To cream butter – and other cooking tips from 1949

Posted: April 26th, 2010 - 3:28pm by Doug Powell

A barfblog.com fan sent along this film from 1949, but confused the University of Kansas (that’s in Lawrence) with Kansas State University (Manhattan).

They are apparently different places. I don’t care.

This film, produced under the technical supervision of Professor Edna Hill, then chair of the Dept. of Home Economics at the University of Kansas, follows a newlywed through her adventures into cooking and making husband Tim a cake before he comes home for lunch.

It’s sorta the way me and Amy live – except Amy goes off to work and I stay home and struggle with recipes.

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Tags: 1949, cake, Cooking, kansas, Tips

Comments

Manah says:

Hysterical! The narrator should have defined "instrument", however. I'm surprised the bride didn't use a trumpet to mix ingredients!

Posted on April 26th, 2010 - 4:29pm

Anonymous says:

The really sad thing is that 70 years later we're still explaining these simple cooking terms, and to more people than Professor Hill likely ever dreamed of. Cooking is a survival skill - too bad more people don't know how to do it.

Posted on April 26th, 2010 - 4:52pm

Alyce says:

I read this site for information, but mostly for entertainment. "They are apparently different places. I don’t care." You do not disappoint!

Posted on April 27th, 2010 - 10:37am

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