I browned the chicken, removed, sautéed the mushrooms in butter, then added the chicken and homemade marinara sauce. Oh my!

 
Don't make them like that anymore! My 1956 stove just died...new ones are awful smileys/frown.gif

 
Oh SAD! You're in LA though right, so you should be able to find another

especially if it was O'Keefe & Merritt as they were based in LA.

When I saw how my friend's $$$$$ Thermador ovens bake, I was so glad I still have my 1959 one.

 
My mom put my grandmother's 1942 6 gas-burner, two oven + warming oven out on the street

for trash pickup. The gas jets didn't work anymore and our local hardward store didn't carrry the parts. So she figured it was just useless metal taking up space.

I'll never tell Mom, but I was HEARTBROKEN. I always imagined that stove in my future. Even thought I could just wrap the form around a new stove.

Man. It makes me sad just to write this.

 
It's a 40" Frgidaire and they are the only ones to still make a 40" (in my price range)

Sadly, though, they are a mere shadow of their former bullet-proof ones.

 
Hands down - get him an old one from a thrift store. New electric skillets are the pits.

I have an old harvest gold Sunbeam that was my grandmother's. It is the one with a base that is maybe an inch or so deep but the lid is probably two to three inches tall with the little vent. The way it drafts the heat, steam and such is what makes them special. Most new ones have a deep base and flat lid though I think I did see one with a deep lid the other day but I don't remember who made it.

I tried for years to make chicken like my husband remembered his mothers and failed over and over until one day he mentioned she used an electric skillet. VOILA! It is so integral to certain things I made that we saw one at a yard sale and had they not been asking $18 for it, I would have snapped it up in a heartbeat to have a backup. In fact, you just gave me a idea to get my two grown stepsons a vintage electric skillet for Christmas. Can't wait to see their faces when they open up harvest gold or green skillets!

 
mine is 1975, olive green, and has a crock insert. totally Boss! I use it often to bring to work

meatballs etc. makes serving cocktail type meatballs so easy and nicer than in a deep crockpot.

 
Mine is circa 1954. I can still remember my dad giving it to my mom for Christmas. Such a romantic

he was. But it still works just fine, and she loved it.

It's a good thing to have around after a hurricane when one has only generator power.

 
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