Back In The Day.

@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

@porwest. Really ? Percolators ? How far back?

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@porwest (112717)

• United States

10 Jan 23

Microwave for sure. An electric skillet I would have no use for. I guess I could do without the coffee pot to some extent. They still had percolators back in the day.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

I have never seen an electric skillet. I should get one - it would be very convenient.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

10 Jan 23

Microwave, toaster and coffeepot...for the small appliances I would miss the most.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

The microwave is so very, very convenient.

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

11 Jan 23

@Kandae11 I hardly ever use the microwave oven. I don´t like the way that dishes with wheat turn out.

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

10 Jan 23

Could I count the fridge? That would be number one. And now I have a tiny over the counter electric oven that means that I don´t have to bend to use the oven. The third one is a sort of blender. Here it is called mini pimer. As I don´t know the name in other countries I´ll send the picture

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@porwest (112717)

• United States

10 Jan 23

Okay. There's one I had not thought of. YES. The fridge—AND the freezers. I am not sure many people had those then like we do now. I'd be a mess without those things.

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

10 Jan 23

@porwest I came across a big freezer not many years ago. But the fridge has its freezer of course. Funny that when I bought the freezer I thought that I would never fill it. Now I wish I could make room for a pint of ice cream

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

I meant small appliances , but yes we could count the fridge and also dishwasher . Some people would be lost without a dishwasher - l have never used one. I had a toaster oven once which was very convenient. That mini blender is so cute.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148701)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10 Jan 23

I use my microwave all the time so I would miss it the most.

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

11 Jan 23

@porwest I hardly ever use the microwave oven.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

That was a very good invention.

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@porwest (112717)

• United States

10 Jan 23

Okay, you got me too. I originally commented I could not think of anything because I don't really use many appliances. But here was another one. YES. The microwave. I could not live without mine either and they definitely did not have those in the 20s.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Jan 23

Definitely the microwave. I think that's the only one. I remember my parents had one of those manual meat grinders. I think they're still around. We had a blender when I was growing up, but I don't think they had them back in the 1920s, so probably the blender too. Though I don't use it as much as I do the microwave. I gave away my toaster since I no longer eat bread.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Jan 23

@Kandae11 I gave away my coffee pot when I moved. I never used it. I don't drink coffee. It was easy for me to give up bread.

@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Jan 23

@just4him. Okay.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

I gave away my percolator when I stopped drinking coffee. I would find it very hard to give up bread - so l eat only multigrain or what l bake myself.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78833)

• East Tawas, Michigan

10 Jan 23

I would miss the microwave, our toaster and of course, my electric percolator coffee pot:) These are kitchen items I couldn't live without! lol

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78833)

• East Tawas, Michigan

10 Jan 23

@Kandae11 I drink de-caf every day, it's not loaded with caffeine.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

@kobesbuddy Where l am the decaf is way more expensive than the regular, so l don't bother with it unless my overseas relatives send me some.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

I would miss the coffee percolator too. Just the smell of that coffee satisfies my senses. Anyway it would be a problems if l still drank coffee , l gave away my percolator some years ago - got rid of the temptation.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

11 Jan 23

Surely my blender, my espresso machine and my vertical grill for chicken and roasts.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

11 Jan 23

@Kandae11 The vertical grill is perfect to make chicken as the rotisserie chicken you buy in the stores.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

@LadyDuck l used to purchase rotisserie chicken a lot at one time. I did not know l could have made it at home with the right appliance.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

A grill is so very necessary.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

11 Jan 23

I’d miss my microwave, crockpot and magic bullet.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

Three very helpful appliances.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97912)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Jan 23

I would miss my toaster oven, my slow cooker, and my hot plate

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

Oh yes , my hotplate has saved the day on numerous occasions.

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@porwest (112717)

• United States

11 Jan 23

I wonder if they had a form of slow cooker in the 20s aside from the Dutch oven of course. But I would miss mine too come to think of it.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91013)

• United States

11 Jan 23

I would most definitely miss my microwave. I don't think a day passes that I don't use it for something. The second would be my air fryer and then my crockpot.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91013)

• United States

11 Jan 23

@Kandae11 I love mine especially the convenience of not having to stand over the stove while something is cooking

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

I had a crockpot years ago - very convenient. It disappeared when l changed residences.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Jan 23

@Marilynda1225 Exactly.

@porwest (112717)

• United States

10 Jan 23

That is a bit of a tough one because I do the cooking, but use few appliances. I am sure anything I use today would have been available in the 20s.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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10 Jan 23

I also use very few appliances. For example, l buy my vegetables fresh and wash and chop them myself.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Jan 23

I miss seeing my Mom cooking in her kitchen. I would miss my microwave.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Jan 23

My mom was great in the kitchen too. Now we can only talk on the phone.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Jan 23

@CarolDM l know.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jan 23

@Kandae11 I miss mine every single day.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

11 Jan 23

I would miss my microwave and toaster.

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

Both are really good inventions.

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@porwest (112717)

• United States

11 Jan 23

I think they had toasters back in the 20s. Granted, nothing like what we have now. But I think they had them.

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Yesinta Mersilia

@yesiisey (267)

• Indonesia

11 Jan 23

if I go back to the past, of course I will miss the gas stove because in ancient times I still used oil or firewood stoves which would make my face have black spots

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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11 Jan 23

Also the kitchen would look kind of messy.

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popciclecold

@popciclecold (40215)

• United States

11 Jan 23

The same things. That is a good one.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

12 Jan 23

Believe it or not, we tossed microwave usage about a decade ago! I'm trying to think of 3, but I can't . . . I don't use too many appliances often. If stove/oven counts, I'd definitely miss that. The modern refrigerator. And electric hand mixer.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

12 Jan 23

@Kandae11 For us, it started as an experiment to see how we could live without . . . and then it just became a way of life to heat/reheat on the stove or oven. It seems other countries have banned microwaves - but not here.

@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Jan 23

I think they were saying that the frequent use of a microwave is bad for our health.

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