Word: oven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been waiting all my life for a moment I realized now would never come--the time it would be my turn to be seen as I truly was." He glances at the holiday turkey, "which was draped in a butter-soaked dish towel and sat on the oven rack like a Latin American dictator in a sauna...
...cinnamon, a chicken and cheese mixture or chili, are offered with sour cream at the salad bar. The skincredibles, which are sold commercially as potato skins, are topped with either beef, cheese or cheese and broccoli sauce. Both crispitos and skincredibles can be fried or baked depending on the oven space and labor allotments of the different kitchens...
...more and more Americans are living and eating alone. Rather than sit down to a feast each night, they often choose to heat and eat a Lean Cuisine or Le Menu frozen dinner. Now comes a convenient appliance in which to cook such solitary repasts: the Half Pint microwave oven. Made by Japan's Sharp Electronics, this compact cooker is small enough (13 in. by 13 in.) to fit snugly into the tiniest studio apartment. It will bake a potato in six minutes, only a tad slower than the four minutes that a typical full-size microwave takes...
...Half Pint is selling well to all kinds of customers who are short on kitchen space, from college students living in dormitories to camping enthusiasts who like to have hot meals in their recreational vehicles. "We were completely sold out after Christmas," says Byron Wilson, a microwave-oven sales specialist for the Bamberger's department store in Paramus, N.J. "We've even had to take reservations for future shipments." Since the small oven was introduced in the U.S. seven months ago, Sharp has sold about 250,000 Half Pints, compared with only 50,000 of its most popular full-size...
...serve most foods that can be prepared by a grill, a blender, or an oven," says Martin J. Katz '87, manager of the Mather House grill. He adds, "If people request things I try to stay open to their ideas...