Word: broil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regional roundups were more effective than the general CBS coverage. CBS's news desk overscreened its commentators, leaving them time and again with little to say that they had not said half an hour earlier. On CBS it sometimes appeared that there were more commercials (for Roto-Broil and Prestone) than election returns...
...Hoover, an accomplished fly-fisherman who does not share Ike's love of cooking, spent more time wading in shallow St. Louis Creek. Next day reporters were allowed on the ranch to watch the President sign the social security bill and invited to stick around and watch him broil a dozen thick steaks on an outdoor grill. Hoover ambled up to the grill. As usual, he was grimly hanging onto his snap-brim hat. Ike invited Hoover to help with the steaks. Hoover seemed reluctant but finally complied when Ike gave him a long-handled fork and suggested: "Here...
Some even claim that Winthrop resembles the illustrious Schmoo created by Al Capp. It fits any occasion: broil it for chicken and fry it for steak. In essence, the Schmoo is friendly and productive and antagonizes...
Next morning the President was up early and off again in the balmy Georgia weather for more hunting. At noon he helped to broil quail over a charcoal grill. When the day's hunting was over, he had bagged his limit-an even dozen quail. On Sunday, after 36 hours out of doors, Ike emplaned for Washington...
...notable change goes farthest back into American life: cooking over an open fire. In the newest expensive kitchens, fireplaces or barbecue pits are standard equipment. Other householders use broilers or rotisseries. Broiler sales last year reached $72,402,000, more than quadruple :he 1952 total. One new firm, the Broil-Quik Co., grossed around $1,000,000 in 1950, its first year; by last year, sales had shot up to $10 million, and the company expects to gross between $15 million and $20 million in 1954. Welbilt Stove last year put an electric rotisserie in one of its gas ranges...